A chance to get up close and personal to a pianist and an opera singer - performing some of the most lush and sensual music of the 19th century.

Emilie Lemasson was born in France and studied voice and piano from an early age. She completed her tertiary studies as a student of the Australian Sydney Conservatorium of Music, gaining a Bachelor of Music and a Diploma of Opera.

This year she joined the chorus of La Bohème with Opera Australia for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour and has performed the role of Kate Pinkerton in the Opera Projects production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly under the direction of Cheryl Barker and also the role of Sister Infermeria in their production of Suor Angelica.

Emilie is a guest artist for Mark Vincent and Ian Cooper in Sydney and on tour and last year sang with the Australian Tenors for their Sydney Town Hall performance. She has performed as a valued guest entertainer on board Viking, Royal Caribbean and Princess cruise ships for the past ten years, delighting audiences with her versatile soprano voice.

Nicholas Routley was born in England and emigrated to Australia in 1975 to take up a post at the Department of Music at the University of Sydney, and became an Australian citizen in 1984. The founder-director of the Sydney Chamber Choir, Routley has also conducted the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and several other orchestras in Australia and East Asia. He has also been active as a professional pianist, especially in vocal and chamber music, having performed extensively with the tenor Gerald English and the counter-tenor Hartley Newnham, among many others, and has given recitals in many European countries, Hong Kong, and Australia.

Ticket price includes champagne, juice and light delicacies to eat.

These concerts are extremely limited in size, and are house concerts, so the address will be given on booking.

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