On Saturday evening a packed audience at La Iglesia de la Zenia were treated to a fabulous night of music given by one of the leading young sopranos on The Costa. Verity Jo Spencer Hall entertained with a programme of music which included everything from Mozart to Freddie Mercury and was packed with well-known operatic arias along with a host of beloved show tunes.
The evening kicked off with a medley of tunes from The Sound of Music after which, the host and pianist for the evening, Mr Philip Mitchell, explained to the audience that following a singing session at Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House for one of their top vocal coaches, Gioacchino Livigni, Verity will be setting off to Sicily in Italy later this year to take up one of the leading roles in a production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
Mr Bill Nicholson, the celebrated local tenor and actor, who has taken lead roles in many productions, took to the stage and reprised his role as Tevye from ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to splendid applause. Verity then joined Bill to sing a number of duets from the world of opera and Broadway favourites.
The audience was then taken on a journey by Verity through pieces from Puccini, classic Lloyd Webber tunes right up-to-date with a song from the latest Mary Poppins film. The audience were then on their feet for the end of the show and joined in with Verity, Bill and Philip who gave a rousing finale from Oklahoma!
