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  • “The Story of Carmen”May 3, 2025
    A special multimedia presentation to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opera for “Europe Day” on 10 May 2025.
  • Holiday performances of “Le docteur Miracle” at Guangzhou Opera HouseJanuary 2, 2025
    Marco Iannelli conducted four special performances on 31 December 2024 and 1 January 2025.
  • Marco Iannelli’s new arrangement for “Il tabarro”December 14, 2024
    Marco Iannelli’s new arrangement for “Il tabarro”, commissioned by Hong Kong’s Musica Viva, premiered on 13 December 2024 at the Hong Hong City Hall.
  • “Le docteur Miracle” returns to Guanzhou Opera House for New Year’sDecember 3, 2024
    The new “fairy-tale opera” production of Georges Bizet’s “Le docteur Miracle” returns for four more performances.
  • “La bohème” at Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityDecember 3, 2024
    OperaLab’s production of “La bohème”, first shown on the Star Ferry in a production for the Dante Alighieri Society and Peninsula Hong Kong, was re-imagined in a staged version at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on the eve of Puccini’s centenary, as part of the “Italia on Stage” festival.
  • “Le docteur Miracle” premieres at the Guangzhou Opera HouseOctober 2, 2024
    The new “fairy-tale opera” production of Georges Bizet’s “Le docteur Miracle” with new music from Marco Iannelli opened at the Guangzhou Opera House on 30 September 2024.
  • “Le docteur Miracle” premieres in Guangzhou on 30 September 2024September 8, 2024
    A new “fairy-tale opera” production of Georges Bizet’s “Le docteur Miracle” with new music from Marco Iannelli debuts at Guangzhou Opera House.
  • “The Triad” (“Le toréador”) wins Grand Prix France Hong KongJune 6, 2024
    The OperaLab production of Adolphe Adam’s Le toréador received the 2024 “Prix art et culture”.
  • “Le toréador” by Aldophe Adam to premiere at the French May 2023June 3, 2024
    The OperaLab production of Adolphe Adam’s “Le toréador” will be given tha Asian Society Hong Kong on 6 June 2024.
  • “Pomme d’Api” wins Guangdong Provincial AwardsJune 3, 2024
    The Guangzhou Opera House’s production of “Pomme d’Api” wins two major awards.
  • Chen Yong sings Tybalt with Opera Hong KongMay 12, 2024
    Chen Yong sang Tybalt in Opera Hong Kong’s run of “Roméo et Juliette”
  • “La bohème” on Hong Kong’s iconic Star FerryApril 28, 2024
    OperaLab debuted a new reduced version of Giacomo Puccini’s “La bohème” on April 27-28.
  • “Pomme d’Api” at the Peninsula ShanghaiMarch 15, 2024
    The Guangzhou Opera House performed “Pomme d’Api” in Shanghai for performances at the Peninsula Hotel on 8-9 March 2024.
  • “Pomme d’Api” on the Bund in MarchFebruary 21, 2024
    The Guangzhou Opera House’s production of “Pomme d’Api” travels to Shanghai for performances at the Peninsula Hotel 8-9 March 2024.
  • “Rita” Clocks Up 20 Performances at the Guanzghou Opera HouseOctober 8, 2023
    Rita’s 20th Guangzhou Opera House performance took place on 5 October 2023.
  • “Pomme d’Api” returns to the Guangzhou Opera HouseOctober 1, 2023
    A gallery of photos from the 29 September 2023 performance.
  • “Rita” & “Pomme d’Api” to be reprised at Guangzhou Opera HouseSeptember 28, 2023
    The two one-acts operas will be back on stage from 29 September to 5 October 2023.
  • Opera selections in the Botanical Gardens in GuangzhouSeptember 20, 2023
    The Guangzhou Opera House presented selections from their acclaimed productions of “Rita” and “Pomme d’Api” at the Kirine cultural complex in Guanghzhou.
  • Marco Iannelli’s new score for chamber ensemble for “La finta giardiniera”September 3, 2023
    Marco Iannelli’s new chamber ensemble score for Mozart’s eighth opera “La finta giardiniera”, commissioned by Hong Kong’s Musica Viva, had a typhoon-delayed premiere on 2 September 2023 at the Hong Hong City Hall.
  • Premiere of “Pomme d’Api” in GuangzhouJuly 1, 2023
    The Chinese premiere of Jacques Offenbach’s “Pomme d’Api” opened on 30 June 2023 to a sold-out performance at the Guangzhou Opera House as part of the French Croisements Festival. Set locally in Guangzhou as the story of a small opera company putting on a production of Offenbach’s one-act operetta, this production was extended and adapted… Read more: Premiere of “Pomme d’Api” in Guangzhou
  • “Le docteur Miracle” debuts with Opera Hong Kong and HKUSTMay 16, 2023
    OperaLab’s new production of George Bizet’s “Dr. Miracle” premiered at HKUST’s Shaw Auditorium on 15 May 2023
  • “Pomme d’Api” opens in Guangzhou 30 JuneApril 29, 2023
    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”.
  • “Rita” returns to Guangzhou from 28 AprilApril 13, 2023
    The acclaimed production is being given a 4th run with six new performances from 28 April to 1 May.
  • “Le docteur Miracle”, Hong Kong, 15 May 2023March 31, 2023
    OperaLab’s next production
  • “Rita” in DongguanMarch 25, 2023
    The Guangzhou Opera Theatre production of “Rita” is being taken on tour
  • Etta Fung sings in “Orphée et Eurydice” in EdmontonFebruary 15, 2023
    Etta Fung acclaimed in Opera Edmonton’s “Orphée et Eurydice”

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