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'Sol3 Mio's Pene Pati Proposes to Girlfriend Amina Edris, Live on Stage

Pene Pati of the hit singing group Sol3 Mio proposed to his girlfriend, soprano Amina Edris, live on stage at a Sol3 Mio concert in Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 21. Audiences got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at Sol3 Mio’s "Christmas in the Vines" show. After serenading Edris with the beautiful German aria "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz," he brought members of their families on stage to present her with red roses before bending to one knee and asking her to marry him. "The proposal was a big surprise for Amina and when the moment came to do it, I took a big gulp and knew there was no going back," Pati said. "I had no Plan B if she said no in front of thousands of people, but I was quietly confident it would all go well.” Lucky for him, Edris, who had charmed the audience with her own performances earlier in the evening, said yes as the crowd cheered and waved glow sticks to congratulate the couple. The couple met in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011 on a week-long singing course backed by Kiwi opera legend Dame Malvina Major. Pati was then an unknown tenor and Edris was also trying to get her foot in the door as a singer.
By Jaime Prisco

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