Date: 6 – 7 January 2023
Time: 8pm – 9:30pm
Venue: Jockey Club Auditorium, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Rd, Hung Hom, Kowloon
Tickets: $580/ $480/ $300/ $100
*50% discount for full-time students and senior citizens
Programme Enquiries: 9369 9693
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Epic backstage backstabbing and catfighting – a turmoil not to be missed!
Having inherited an old theatre, Cris is launching a new opera in a few weeks. But what does he have? Three narcissistic divas vying for the leading role, a banal libretto that’s more potent than a sleeping pill, and a second-rate composer who’s habitually infringing other composers’ copyright. And the problems keep coming! So will this self-proclaimed impresario make everything work and put up a good show?
In 1786, Domenico Cimarosa composed the opera L’impresario in angustie (The Impresario in Distress) while Mozart created The Marriage of Figaro in the same year. Since then, Cimarosa’s opera has been adapted frequently and performed in different languages. Staged by the award-winning young director Calvin Wong, the Hong Kong premiere of this comedic opera uses its 1793 Viennese version as the basis, with specially adapted Cantonese dialogue by playwright Melody Yuen for a unique local twist!
Sung in Italian with Cantonese dialogue, Chinese/English surtitles included
Stage Director
Calvin Wong
Conductor
Vivian Ip
Adaptation
Melody Yuen
Producer
Dongjian Gong
Performed by
Sammy Chien
Kenix Tsang
Phoebe Tam
Samantha Chong
Caleb Woo
Yong Chen
Marcus Choy
Hong Kong Grand Opera Orchestra