Concert review: No Tenors Allowed, but soprano and baritone get their dues

Soprano Teng Xiang Ting and baritone Martin Ng performing Dunque Io Son, Tu Non Mi Inganni? (Then It Is I, You Are Not Mocking Me?). PHOTO: HAWK LIU
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Lirica Arts
Victoria Concert Hall, last Sunday (Sept 19)

It is a truth universally acknowledged that tenors often steal the show in operas. Not so this evening, as Singapore's newest opera company Lirica Arts made its debut with a cheekily titled 90-minute concert of duets for soprano and baritone.

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