{"id":7080,"date":"2012-03-28T13:11:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T02:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=7080"},"modified":"2012-03-28T13:11:36","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T02:11:36","slug":"jonathan-lemalu-learns-a-libretto-in-a-new-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=7080","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Lemalu learns a libretto in a new language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7081\" title=\"lemalu\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/lemalu-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grammy Award winning New Zealand born bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu (he&#8217;s sung Leporello in Mozart&#8217;s <em>Don Giovanni\u00a0<\/em>for OA in Sydney) has had to meet a new challenge &#8211; that of learning a libretto in Chinese. 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