Singapore Sun Festival Celebrates Good Living as Markets Fall

Bloomberg.com, 17 Oct 2008, Adam Majendie

Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- As credit dries up and stocks tumble around the world, Singapore has a response: Live it up a little.

Today, the Singapore Sun Festival returns for a second year, mixing theater, art, music, wine, fine dining and tai chi. Opera star Kiri Te Kanawa will sing Puccini; actor Geoffrey Rush (Captain Barbossa in ``Pirates of the Caribbean'') will narrate ``Peter and the Wolf;'' Sergio Mendes will spin his Brazilian melodies; and Chicago chef Charlie Trotter will dish up Kumomoto oysters and venison.

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