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Gourmet Abu Dhabi – the UAE capital’s highly-acclaimed annual culinary festival – readies to hit a high note this February with a themed opera dinner when the artistry of an international operatic trio, accompanied by an international pianist, comes together with the genius creations of three-Michelin-starred Chef Massimo Bottura.
The Italian Opera Dinner will be held at the award-winning Mezzaluna Italian restaurant of the opulent Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi on February 8. Presented by the festival’s partners Acqua Panna and S.Pellegrino, the event will pay homage to the unforgettable Italian tenor Maestro Luciano Pavarotti.
S. Pellegrino has produceda Limited Edition bottle dedicated to Pavarotti, arguably the most successful tenor of all time,and to the magnificence of Italian Opera.
“The cuisine of one of Italy’s most acclaimed culinary experts and the grandeur of Emirates Palace provide a fabulous backdrop for an evening which we believe is a perfect setting to pay homage to the Maestro,” said Sandra HusseiniNorberg, Zone Director MEA, of S. Pellegrino and AcquaPanna.
Chef Massimo is chef patron of OsteriaFrancescana in Modena, Italy, which has been listed in the Top 5 of the World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards since 2010 and currently sits third in the World’s Best Restaurants Awards list.
“Chef Bottura is one of the biggest names on the global culinary scene,” said SandroGamba, Executive Chef of Emirates Palace. “He has used his expertise to juxtapose culinary tradition with contemporary art and design.
“The entire Mezzaluna kitchen staff are eagerly awaiting the Massimo’s visit and looking to imbibe aspects of his creativity into their own learning.”
Chef Bottura will serve up an artistic dinner to the accompaniment of two set pieces by an operatic trio comprising: Armenian soprano Christine Belbelian, a graduate of Hungary’s Franz Liszt Academy of Music & Arts; German opera singer Maria Gluck, a gifted young protégé of the Bavarian state government; British tenorBradley Minchin who studied under the supervision of Adrian Clarke in Vocal and Operatic studies at Birmingham Conservatoire. The trio will be accompanied by Ukrainian pianist StanislavFedyuk, a graduate of the Lviv Music Academy and Trinity College London.
In two, half-hour sets, the operatic trio will perform arias, duets and harmonic pieces from noted works including Puccini’s Madame Butterfly andLa Traviata and Giuseppe Verdi’s La Boheme. Bradley will also perform solo renditions of some of Italy’s most international acclaimed pieces which are guaranteed to have the audience singing along including FuniciliFunicula, O Sole Mio and Santa Lucia.
“This promises to be an exceptional night when the uplifting genres of music and food come together to transport guests to the grandiose side of Italy,” said Noura Al Dhaheri of the Gourmet Abu Dhabi organising committee. “It is a night for opera lovers, Italian food lovers, those with an artistic nature and those who want to experience opera in a convivial setting.”
Tickets for the S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna Opera Dinner are priced at AED1,500 per person and available from www.gourmetabudhabi.ae and Emirates Palace at restaurants@emiratespalace.ae.
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