Aussie opera stars to play ‘favourites’

Two of Australia’s best-known opera singers and friends of 35 years, Marina Prior and David Hobson, have again joined forces to tour the country.
Prior and Hobson will sing their favourite hits as they invite Geelong to their latest show The 2 Of Us on 29 April.
“It’s like you’re in our living room and we’re in yours, singing both yours and our favourite songs with a few funny career stories thrown in,” Hobson said.
The pair will sing all the “expected” opera and music theatre classics “that the audience know and love,” Prior said.
“The hardest thing is deciding which ones to cut out.”
But they will also throw in a few surprises with their eclectic mix of music styles from folk and pop to Celtic, she added.
“I also think that the audience (will be) pleasantly surprised by how relaxed we are and the informal style and amount of laughter and comedy in the show.”
Prior described the latest tour as a great “opportunity to take the show to the people” in areas she and Hobson may not visited regularly with bigger productions.
Marina Prior is best known for her lead role in The Phantom of the Opera and yearly Carols by Candlelight performances.
In 2006, she featured in Australia’s 100 Entertainers of the Century.
David Hobson has performed for Queen Elizabeth II, at the AFL Grand Final and Carols by Candlelight, and appeared on TV shows Spicks and Specks and Dancing with the Stars.