OperaViva Premieres FENCES, An Opera in Two Acts

OperaViva Premieres FENCES, An Opera in Two Acts

**MDA Advisory: Recommend for 16 years & above (some racial references)

Operaviva premieres ‘Fences’, an operatic tale of Romance and Strife, with a plot of the likes of Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ in a tumultuous 1960s setting when Singapore was decisively merging with Malaya and stretching through the period of the separation of the two states… Will love triumph over parental objections, politics and racial and religious diversions? Will this be a lesser but none-the-less, a tragic tale? Or will ‘Fences’ be a romantic with a happily ever after ending?

‘Fences’ is an original opera in two acts conceived by Mr Leow Siak Fah eight years ago. By Mr Leow’s encouragement, Dr John Sharpley and Mr Robert Yeo, jointly written ‘Fences’ as the ‘Fences’ Composer and Librettist, respectively. Bringing this local, operatic love story to life is an international cast from Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia and of course, Singapore.

Creative Team:

• Robert Yeo - Story and Lyrics (Singapore)
• John Sharpley - Music Composer (Singapore/US)
• Chandran K. Lingam - Artistic Director (Singapore)
• Darrell Ang - Conductor (Singapore/UK)
• Darius Lim - Choral Master (Singapore)

OperaViva will premiere ‘Fences’ on 18 and 19 August 2012, 7:30pm at The Lee Foundation Theatre in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore.

Tickets for the OperaViva “Fences” are available at $25 for Student and $65 for Adult on EventClique. Visit  tickets.eventclique.com/operaviva/ to make your ticket purchase.