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Salt in the Sea: Vocal Music of Jonathan Shin
The Opera People celebrate longtime collaborators Jonathan Shin and Joel Tan, featuring highlights from past commissions and their ongoing opera, Beacon.
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Tue, 10 Mar 2026: 6:45 pm,7:45 pm
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Salt in the Sea: Vocal Music of Jonathan Shin

The Opera People (Singapore)
Foreword 2026MusicTheatreStorytelling
10 Mar 2026
Esplanade Concourse
30mins (No Intermission)
Free
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The Opera People celebrate their longstanding collaboration with composer Jonathan Shin and writer Joel Tan in a special performance featuring highlights from works commissioned by both artists. The programme includes excerpts from A Bestiary of Imagined Monsters and their ongoing opera commission, Beacon. It also showcases selected earlier works by Jonathan Shin written for The Opera People, exploring his relationship with poetry and text. Performed by sopranos Cherie Tse and Sim Weiying, with Jonathan Shin at the piano, the evening will be interspersed with conversations between Shin and Tan, offering audiences insight into their creative partnership and artistic process.

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