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HCM CITY (VNS) — Famous mezzo soprano Thanh Huyen will host her first recital La Vie, L'Amour featuring compositions from the operettas and operas of Offenbach, Strauss, Audran, Bizet and Saint-Saens at the HCM City Conservatory of Music on September 20.

Huyen of the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera will be joined on stage by some of the country's best operatic voices, including Ta Minh Tam and Ngoc Tuyen. The Urban Dance Group will also perform.

The recital is staged by Chaymae Lougmani, a young artistic director from Morocco, and conducted by Brian Riedlinger from the HCM City International Choir.

The concert will begin at 8pm. The conservatory is at 112 Nguyen Du Street, District 1. — VNS