Name: L’impresario in angustie｜an Opera by Domenico Cimarosa
Start: 2023-01-06
End: 2023-01-07
Location: Jockey Club Auditorium, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

2500+ are interested

6 Jan 2023(Fri) - 7 Jan(Sat)

Location:Jockey Club Auditorium, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Yuk Choi Rd, Hung Hom, Hong Kong

About the event

L’impresario in angustie｜an Opera by Domenico Cimarosa Introduction

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Epic backstage backstabbing and catfighting – a turmoil not to be missed!

Having inherited an old theatre, Cris is launching a new opera in a few weeks. But what does he have? Three narcissistic divas vying for the leading role, a banal libretto that’s more potent than a sleeping pill, and a second-rate composer who’s habitually infringing other composers’ copyright. And the problems keep coming! So will this self-proclaimed impresario make everything work and put up a good show?

In 1786, Domenico Cimarosa composed the opera L’impresario in angustie (The Impresario in Distress) while Mozart created The Marriage of Figaro in the same year. Since then, Cimarosa’s opera has been adapted frequently and performed in different languages. Staged by the award-winning young director Calvin Wong, the Hong Kong premiere of this comedic opera uses its 1793 Viennese version as the basis, with specially adapted Cantonese dialogue by playwright Melody Yuen for a unique local twist!