The Singapore Lyric Opera (SLO) held its annual opera ball on Friday (14 July 2023) at the Grand Ballroom of the Fullerton Hotel. It was a suitably glitzy affair, and post-pandemic, the right occasion to pay tribute to SLO's out-going Chairman Toh Weng Cheong, who had served from 2005 to 2022. Present Chairman Arthur Fong presented the accolades besides reinforcing the need for support for Singapore's established and most venerated opera company. Want to hear more Carmen, Tosca, Faust and Aida and the great operas in Singapore? The Singapore Lyric Opera needs your support, and this Opera Ball went a long way to see that grand opera has a future in Singapore.
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| Singapore Lyric Opera needs your support, reiterates SLO Chairman Arthur Fong. |
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| Former SLO Chairman Toh Weng Cheong receives his accolades and plaudits. |
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| Showtime! The SLO Adult Choir performs choruses from Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana as Nancy Yuen waits in the wing. |
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| The chorus was accompanied by the SLO Quintet comprising pianist Jonathan Shin, violinists Seah Huan Yuh and Wilford Goh, violist Joelle Hsu and cellist Robert Choi. |
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| To close, a duet from Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci. |
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| SLO Artistic Director Nancy Yuen and pianist Susan Lai were fellow music students in London. |
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| Singapore's busiest opera conductor Joshua Tan with pianists Albert Tiu and Susan Lai. |
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| Reliving old Singapore Symphony Chorus days with sopranos Patricia Teng and Karen Aw. |
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