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Scheherazade | Opera Hong Kong Children Chorus Annual Concert 2024 Introduction

Once upon a time, in a desert kingdom far, far away, there was a king named Zion who had a beautiful wife. One day, he caught her in the arms of another man. In his madness, he exiled her into the desert. To take revenge upon all women, he ordered his vizier to send him a young maiden every night to marry, but in the morning, he would cast them out into the desert, never to return. Seeing the troubles upon the kingdom and her father, Scheherazade, the vizier’s daughter, offered herself to the king. On the night of their marriage, Scheherazade began telling the king a story, but she would not end it before dawn. Wanting to hear the ending, King Zion postponed her exile until the next day so that Scheherazade could end the story. This went on for many nights, and if Scheherazade ended a story, she would immediately begin another. Scheherazade told King Zion the stories of The Hunchback’s Tale, Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves, and Princess Nuri & the Three Princes until she had no stories left to tell. Will King Zion finally exile her, or did the king learn an important lesson from her stories?

First Session: Opera Hong Kong Children Chorus Student Ensemble

• Conductor and Ensemble Coordinator: Alex Kwok

Second Session: Scheherazade (World Premiere)

• Music by Tony Lam | Libretto by Leonard Ma
• Music Director: Anna Chan
• Director: Kwok Tsz Wan

Concert Details

• Scheherazade | Opera Hong Kong Children Chorus Annual Concert 2024
• Date & Time:
• 20:00, 27 Jul 2024
• 15:30, 28 Jul 2024
• Venue: Theatre 5/F, Sheung Wan Civic Centre
• Address: 5/F, Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong

Ticket Details

• Tickets are available at Urbtix from 21 June
• Ticket price: HKD 360 / *180 / 280 / *140
• *Half-price tickets are available for full-time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder, and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients.

Source of the above information: Opera Hong Kong official website