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Concert Review: Dick Lee’s The Mad Chinaman 30th Anniversary Concert
Posted on September 18, 2019 | No CommentsDick Lee’s The Mad Chinaman 30th Anniversary Concert Dick LeeJacintha Abisheganadan & Denise Tan, guest artistesNawaz Mirajkar, tablaAdrian Tan, conductorKhor Ai Ming, choir mistressBraddell Heights Symphony OrchestraThe Joy Chorale Sunday 15 September 2019Esplanade Concert Hall Review by Aileen Tang My first encounter with the music […] -
Opera Review: Bizet’s Carmen – Singapore Lyric Opera – 1 Sep 2019, Esplanade Theatre
Posted on September 6, 2019 | No CommentsBizet’s Carmen – Singapore Lyric Opera Director: Nancy YuenMusic Director: Joshua TanChoreographer: Jeffrey TanSet Designer: Ricky ChanLighting Designer: Adrian TanChorus Masters: Terence Toh, Rose Loh Carmen: Jopei WengDon José : Jonathan Charles TanEscamillo: Martin NgMicaëla : Janani SridharZuniga: Dennis LauFrasquita: Joyce Lee TungMercédès: Maggie Lu […] -
Concert Review: The Orient with Kanon Matsuda, Musician’s Initiative, Alvin Arumugam, 30 Aug 2019
Posted on September 2, 2019 | No CommentsThe Orient with Kanon MatsudaGlinka : Ruslan and Lyudmila OvertureTchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1, Op.23Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op.35 Musicians’ InitiativeAlvin Seville Arumugam Victoria Concert Hall30 August 2019 Review by Derek Lim First the good news – there are some really good musicians in this orchestra. Although they […] -
Concert Review: Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – New Opera Singapore, 16 Aug 2019
Posted on August 19, 2019 | No CommentsBritten’s A Midsummer Night’s DreamNew Opera Singapore Artistic & Stage Director: Jeong Ae ReeAssistant Artistic & Stage Director: Jeremy Chiew Cast Oberon Glenn Wong (Countertenor)Tytania Victoria Songwei Li (Soprano)Puck Dwayne LauCobweb Melissa Wei-en Hecker (Soprano)Mustardseed Yssela Erquiaga (Mezzo-soprano)Moth Jasmine Grace Towndrow (Soprano)Peaseblossom Lara Tan (Soprano) […] -
Concert Review: Zarathustra! – Orchestra of the Music Makers, Shao-Chia Lü, 17 Aug 2019
Posted on August 19, 2019 | No CommentsZarathustra! Richard Strauss Also Sprach ZarathustraWilliam Walton Belshazzar’s Feast Peter Sidhom baritone Symphonia Choralis Orchestra of the Music Makers Lü Shao-Chia conductor Esplanade Concert Hall Review by Derek Lim What a fascinatingly programmed concert! Apart from Richard Strauss’ obvious influences on William Walton – people […]