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Singapore has an incredible arts scene that is diverse in various genre offerings and styles of performance. This perspective is applicable to the theatre, dance, opera and music scenes of Singapore as well as the city-state’s cuisine. The diverse food offerings in Singapore compliment its cultural aspects and art scene. Among the more prominent arts venues is the Esplanade- Theatre on the Bay. Most of the tourists who stay in one of the five star hotels Singapore visit the Esplanade at some point in their trip. This prestigious company includes a concert hall, a recital studio, library, exhibit space and theatres. The multi-functional complex houses major musical productions and small independent original works.

The concert hall has state of the art acoustics and there is estimated to only be five other venues in the world with this degree of technological acoustic design. Up to one hundred and twenty musicians can fit on the orchestral platform and it has an audience capacity of 1,600 people. The hall’s organ was custom designed and built be world renowned organ designer Johannes Klais Orgelbau. It has over four thousand pipes and sixty one stops. The theatre is two-thousand seat adaptation of traditional European opera houses. It is Singapore’s largest performing arts stage and can house a variety of performance styles. It was designed so that the seat that is farthest from the stage is only forty meters away, which enables the theatre to be extremely suitable for intimate productions as well as major musical events.

The recital studio has a maximum capacity of two hundred twenty and is generally used to present experimental works and dance performances. The seating is both mobile and retractable so that the space can be configured in various ways. The recital studio is perfectly suited for chamber music performances. It also hosts business meetings and seminars. It is able to seat two hundred and fifty people when it is used for a performance. It is also frequently used for orchestral and choir rehearsals.