NIHAL FONSEKA – international tenor
Nihal was a star athlete and boxer at St. Peter’s College Colombo in the 50s. He always won the Pole Vault event at the sports meet. Nihal took the leading role iunder Douglas Ferdinand’s direction in “Trial by Jury” opera presented by SPC. It was a huge success.
Nihal was Sri Lanka’s leading tenor who turned international in the sixties going forward. Immigrating to Canada in the late sixties, Nihal has lived in Mississauga, a suburb of Toronto.
Warm wishes to Nihal and his wife Caroleve!
Please take a moment to listen to Nihal’s rendition of AVE MARIA sung at the famed Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto – a concert hall located downtown in the city’s entertainment district, it is home to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
