Compiled from the Performing Arts programmes* and Visual Arts exhibition records from HKADC’s Arts Yearbooks and Annual Arts Survey projects dating from 2010.

Concert in Celebration of the Bicentenary of Jacques Offenbach’s Birth

Music

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Art Genres / Sub-categories

Vocal Music

Location

Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Cultural Activities Hall

Start Date

2019/05/26

End Date

2019/05/26

Art Genres / Sub-categories

Vocal Music

Location

Tsuen Wan Town Hall, Cultural Activities Hall

Start Date

2019/05/26

End Date

2019/05/26

Concert in Celebration of the Bicentenary of Jacques Offenbach’s Birth

Le French May Arts Festival 2019

Description

Description

Jacques Offenbach was born on 20 June 1819. Born in Cologne, the composer studied cello at the Paris Conservatoire and then became a composer who is famous for his operettas (light opera). The composer had composed more than 100 operettas and was known for the famous opera Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), which was left unfinished at his death.
The concert celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Offenbach birth in 2019 with a programme of the great composer’s operettas Orphée aux Enfers, La Belle Hélène, La Périchole, La Vie Parisienne; opera Les Contes d’Hoffmann; songs from Fables de La Fontaine and Les Voix Mystérieuses; and cello masterpiece.

Organiser / Presenter Musica Viva
Co-organiser / Co-presenter Le French May
Programme Curator:Lo Kingman
Soprano:Colette Lam; Phoebe Tam
Mezzo-Soprano:Carol Lin
Baritone:Sammy Chien; Isaac Droscha
Tenor:Frankie Liu
Piano:Natalia Tokar; Anna Ngai; Alexander Wong
Cello:Jia Nan

Info

Lowest Price

$150

Highest Price

$200

Indoor / Outdoor

Indoor

Local / Non-local Production

Local

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