Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

A CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS FANTASY

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This year, Jetwing

Colombo Seven is set to sprinkle some festive magic with an enchanting, romantic and jubilant musical evening featuring Classical Baritone Gehan Cooray from Los Angeles, and Soprano Dhanushi Wijeyakula­suriya

from Pennsylvan­ia, on the 19th of December 2018 at 7.30 pm.

Gehan Cooray’s repertoire as an actor and singer encompasse­s Opera, Broadway Musicals, Film, and Theatre. Gehan’s most recent feature film enabled him to act alongside the 5 time Emmy Award winning actress Heather Tom from ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’, and he is currently recording an album in Los Angeles. Gehan has also directed and performed in operatic works such as Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’

On the 19th of December 2018 at 7.30 pm

and Rossini’s ‘The Barber of Seville’, portraying the villainous Count Almaviva and the heroic Figaro respective­ly, while Dhanushi performed the roles of Susanna and Rosina in the same operatic production­s with Gehan.

Dhanushi has presented several vocal recitals in Pennsylvan­ia, the most recent being “Dream With Me” in April 2018. Here in Colombo, she also played the role of Christine Daae in Jerome de Silva’s production of ‘The Phantom of the Opera’, before moving to the U.S. This very special

“Classical Christmas Fantasy” programme will thrill everyone in attendance with a range of operatic and classical pieces by Mozart, Donizetti, Schubert, and Ambroise Thomas, as well as songs from the American Musical Theatre repertoire­s of Jerome Kern, Leonard Bernstein, Kander and Ebb et. al. The audience will then be treated to a whole spectrum of perennial Christmas Carols and Nativity hymns, including ‘Angels We Have Heard On High’, ‘Adeste Fideles’, ‘Let It Snow, ‘O Holy Night’, ‘Silent Night’, ‘What Child Is This?’ and ‘Joy To The World’. Select verses of the more Traditiona­l Carols will be sung in Latin and French.

Tickets are priced at Rs. 6,000 and will include a delicious five course menu and a glass of wine. True to its history of support for the arts in Sri Lanka, Jetwing Colombo Seven has been home to several amazing musical events.

Jetwing Colombo Seven

A five star urban resort, it stands tall in the exclusive environs of Ward Place, offering the discerning traveller chic, contempora­ry accommodat­ion surrounded by Colombo’s urban life. Bringing you a step closer to home, the 98 rooms and serviced apartments at Jetwing Colombo Seven reflect the hotel’s signature design – spacious accommodat­ion unlikely to be found in a metropolit­an hotel. The resort promises unparallel­ed personalis­ed breathing space replete with luxury amenities set in an ambience that is both elegant and modern at the same time.

Experience a revolution­ary style of dining at Fifty7

The hotel’s main restaurant, dishing out some of the finest Fusion gastronomy. A panoramic view of the Colombo skyline, with the sun sinking into the Indian Ocean against the backdrop of a luminous sky, is one you cannot miss at the rooftop restaurant and bar – Ward7.

Tickets are priced at Rs. 6,000 and will include a delicious five course menu and a glass of wine. True to its history of support for the arts in Sri Lanka, Jetwing Colombo Seven has been home to several amazing musical events

This very special “Classical Christmas Fantasy” will thrill everyone with a range of operatic and classical pieces by Mozart, Donizetti, Schubert, and Ambroise Thomas, as well as songs from the American Musical Theatre

 ??  ?? Gehan Cooray
Gehan Cooray
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Dhanushi Wijeyakula­suriya

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