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In brief: Opera Hong Kong’s “Abduction from the Seraglio” at City Hall

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Opera Hong Kong chose Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail for its annual summer semi-staged production at the Hong Kong City Hall, held 17-18 August 2025. The production, directed by Tang Xinxin and conducted by Michael Koehler, was sung in German with dialogue in English (and a large smattering of Chinese).

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Posted on 21 August 202421 August 2024 Opera

Pierangelo Valtinoni’s Opera “The Snow Queen” Has its Asian Premiere in Hong Kong

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Pierangelo Valtinoni is a contemporary Italian composer best-known, among other things, for his operas for children. The Snow Queen (La regina delle nevi), originally commissioned by the Komische Oper Berlin, was given its Asian debut (in English translation) at Hong Kong’s Shatin Town Hall 14-15 October.

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Posted on 16 October 2023 Opera

Musica Viva’s “La finta giardiniera” at Hong Kong’s City Hall

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Given the opera’s relative rarity, Musica Viva’s recent production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s La finta giardiniera must surely have been a premiere of some sort.

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Posted on 4 September 20234 September 2023 Opera
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