The sound of music in Kuching


The Borneo Opera Festival 2023 featured renowned opera virtuosos and saw full house concerts throughout its four days.

THE grand, melodramatic world of opera came to life in Kuching recently as world-renowned opera virtuosos converged in the city for the inaugural Borneo Opera Festival.

It was a full house at the festival venue, the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (DUN) complex, on all three nights of the concert including its opening gala when world-class personalities such as Maestro Alfio Grasso, Italian tenor Domenico Menini and Sarawak’s own budding talent Jeanne-Marie Druce mesmerised audiences with the grandeur, artistic brilliance and beautiful melody of this cultural extravaganza.

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