Sheraton Karachi Hotel on April 28th, 2012 will stage the very exclusive ‘Grand Opera Gala’ (Italian Opera). European Chamber Opera (ECHO) will be performing for the very first time in Pakistan. We are arranging a ‘meet the press’, at the Sheraton Karachi Hotel on April 28, 2012 at 5:30 pm, at Jasmine Hall, for which we cordially invite you.

Their performance for the night will be “THE EUROPEAN CHAMBER OPERA IN KARACHI - The program has a selection of enthralling all time classics from Mozart’s hilarious comedy The Magic Flute, La Traviata and other operas, which are sure to engage and delight opera lovers in the city. Directed and produced by Stefan Paul Sanchez, the founder of the Holland Park Opera, ECHO is one of the most sought after Opera companies in the world.


The Opera will embrace some of the well known tunes from Verdi’s incomparable La Traviata, a tragic love story by Alexander Dumas Verdi;   Die Zauberflote by Mozart, featuring the crazy antics of Papageno (half bird half man,) contemporary favorites such as My Fair Lady  by Rogers and Hammerstein, and the famous Neapolitan song “O Sole Mio”. Another favorite that is sure to win the audiences appreciation will be “Viens Mallika”  the famous duet  by Delibes from Lakmé .   Also on offer will be The Duke of Mantua’s song praising all women  “Questa e Quella” from Rigoletto as well as the hunchbacks own revenge aria from the same opera, “Cortigianni”  You will also hear  “Mi Chiammano Mimi” from Puccini’s most famous opera of all operas; La Boheme….and from the same composer we will  hear Lauretta plead for her father’s help in the heartrending aria “ O Mio Babbino Caro”. These are just some of the wonderful well known arias from the best of the “Opera Pops” that you will hear this evening. The singers will also explain the plots to the audience so we all know what is going on!