Beautiful Sunday was launched by Esplanade in 2003 at the height of the SARS crisis to encourage Singaporeans to return to arts venues for live performances. Held once a month on a Sunday, it offers the opportunity for all to enjoy a series of free community concerts in the Esplanade Concert Hall. Since its introduction, the programme has drawn almost 20,000 attendees every year. For the first time in almost two decades, Beautiful Sunday arrives in a new online edition featuring artists and ensembles performing their own originals or evergreen favourites.

The Opera People was founded in 2018 by Jonathan Charles Tay, David Charles Tay and Shridar Mani. Conceived as a collective of multi-disciplinary performers and industry professionals, it seeks to update and redefine the opera experience by melding technology with modern production techniques. The group made their debut with a recreation of Mozart's classic opera Il Re Pastore (The Shepherd King) at the Esplanade Annexe Studio in 2018 and followed up with the Southeast Asian premiere of Alexander Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg in 2019. 

Nick Zavior graduated in 2016 from Lasalle College of the Arts where he also won the prestigious McNally Award for Excellence in the Arts. The highlight act at Esplanade’s countdown parties in 2016 and 2017, and the Norwegian Embassy’s Norway Night, he has been featured on Jeremy Monteiro’s album With a Little Help from My Friends and opened for two-time Grammy Award winner Gregory Porter at The Capitol Theatre. He released the single I Don't Wanna Waste Your Time in 2020.