“Waitress on Top”
A pastiche based on Pergolesi’s La serva padrona with additional selections from Donizetti and added dialogue. Set in an (Italian) restaurant. Performed at “Italia Mia” in 2020 and broadcast as an “opera-film” for RTHK.
“Rita” by Gaetano Donzetti
With a new score for chamber ensemble by Marco Iannelli. Performed at the 2020 “Italia Mia” and the 2021 Cosmopolis Festival and broadcast as an opera-film for RTHK. This production was adopted by the Guangzhou Opera House where it ran for 15 performances in 2022. It was reprised in a new production for Opera Hong Kong and performed at the Shaw Auditorium in 2023.
“Pomme d’Api” by Jacques Offenbach
Reset in contemporary Hong Kong as a play within a play, with new dialogue, some adapted lyrics and two additional arias from Pépito and La Périchole, Pomme d’Api was performed at the 2022 French May, with two additional concert performances at the Peninsula Hotel. It has been chosen by the Guangzhou Opera House for the 2023 season and will be part of the Croisements Festival, for which Marco Iannelli is composing a new score for chamber ensemble.
“Il segreto di Susanna” by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Reset in Hong Kong during the roaring ’20s, Il segreto di Susanna was performed at the Asia Society in 2022 in a co-production with the Dante Alighieri Society.
“Le docteur Miracle” by Georges Bizet
Reset in contemporary Hong Kong, Le docteur Miracle was developed for Opera Hong Kong in cooperation with HKUST and performed at the Shaw Auditorium in 2023 as part of the French May Arts Festival.
“Duetto“
Premiered in Macau at the Teatro Dom Pedro V, an integrated double bill with La serva padrona as Act I and Il segreto di Susanna as Act II.