MACAO, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) — The thirty fifth Macao International Music Festival formally opened right here on Friday with the opera staged in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, The Barber of Seville, an adaptation of the eponymous comedy by French playwright Pierre Beaumarchais.
Themed “Melodic Reconnections,” this yr’s music pageant options dozens of eclectic applications and outreach actions, gathering maestros and rising stars to current followers a musical feast.
Since tickets went on sale from the start of September, the pageant has obtained an enthusiastic response from the general public, significantly for the much-anticipated applications of Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi, in accordance with the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region authorities, organizer of the occasion.
The pageant additionally options tango opera by Astor Piazzolla, Maria de Buenos Aires, directed and choreographed by choreographer Helen Lai and offered by dancers from the City Contemporary Dance Company of Hong Kong.
Hailed as “the most powerful figure in China’s classical music scene,” conductor Yu Long is scheduled to crew up with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra to current a repertoire of Western music classics.
The pageant will final till Oct. 30.