Kishani Jayasinghe, an international opera singer, will sing for the benefit of her old school Visakha Vidyalaya later this month. She will be accompanied by Soundarie David-Rodrigo (piano), Surekha Amerasinghe (flute), Satish Casie Chetty (violin) and Shamistha de Silva (cello).
When: 11th of May
Where: Jeremias Dias Hall Visakha Vidyalaya
Time: pm
Tickets: 1,, 2,, 3,, 5,, and 10, available at the school gate every day from am to pm.
Kishani Jayasinghe has had a wonderfully illustrious career. She was the first Sri Lankan to perform as a soloist at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden as well as the first South Asian soprano to perform at Buckingham Palace. She has won many prizes in acclaimed International competitions held in countries like Italy and France (being the only South Asian representative). The concert for Visakha will be a treat indeed.
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After her last concert ‘Kishani Sings for Vishaka’, Kishani Jayasinghe is back once more this December to give us a night at the opera right here in Sri Lanka. We caught up with her to talk a little about opera, nerves and her upcoming concert ‘Kishani Sings with Friends’.
What are you up to these days?
With just two weeks to go, preparing for the show of course!! These days it’s all about fine tuning the programme, rehearsing with my incredible musician friends and making sure that we create a very special performance for our audience!
You loved singing since the age of 7 but what got you into opera?
I think it's fair to say I have loved singing from the day I was born! Seriously though, I have loved singing from the day I can rememberI must have been about 3 years old when I first sang through all of The Sound of Music and my family realised there was something special thereIn many ways, that was the beginning of my lifelong love affair with singing.
As for opera, unusually for a Sri Lankan family, I was brought up with ope
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