Final Performance of Songs That Won the War in Ipswich

IPSWICH Musical Theatre Company will stage its popular production Songs That Won the War for the last time on November 16.

The production was written by Clive Render, who was a child in England during WWII, as a one-time-only show to mark Remembrance Day on the 11/11/2011.

It proved so popular, it has become an IMTC tradition, staged on a Sunday close to Remembrance Day each year since.

The final production will feature Ipswich soprano Sophie Salvesani, who returns from a year based in Berlin thanks to her success in the finals of two of Australia’s most prestigious competitions, the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship (2nd Place) and the German-Australian Opera Grant (Encouragement Award).

Sophie was also awarded an Acclaim Academic Scholarship, which she will undertake this year in I