[LUNCHTIME CONCERT] MONTHLY RECITAL SERIES

Date: Friday, 15 June 2018 | Friday, 20 July 2018

Time: 13:00 – 13:45

Venue: Drake Gallery, 1/F Fung Ping Shan Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

Cost: Free admission, all are welcome.

Registration required:

https://goo.gl/PYxbDW  (15 Jun)

https://goo.gl/MZk4iV (20 Jul)

Young artists of the Jockey Club Opera Hong Kong Young Artist Development Programme will present you excerpts of famous operas on a monthly basis from February to November in 2018 at the University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong. The upcoming performance will be on 15 June and 20 July 2018 (Fri), 1:00PM-1:45PM.

REPERTOIRE AND PERFORMERS 

Friday, 15 June 2018: Donizetti Double bill – Maria Stuarda & Lucia di Lammermoor – Performed by: Colette Lam, Samantha Chong, Sammy Chien and Alexander Wong

Friday, 20 July 2018: The Barber of Seville – Performed by: Samantha Chong, Bobbie Zhang, Chen Yong, Alexander Chen and Jaclyn Chiu

ABOUT MARIA STUARDA & LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR

Maria Stuarda is a tragic opera in two acts composed by Donizetti. The story is set in 16th-Century England and is loosely based on the real-life power struggle between Queen Mary of Scots and Queen Elizabeth I of England.

Also composed by Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor is another famous tragic opera om three acts, with its story set in early 18th-Century and is loosely based on the Scottish historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor. 

ABOUT THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

The Barber of Seville is an opera buffa in two acts composed by Rossini. Set in Seville, the story features a romantic but hilarious love story between beautiful Rosina, charming Count Almaviva and Figaro the barber who knows all the town’s secrets and scandals.