{"id":4550,"date":"2021-01-26T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsite.cssingapore.org\/?p=4550"},"modified":"2025-04-29T18:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:04:46","slug":"panic-love-a-capella-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cssingapore.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/26\/panic-love-a-capella-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"Panic Love: a capella Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#f5f2f0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;1em&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>31 Jan 2021 (Su)<\/strong><br \/><strong>8:00 PM \u2013 8:30 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/211384700665977\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Online<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-Concert Talk at ZOOM via link in organisers\u2019 website<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The aftermath of the circuit breaker on relationships \u2013 this is the premise behind Panic Love.<br \/>The world\u2019s first opera about social distancing during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>A first in Singapore in fusing poetry, a capella and opera.<\/p>\n<p>This 22-minute music video, directed by veteran thespian <strong>Nora SAMOSIR<\/strong>, features libretto by poet <strong>Felix CHEONG<\/strong> and music by composer <strong>CHEN Zhangyi, <em>Panic Love<\/em><\/strong> revolves around Mariam (soprano <strong>WONG Yong En<\/strong>), a social distancing enforcer during the circuit breaker period.<\/p>\n<p>Finicky by nature, Mariam fines people who don\u2019t wear masks or keep one metre apart. 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