Date and Time: 10-12 October 2024, 7:30 pm | 12-13 October 2024, 3:00 pm
Venue: Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Ticket Price: $1,080, $920, $720, $620, $420, $220
Sung in Italian with Chinese and English Surtitles
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The Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong is glad to support Puccini’s Turandot by Opera Hong Kong, an event which is part of the celebration of the XXIV Week of the Italian Language in the World and also of the Italian autumn festival Italia On Stage.
To commemorate the centennial of the death of Giacomo Puccini, one of the foremost opera composers of the early 20th century, Opera Hong Kong will present five performances of Turandot from October 10th to 13th at the Grand Theatre of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Turandot was Puccini’s final and unfinished legacy. After his death, Franco Alfano completed the opera based on Puccini’s drafts.
The plot revolves around Princess Turandot, who challenges her suitors with three riddles. The person who solves the riddles will receive her hand in marriage; those who fail will be executed. Prince Calàf falls in love with Turandot at first sight and is willing to risk his life to win her heart. Among the opera’s highlights is Calàf’s famous aria Nessun dorma, whose melody is widely recognised and unforgettable.
The international soloists include Russian soprano Veronika Dzhioeva and Ukranian soprano Oksana Nosatova as Princess Turandot. The role of Calàf will be performed by the Russian tenor Ivan Gyngazov and the South Korean tenor Andrea Shin. Calàf’s slave girl, Liù, will be sung by Chinese soprano Wang Bing Bing and the Hong Kong soprano Louise Kwong.