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“Le docteur Miracle” debuts with Opera Hong Kong and HKUST

Etta Fung (Laurette), Isaac Drocha (Professor), Chen Yong (Silvio) and Ashley Chui (Véronique)

OperaLab’s new production of George Bizet’s “Dr. Miracle” for Opera Hong Kong in cooperation with HKUST and in association with the French May premiered at HKUST’s Shaw Auditorium on 15 May 2023.

It featured Etta Fung as Laurette, Isaac Drocha as her professorial father, Chen Yong as Silvio, Romeo and the eponymous Dr. Miracle and Ashley Chui as the stepmother Véronique.

Marco Iannelli’s new score was performed by the OperaLab Chamber Orchestra conducted by Hsu Wei-en.

Dr Miracle appeared in a double bill with a new production or Gaetano Donizetti’s “Rita“.

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“Pomme d’Api” opens in Guangzhou 30 June

OperaLab’s “Pomme d’Api” has been adapted for a new run at the Guangzhou Opera House and part of the Croisements Festival. It includes a new score for chamber ensemble by Marco Iannelli, additional selections from “La Périchole” and a new “play-within-a-play staging”.

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“Rita” returns to Guangzhou from 28 April

The Guangzhou Opera House is reprising “Rita” with six additional performances. Details here.

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“Le docteur Miracle”, Hong Kong, 15 May 2023

15 May 2023: a new production of Dr. Miracle, Georges Bizet’s first opera, developed for Opera Hong Kong in partnership with HKUST as part of the 2023 French May. Reset in contemporary Hong Kong, with a new arrangement for chamber ensemble by Marco Iannelli, new dialogue in English and Cantonese, and interpolating a duet from another early Bizet opera, Don Procopio.

Leading a double with a new production of Rita by Gaetano Donizetti.

Details and registration.

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“Rita” in Dongguan

The Guangzhou Opera Theatre production of “Rita” is being taken on tour, with the the first stop in Dongguan on 25 March 2023. The performance features Xing Xinyuan (soprano) as Rita, Lin Junliang (tenor) as Beppe and Zhong Haodong (baritone) as Gasparo.