ITALIAN actress, singer and cook Silvia Colloca will bring all of her creative talents to Opera in the Alps at Beechworth next month.
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Mezzo-soprano Colloca will join guests at the inaugural Opera Feast on March 14 ahead of the concert at Beechworth golf course at Baarmutha Park.
Prepared by Beechworth chef Sally Lynch, the four-course meal will include an Italian dessert chosen by Colloca, well known to SBS viewers for Made in Italy and Cook Like An Italian.
The 24th annual event also features baritone Sam Dundas and international didgeridoo player William Barton.
They will be joined on stage by aspiring young singers from Opera Scholars Australia and the full Symphony Australis orchestra, together presenting a packed program of favourite opera and musical highlights under the stars.
Opera in the Alps founders and directors Graeme Wall and Margot Cory-Wall said that after enjoying the unwavering support of North East Victoria, its people and communities for many years, it felt good to now be returning some of that goodwill to help the region spring back to life.
Fifty free tickets to Opera in The Alps have been given this year to local firefighters and SES volunteers who helped their mountain and farm communities fight the bushfires.
"North East Victoria is our second home; the first Opera in the Alps was held in 1996 at the historic Mount Buffalo Chalet and since then every year at Beechworth," Ms Cory-Wall said.
