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Scammed! Yet again... Hands up those of you who subscribed blind to the Singapore Sun Festival's An Italian Gala: Jose Carreras in Concert Tuesday evening? Well, yours truly has just one thing to say. Naples is in Italy. And that is to be read with scathing scarcasm. More on that later ( Read more... )

When it comes to fiscal reports and statistics, budgeted, forecast and actual numbers will invariably differ, the manifested figure the true indicator of performance ( Read more... )

Like her previous excursions with the SSO, Sumi Jo drew the crowds like the proverbial beggars to the feast. The audience sat entranced and enraptured as they lapped up the aural treat of this "voice from above", a title bestowed by the late great Karajan ( Read more... )

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There's nothing that comes close to standing on the stage looking out into the horseshoe of an opera house and seeing thousands in their seats with their attention on you as you're about to deliver your big aria. While not on the scale of The Met in New York, the opulence of The ROH in London, the pedigree of La Scala in Milan or the legend of La ( Read more... )

I was supposed to review this for Life! but Tou Liang will be doing it instead. Look out for his review on Monday. I guess it all turned out for the best. I'm not sure how I could have done it with a clear conscience without offending many if not most. And I would have been restricted by the word limit.

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If she didn't have top billing, Angela Gheorghiu might have had her thunder stolen by tenor Marius Manea, whose bright, clear voice harked back to a young Bjorling in its elegance. Time after time, he surprised and pleased the audience with his sterling form, but if one were to nitpick, there was that slight quasi-phlegmetic quality bordering on a ( Read more... )

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