“A Grand Night of Opera” was also originally planned as a 2021 new year concert that we are very blessed to be able to stage highlights of popular arias and duets from operas we have staged before. What we have done differently this time is to feature different principal artistes presenting the arias to add more colour and flavour to the performance. Both our Principal Artistes and the Artistic Committee Members were thrilled and excited to bring together some opera favourites for our beloved audience.
The program was filled with heartwarming arias such as Puccini’s Un Bel Di Vedremo and Sì, mi chiamano Mimi sung by Dr. Ang Mei Foong and Cecilia Yap respectively. These arias were juxtaposed with fiery arias such as Votre toast sung by Chi Hoe Mak and some fun ones such as Brindisi and the Papageno/Papagena duet. Of course, we had to end with a show-stopping encore of Nessun Dorma by tenor Dr. Yap Jin Hin brought the house down, with the final Vincerò bringing in all the soloists and chorus.
