Soprano Anna Leese engaged

Singer Anna Leese, formerly of Dunedin, announced on Saturday her engagement to longtime friend Stefano Guidi, of Petrolo, Italy.

The couple are now living in the town, in Tuscany, where they made friends several years ago while Ms Leese was attending a summer school, her mother, Carolyn Leese, told the Otago Daily Times.

Ms Leese performed in Handel's 'Messiah' in Dunedin n December last year.