The idea of La Serva Padrona was mooted by Dr. Bernard Tan during his facilitation of Artist Development Programme in KL City Opera last year. Bass-Baritone Chi Hoe Mak, who is also KL City Opera’s Chorusmaster, and Principal Artist mentioned the same work in one of our conversations during Bizet’s Carmen last year. Assembling the cast members in the show was quite easy as we had in mind that Soprano Bui Yik Ling would be fantastic as Serpina, and actor Eugene Ng would add the flavour as Vespone.