About the event : Poetry meets Opera
An evening where poetry and opera collide...
If you're a bibliophile, the POETRY MEETS OPERA event is for you! Join the brilliant Ash Phoenix for her WHO WANTS LOVE? book launch at the Château de Labourdonnais. To enchant you throughout the evening on December 21st, Mauritian opera singer Natalie Desveaux and French soprano Agathe Dubourg will perform love songs and captivating arias, accompanied by concert pianist Serena Ip.
Wednesday, December 21, be part of an extraordinary in-person event with author Ash Phoenix, who is launching her new book WHO WANTS LOVE? in the Living Room of Château de Labourdonnais. POETRY MEETS LOVE gives you the chance to hear recitations of poems from the new book by the author herself.
Ash Phoenix is not only a renowned author, but she is also the writer of the fiction novel "The Chronicles". In addition, she is a frequent contributor to Le Mauricien, the country's newspaper.
To keep up the sophistication, there will be the Mauritian opera singer, Natalie Desveaux, a gifted spinto soprano who is also the second winner of the Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition in New York. Agathe Dubourg, a French soprano, will also grace the POETRY MEETS OPERA with their duet performance of love songs and great arias.
In addition, these two talented artists will be accompanied on the grand piano by concert pianist Serena Ip.
Feeling, hearing, thinking and love will be the key words during the POETRY MEETS OPERA evening in the Living Room of Château de Labourdonnais.
After Party: You can dine at your own cost at the restaurant of the Domaine de Labourdonnais, provided that you book in advance.
About the author
Ash Phoenix
As a child, this young author had a passion for stories. At the age of sixteen, she began writing her first short stories and a large number of poems. Her life has been a fascinating journey across cultures and continents. She has been living and writing in Mauritius for some time.
The Chronicles of the Tiny Island, Ash Phoenix’s first book of fiction, was released in December 2020 as a hardcover book with over forty illustrations by Rino Weida. The book is the first in a collection of five.
Upcoming Events
An evening where poetry and opera collide...
If you're a bibliophile, the POETRY MEETS OPERA event is for you! Join the brilliant Ash Phoenix for her WHO WANTS LOVE? book launch at the Château de Labourdonnais. To enchant you throughout the evening on December 21st, Mauritian opera singer Natalie Desveaux and French soprano Agathe Dubourg will perform love songs and captivating arias, accompanied by concert pianist Serena Ip.
Wednesday, December 21, be part of an extraordinary in-person event with author Ash Phoenix, who is launching her new book WHO WANTS LOVE? in the Living Room of Château de Labourdonnais. POETRY MEETS LOVE gives you the chance to hear recitations of poems from the new book by the author herself.
Ash Phoenix is not only a renowned author, but she is also the writer of the fiction novel "The Chronicles". In addition, she is a frequent contributor to Le Mauricien, the country's newspaper.
To keep up the sophistication, there will be the Mauritian opera singer, Natalie Desveaux, a gifted spinto soprano who is also the second winner of the Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition in New York. Agathe Dubourg, a French soprano, will also grace the POETRY MEETS OPERA with their duet performance of love songs and great arias.
In addition, these two talented artists will be accompanied on the grand piano by concert pianist Serena Ip.
Feeling, hearing, thinking and love will be the key words during the POETRY MEETS OPERA evening in the Living Room of Château de Labourdonnais.
After Party: You can dine at your own cost at the restaurant of the Domaine de Labourdonnais, provided that you book in advance.