This 90-minute modern adaptation turns Bizet's operatic masterpiece into an empowering immersive experience enriched by video design and modern dance
HONG KONG, Sept. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- This November, More Than Musical will launch the world premiere of their new multimedia theatrical production, Carmen - Hong Kong, in Freespace, becoming the first ever Western opera production at the West Kowloon Cultural District. Featuring a score rearranged by renowned Italian musical director, Elio Orciuolo, this 90-minute adaptation of Bizet's classic opera is created by award-winning American director, Jennifer Williams, and performed by a cast of international and local singers, including Korean mezzo soprano, Moon Jin Kim; Korean tenor, Jung Soo Yun and Chinese bass, Shi Zong.
Carmen - Hong Kong is a multimedia theatrical production that fuses classical opera, music theatre, video design, and modern dance into an immersive experience. The adaptation reimagines Bizet's iconic opera as a story about a Hong Kong woman and her unwavering pursuit of self-actualisation and her place in the world as a modern woman.
Rather than being fixed in a specific historical moment, the story is set in an imagined future, a few years ahead of our present. The theatre will be turned into a contemporary and immersive environment which integrates space, light and video. Projections of videos and moving images and a kinetic sculpture, which the vocalists and the dancer will interact with, replace conventional theatrical set and props. These projections include video and photo references to buildings and scenery of Hong Kong as a homage to iconic aspects of the city's cultural past.
The production will run on 1 and 2 November 2019 at The Box, Freespace, Art Park, West Kowloon Cultural District for two performances. Unlike the original opera which is two and a half hours long, Carmen - Hong Kong is 90 minutes in length without an interval. Tickets priced at HK$850, HK$550, HK$350 & HK$250 are available from 30 August 2019 online, by phone or in person at Xiqu Centre and Fresspace ticket offices.
More Than Musical is proud to announce a collaboration with the Grange Festival in 2020. A highlight of the British summer, the Grange Festival, dedicated to world-class opera and dance, is based in a stunning estate with a neo-classical mansion and an elegant 600-seat theatre near Winchester in Hampshire. The collaboration will introduce an internship programme for performing arts personnel and singers in Hong Kong, led by the Grange Festival's Artistic Director, Michael Chance, and supported by the Chairman of its Board of Trustees, the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Haddon-Cave. Michael Chance will also host master classes and audition singers in Hong Kong for enrolment in the Grange Festival's international singing competition in 2021.
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Carmen - Hong Kong (World Premiere) |
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1 November 2019 (Friday) 8pm & 2 November 2019 (Saturday) 4:30pm |
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The Box, Freespace, Art Park, West Kowloon Cultural District |
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Performed in French with Chinese and English surtitles |
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The Programme will last approximately 90 minutes without an intermission |
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Latecomers will not be admitted -- please arrive punctually |
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Artistic Team |
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Stage Director |
Jennifer Williams |
Artistic Director/Music Director |
Elio Orciuolo |
Projection Image & Lighting Design |
Driscoll Otto |
Stage and Costume Designer |
Julia Noulin-Merat |
Choreography |
Melinda Sullivan |
Cast and Dancer |
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Carmen |
Moon Jin Kim (mezzo soprano) |
Don Jose |
Jung Soo Yun (tenor) |
Escamillo |
Shi Zong (bass) |
Frasquita |
Colette Lam (soprano) |
Mercedes |
Samantha Chong (mezzo soprano) |
Zuniga |
Lam Kwok Ho (baritone) |
Le Dancaire |
Frankie Fung (bass) |
Le Remendado |
Frankie Liu (tenor) |
Dancer |
Jonathan Hung |
Musicians |
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Ming Kwong (piano/repetiteur), Vince Chua (violin), Bernard Chan (cello), Venus Chu (flute), Rainbow Lau (percussion) |
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Ticketing Information |
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Standard Tickets |
HK$ 850, 550, 350, 250 |
Concession Tickets[1] |
HK$ 275, 175, 125 |
Tickets available NOW online, by phone or in person at Xiqu Centre and Freespace ticket offices, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and designated Tom Lee Music outlets in Olympian City and Shatin[2] |
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Online Booking |
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Telephone Booking |
(852) 2200 0022 |
Programme Information |
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Programme Enquiries |
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Commissioned and Presented by More Than Musical |
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Supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Equal Opportunities Foundation, Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation, Sino Art, DBS Private Bank and DBS Treasures Private Client |
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The organiser reserves the right to alter the programme and artists |
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[1]Limited concession tickets available for citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients on a first-come-first-served basis |
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[2]No handling fee for tickets bought online, in person or by phone |
About More Than Musical
More Than Musical Ltd is a new non-profit company that reimagines Western opera for Hong Kong's diverse communities in a compact, intimate and modern way. Seamlessly weaving key scenes and arias into condensed versions of well-known operas, its multimedia stagings are presented at the highest artistic standard. By presenting operas at intimate, less formal venues, More Than Musical gives audiences an up-close-and-personal and immersive experience of this powerfully vital art form.
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Artistic Team Profiles
Jennifer Williams (Stage Director)
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Elio Orciuolo (Artistic Director/Music Director)
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Driscoll Otto (Lighting and Projection Design)
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Julia Noulin-Merat (Stage and Costume Designer)
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Melinda Sullivan (Choreography)
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Cast and Dancer Profiles
Moon Jin Kim (mezzo soprano) as Carmen
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Jung Soo Yun (tenor) as Don Jose
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Shi Zong (bass) as Escamillo
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Colette Lam (soprano) as Frasquita
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Samantha Chong (mezzo soprano) as Mercedes
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Lam Kwok Ho (baritone) as Zuniga
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Frankie Fung (bass) as Le Dancaire
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Frankie Liu (tenor) as Le Remendado
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Jonathan Hung (dancer)
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https://www.morethanmusical.org
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