Cantonese Opera Day

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The annual Cantonese Opera Day, presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with an array of activities to be held on November 27 (Sunday) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre (HKCC) and the Hong Kong Space Museum (Space Museum). Admission is free with tickets. Tickets will be available through online and telephone registration from November 14 (Monday) on a first-come, first-served basis. Some tickets for the “Cantonese Opera Excerpts and Cantonese Operatic Songs” programme will be reserved for walk-in participants while stocks last.

This year’s Cantonese Opera Day offers a variety of fringe activities for the enjoyment of Cantonese opera lovers and participants of all ages. The talk “Cantonese Opera Chat and Learn” will be held at the Lecture Hall of the Space Museum in the morning, where tutors and their young and teenage students will share their experiences and thoughts about acquiring the skills of Cantonese opera. In the afternoon, a host of exciting programmes will take place at the HKCC, including “Cantonese Opera Excerpts and Cantonese Operatic Songs” to be staged at the Concert Hall, where young Cantonese opera talents as well as winners of the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival Cantonese Opera Competition will take turns to perform classic excerpts and familiar duet and solo pieces. The “Cantonese Opera in Hong Kong” Exhibition, which is co-ordinated by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, will be held at the Foyer Exhibition Area. A number of talks and demonstration sessions, covering areas such as Cantonese opera make-up, costumes, percussion and traditional Cantonese singing, will be held in the conference rooms and Exhibition Gallery on Level 4 of the Administration Building. All these activities will allow participants to learn more about Cantonese opera, a world intangible cultural heritage item, from multiple perspectives.

Tickets for Cantonese Opera Day are limited on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public can collect free admission tickets through the following methods:

• Online and telephone registration: Registration will be open from 10am on November 14 online
(www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/chinese_opera/programs_1395.html) or by calling 2268 7267.

For the programme “Cantonese Opera Excerpts and Cantonese Operatic Songs” at the Concert Hall of the HKCC, each person is entitled to two tickets with free seating. For other talks and demonstration sessions (i.e. activities at the Space Museum and Level 4 of the Administration Building, HKCC), each person can receive one ticket with free seating for each activity, with a maximum of two talks/demonstrations to be chosen.

This year, various Cantonese opera related programmes such as film screenings, Cantonese opera performances and an exhibition will be held at various LCSD venues (including the Hong Kong Film Archive, Ko Shan Theatre and Red Brick Building) in support of Cantonese Opera Day. Please visit the above-mentioned website for the relevant programmes and web links.