Christmas at Art Town: Sing Along - an evening of popular holiday tunes.

Just one day before Christmas Eve we invite you to celebrate at our cozy and homey place. You will hear your favourite holiday tunes, sing along with Christmas carols, and enjoy some seasonal treats generously provided by a private local bakery you can take with you!

The program highlights: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, “Let it Snow”, “Wiegenlied”, “Vilja “, selection of piano works by Tchaikovsky, Christmas carols and much more!

Performers:

Isaac Droscha, baritone

Etta Fung, soprano

Natalia Tokar, piano

Partner of event: Kalinka Kitchen

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MORE ABOUT ARTISTS:

ETTA FUNG

Coloratura soprano Etta Fung is known for her “charm and verve” (Opera Today) and exceptional stage presence. She has enjoyed an international performing career in Germany, Italy, the United States, Canada and Hong Kong. She received critical acclaim in the Hamburger Abendblatt for her European debut as Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) at the Neue Eutiner Festspiele in Eutin, Germany. She has also sung the roles of Musetta (La Bohème), Susanna (Nozze di Figaro), and Königin der Nacht (die Zauberflöte) among many others.

In 2019, she created the role of Keiko in Elena Langer’s new opera Beauty and Sadness.

Etta sang the title role of Rita in Donizetti’s Rita, the first opera-movie that took place in Hong Kong.

Etta is the only opera-singer/aerialists in Asia. She created Opera Sull’Aria - aerialopera: a unique act which combines operatic singing with the circus art of aerial silks.

ISAAC DROSCHA

Isaac Droscha, operatic bass-baritone, holds a Doctorate in Vocal Performance from the University of Michigan and is currently a faculty in the Division of Humanities at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Isaac is also the artistic director and vocal coach of the HKUST Musical, which he also helps coordinate.

He has performed a number of roles with various companies in the United States, including the Des Moines Metro Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Opera New Jersey, and Arbor Opera Theater. His performances have received numerous positive reviews, including: “Isaac Droscha is ingenious in his portraying of Falstaff;” and “Isaac Droscha, in the same role, was blessed with an extremely robust and agile voice, and behaved onstage like a true commedia dell’arte clown” and “Droscha really hit his stride when revealing his character's true identity near the end of the opera in a riveting performance.”

Some of his notable roles performed include roles in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Le Nozze di Figaro, The Rake’s Progress, Madama Butterfly, L’Elisir d’Amore, Die Zauberflöte, Die Fledermaus, Falstaff, and Airadne auf Naxos. He was also recently featured in two films produced by RTHK based on the operas La Serva Padrona and Rita. He is frequently performer with Hong Kong MusicaViva.

He is a prolific concert performer of oratorio and art song and frequently lends his vocal talents to radio and television at RTHK. He is the co-artistic director of the Cosmopolis Festival at HKUST.

NATALIA TOKAR

Native of Russia, Natalia Tokar completed her Master’s and Doctoral studies (Aspirantura) at the prestigious Saint-Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in Russia with special emphasis in solo and collaborative piano, pedagogy, and harpsichord. In 2014 she was awarded a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Michigan State University, USA.

Natalia Tokar made a solo debut at the age of 17 with Kaliningrad Philharmonic. Since that time, she has been actively performing as soloist and collaborator in Russia, The United States, Europe, China and Hong Kong including performances in St. Petersburg Glazunov and Philharmonic Halls, Carnegie Hall (Weil Recital Hall), and Hong Kong City Hall. She has received awards and honors from several competitions and conferences.

Since moving to Hong Kong in 2014, Natalia has regularly appeared in concert programs organized by Hong Kong Musica Viva, HKUST Music Alive, Musica del Coure, Russian Culture Festival and others, she has written articles and given public speeches on the matter of music pedagogy, taught master-classes and served as a judge for local piano competitions. Natalia is a founder of Russian Sound Music Academy in Hong Kong and artistic director of Art Town Project.