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Time to reconnect: Penang Arts Council looks to the past to move forward

By ANDREA FILMER
A Penang Arts Council programme from 1962 featuring a piano recital from Singaporean musician Lolabelle Wong. Photo: Penang House of Music

Facing torture, a servant girl turns her eyes to the heavens and sings of love.

Her soprano voice swirls high and fills the room as she declares her resolve of unrequited devotion to a prince in disguise.

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