Baby Book: Celebrating joys and pains of motherhood
Monday May 10th, 2021 12:30-13:00
Esplanade Concert Hall
Esplanade Concert Hall
L’arietta Production’s co-founder Akiko Otao presents Baby Book: Celebrating joys and pains of pregnancy, birth and motherhood. A concert dedicated to motherhood with her long time collaborator, Pauline Lee presented by the Esplanade MUNCH Lunchtime concert series. This short and sweet 30-minute programme features stories told through our own unique lens of womanhood with an all Singapore premiere programme.
In Florence B. Price’s To My Little Son, she dreams of the man her son would have become after losing him as a child. Winner of the 2017 G.C. Menotti Competition for Young Composers, Baby Book by Lauren Spavelko beautifully illustrates a woman’s journey of miscarriage, pregnancy and motherhood.
Get ready to laugh in They Don’t Let You in the Opera (If You’re a Country Star), where we will tell you the story of the baby’s hilarious birth (at the opera!).
Bring your mother, daughter, and favourite aunty to celebrate womanhood.
Date: May 10th (Mon)
Time: 12:30-1:00
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall
Price: $10
In Florence B. Price’s To My Little Son, she dreams of the man her son would have become after losing him as a child. Winner of the 2017 G.C. Menotti Competition for Young Composers, Baby Book by Lauren Spavelko beautifully illustrates a woman’s journey of miscarriage, pregnancy and motherhood.
Get ready to laugh in They Don’t Let You in the Opera (If You’re a Country Star), where we will tell you the story of the baby’s hilarious birth (at the opera!).
Bring your mother, daughter, and favourite aunty to celebrate womanhood.
Date: May 10th (Mon)
Time: 12:30-1:00
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall
Price: $10
World Premiere of All Dressed Up (No Place to Go) by Michael Ching
L’arietta productions is proud to present All Dressed Up (No Place to Go), an original operatic work composed specifically for the digital medium. Working with American composer Michael Ching, L’arietta has crafted an official prequel to his popular contemporary opera, “Speed Dating Tonight”.
All Dressed Up (No Place to Go) was conceived as a way to keep operatic performances alive while social distancing, in the comfort of our homes. The characters sing about their dreams, anxiety, and hope as they all adjust to the times. For the next eight weeks, a new character will be introduced through their brand new aria, followed by a glimpse into their day, all through social media. A first of its kind, All Dressed Up (No Place to Go) is an operatic response transmitted to the world, at the click of a button.
Join Facebook Live this Friday at 8pm (Singapore time) for the world premiere! Stay on to chat with the director Eleanor Tan and composer Michael Ching!
What: All Dressed Up (No Place to Go)
When: Friday, 12 June 2020
Where: Facebook live at https://www.facebook.com/lariettaSG/
Composer: Michael Ching
Director: Eleanor Tan
Music Director: Aloysius Foong
Cast: Brent Allcock, Leslie Tay, Akiko Otao, Christina The, Reuben Lai, Grace Kuo, Alan Lau, Vanessa Kee
All Dressed Up (No Place to Go) was conceived as a way to keep operatic performances alive while social distancing, in the comfort of our homes. The characters sing about their dreams, anxiety, and hope as they all adjust to the times. For the next eight weeks, a new character will be introduced through their brand new aria, followed by a glimpse into their day, all through social media. A first of its kind, All Dressed Up (No Place to Go) is an operatic response transmitted to the world, at the click of a button.
Join Facebook Live this Friday at 8pm (Singapore time) for the world premiere! Stay on to chat with the director Eleanor Tan and composer Michael Ching!
What: All Dressed Up (No Place to Go)
When: Friday, 12 June 2020
Where: Facebook live at https://www.facebook.com/lariettaSG/
Composer: Michael Ching
Director: Eleanor Tan
Music Director: Aloysius Foong
Cast: Brent Allcock, Leslie Tay, Akiko Otao, Christina The, Reuben Lai, Grace Kuo, Alan Lau, Vanessa Kee

Speed Dating Tonight!
"Swipe left, swipe right. There's gotta be more than to dating life!"
Michael Ching's hilarious opera, Speed Dating Tonight! will make its Asian Premiere this Spring!
Come and meet characters you will love and love to hate; "the lurker", "the neat freak", and "the Obsessive Screen Disordered".
Relatable and ridiculous, the music is expansive from opera, jazz, to musical theatre, there is really something for everyone.
...and maybe you'll find someone too while you're at it.
Director: Eleanor Tan
Music Director: Aloysious Foong
Michael Ching's hilarious opera, Speed Dating Tonight! will make its Asian Premiere this Spring!
Come and meet characters you will love and love to hate; "the lurker", "the neat freak", and "the Obsessive Screen Disordered".
Relatable and ridiculous, the music is expansive from opera, jazz, to musical theatre, there is really something for everyone.
...and maybe you'll find someone too while you're at it.
Director: Eleanor Tan
Music Director: Aloysious Foong