Filipino soprano Anna Migallos sings Violetta in The Opera People's La Traviata in Singapore

Filipino soprano Anna Migallos shares the lead role of Violetta Valery in The Opera People's new La Traviata, set in pre-independence Singapore, at the Wild Rice Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre from 29 October to 1 November.

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Filipino soprano Anna Migallos stars as Violetta Valery in The Opera People's production of Verdi's La Traviata, which runs at the Wild Rice Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre in Singapore from 29 October to 1 November, filipinos.sg reported on 21 October.

Migallos shares the role with Renata Hann Sungwon. The Opera People's schedule lists Migallos as Violetta on 30 October and 1 November, and Hann Sungwon on 29 and 31 October. Tenors David Charles Tay and Jonathan Charles Tay share the role of Alfredo Germont, and baritone Cao Yixiao sings Giorgio Germont.

The production moves the story to pre-independence Singapore and draws on the ideals and contradictions surrounding Singapore's 1961 Women's Charter. According to The Opera People, it asks whose lives are recognised, whose sacrifices are remembered, and what becomes of the women who fall beyond the boundaries of an acceptable society.

Tan Shou Chen directs, and Lien Boon Hua leads the music direction with the Wayfarer Sinfonietta. The Opera People lists evening shows at 7:30 p.m. with weekend matinees at 3 p.m., a running time of 2 hours 40 minutes including two intervals, and singing in Italian with English surtitles.

The Embassy of Italy in Singapore, which supports the production, said on 19 October that the production brings together "a stellar cast of Singaporean and regional voices". The theatre is at Funan, 107 North Bridge Road.