Petronella presents Oba Nisa 2
Petronella Fernando will present “OBA NISA 2”, a mesmerising
melodious evening, at Lionel Wendt Theatre on May 25 at 6.30 p.m.
Her first show Oba Nisa which was held at the Lionel Wendt Theatre in
June 2006, coincided with the release of her DVD and CD. Petronella who
was born in Sri Lanka left for United States 18 years ago to work for
the United Nations in New York.
Singing was her hobby and it turned out to be a fulfilling pastime.
Being a frequent visitor to her motherland Petronella has launched two
CDs Punchi Kumari and Oba Nisa, Sinhalese songs composed and set to
music by highly reputed personalities such as Rohana Weerasinghe, the
late Stanley Peiris, Neela Wickremasinghe and Jagath Wickremasinghe,
Geethnjali Wickremasinghe, Dr. Ajantha Ranasinghe, Earmie Pieris, Upali
Kannangara, Senath Baddege, Manju Nadagamuwa, Saman Chandranath
Weerasinghe and Gamini Seneviratne.
Her voice came to be known to audiences around the world with the
song she did for tsunami in 2005, the tri-lingual song in Sinhala, Tamil
and English Chanda Sayuru. This song was dedicated to the survivors of
the tsunami. She performed this song at the Peterborough Music Festival
in 2005 and at the United Nations organised tsunami and Katrina Fund
raising events. A majority of the songs are dedicated to Love and Peace.
Entrance for the show is only by invitations and those interested can
obtain invitations by sending a self addressed envelope to Petronella
Fernando, 82/3 Templer Road, Mount Lavinia. |
