LCSD - Cultural Presentations Section ,Cantonese Opera Day 2020

Cantonese Opera Day 2020

Programme Details

Concert Hall

Podium Workshop

Level 4, Administration Building

Grand Theatre Backstage 8/F Rehearsal Room (GR2)

Foyer Exhibition Area E2

Distribution of Free Tickets

Souvenir Redemption

Other Programmes

Enquiries

Acknowledgements

*Free tickets have been all distributed. Thank you for your support!*

Cantonese Opera Day is into its eighteenth year, entertaining programmes include:

Cantonese Opera Excerpt Showcase
Demonstrations
Talk
Cantonese Opera Exhibition

*Free Admission by Tickets for All Programmes

Concert Hall *Free tickets have been all distributed. Thank you for your support!*

Cantonese Opera Excerpt Showcase

1:30pm	Cleaving Open Mount Hua from The Magic Lotus Lantern
	Romance of the Phoenix Tower
	First Encounter from The Legend of the Purple Hairpin
	Pavilion of a Hundred Flowers
	Intermission
	Chastising the Princess
	Lu’an Zhou
	Kneeling by the Pond from The Lioness Roars
	Siblings That Turn into Enemies at War
	Yang Wulang Saving His Younger Brother

Podium Workshop *Free tickets have been all distributed. Thank you for your support!*

1:30-3:00pm	Cantonese Opera Make-up Demonstration
4:00-5:30pm	Cantonese Opera Dress-up Demonstration

Moderator: Barbara Tang (Conducted in Cantonese and English)

Demonstration: Kwok Chun-sing, Cheung Kit-ha, Tong Yuen-ying, Jim Ho-fung (Spring Glory Cantonese Opera Workshop)

Open to persons aged 6 or above

Level 4, Administration Building *Free tickets have been all distributed. Thank you for your support!*

AC1

2:30-4:00pm

Two Generations of Cantonese Opera Artists in Dialogue (In Cantonese)

Speaker: King Fa-lui, Leong Yee-lin

AC2

*1:30-2:30pm

*3:30-4:30pm

Demonstration on Making Cantonese Opera Pearl Phoenix Hairpins and Rhinestone Hair Side-pins (In Cantonese)

Tutor: Janet Wong, Ken Tsang

*Same content for these 2 programmes

Grand Theatre Backstage 8/F Rehearsal Room (GR2) *Free tickets have been all distributed. Thank you for your support!*

1:30-3:00pm

On Percussion of Cantonese Operatic Singing (Duple-time Metrical Pattern) (In Cantonese)

Speaker: Zhao Riwei (Lecturer (Music - Chinese Opera), School of Chinese Opera, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)

4:00-5:30pm

The Charisma of Cantonese Operatic Singing (In Cantonese)

Speaker: Boaz Chow (Lecturer (Music - Chinese Opera), School of Chinese Opera, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)

Foyer Exhibition Area E2

24-29/11

Exhibition of Discovering the Cantonese Opera Heritage

Coordinated by Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Distribution of Free Tickets *Free tickets have been all distributed. Thank you for your support!*

Free tickets will be distributed at the Enquiry Counter of Hong Kong Cultural Centre from 9am on 23 November 2020 onwards on a first-come, first-served basis. Distribution time is 9am to 9pm from Monday to Sunday.
Each person may obtain tickets of a maximum of 2 programmes with details below:

Programme

Venue

No. of Tickets

Seating Arrangement

Cantonese Opera Excerpt Showcase

(1 programme)

Concert Hall

Each person is entitled for a maximum of
2 tickets.

Marked-seat tickets
to be distributed randomly.

No selection of seat numbers and
no exchange of tickets.

Demonstrations / Talk

(a total of 7 programmes)

Podium Workshop /

Level 4, Administration Building /

Grand Theatre Rehearsal Room

Each person is entitled for 1 ticket.

Free seating

Participants of Demonstrations and Talk are advised to arrive at the venues 15 minutes before the commencement time for completion of the Health Declaration Form.
In the event of any dispute regarding ticket distribution and seating arrangement, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department’s decision shall be final and conclusive.

Souvenir Redemption

Redeem a souvenir from the following locations by presenting your free tickets of Cantonese Opera Day 2020 on 29 November 2020 (while stock lasts):

Admission Points of Concert Hall on Second and Third Levels (Ticket holders of Cantonese Opera Excerpt Showcase)
Venues of Demonstrations and Talk (Ticket holders of Demonstrations or Talk)

Hong Kong Film Archive

Gongjia (feats) Zone
Directors’ Zone - Gate of Styles – Analysis of Directorial Styles and Artistry
10th Anniversary of Inscription of Cantonese Opera Onto Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity:
Oral History – Opera Veterans on Cantonese Opera Film

Online Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPta_EtMxAFXHRjYMl_H47A

Programme Enquiries：2268 7325

The presenter reserves the right to change the programme and substitute artists.

The programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

The Leisure and Cultural Services Department would like to thank the following organisations for their generous support to the event:

Agency For Volunteer Service and the many other people associated with staging the event