Underpinning the significance of staying in touch with the world in the Covid era, this year’s HKAF uses “connections” and “arts and technology” as key themes. It continues to pivot to more online offerings, like last year, which should come as music to the ears of a global audience, as they can enjoy the specially curated performances regardless of geographical boundaries.
Highlights of the online performances include:
| Opera | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series Bayerische Staatsoper (Bavarian State Opera) (Germany) Korngold’s Die tote Stadt (The Dead City) An epic psychological drama of love and obsession, composed by one of music’s greatest prodigies, now retold with superlative conducting by Kirill Petrenko and starring tenor Jonas Kaufmann and soprano Marlis Petersen. Date: Feb 24 Mar 3 (HK Time) Free registration: https://go.hkaf.org/dietotestadt-en |
| The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series Bayerische Staatsoper (Bavarian State Opera) (Germany) Shostakovich’s The Nose Acclaimed Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov’s brand-new interpretation of a classic comedic opera, exploding with surreal imagery and human absurdity. Date: Mar 10 17 (HK Time) Free registration: https://go.hkaf.org/thenose-en (N/A in Russia) | |
| National Theatre Brno (Czech Republic) Martin?’s The Greek Passion The 150-strong cast explores the universal themes of humanity and justice in this provocative four-act opera recorded live in Brno in November 2021. Date: Mar 17 Mar 24 (HK Time) Free registration: https://go.hkaf.org/the-greek-passion-en (N/A in Europe, the US and Korea) | |
| Music | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (Germany) Three live-streamed concerts Under the baton of Czech chief Jakub Hr?a, the concerts celebrate life, death and tradition with Smetana’s stirring Má Vlast and Bruckner’s and Mahler’s epic Ninth Symphonies. Date: Mar 4, 9 & 12 (HK Time) Free registration: https://go.hkaf.org/bamberg-en
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| The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (Germany) Family Concert The perfect pastime for children (and the young at heart), featuring Saint-Saëns’s delightful The Carnival of the Animals and Haas’s Little I-Am-Me. Date: Apr 11 25 (HK Time) Free registration: https://go.hkaf.org/bamberg-family-concert-en | |
| Theatre
| Ontroerend Goed (Belgium) TM A live interactive one-on-one experience exploring media manipulation, populist ideology and conspiracy theories. Performed in English Date: Feb 26 Mar 27 (Every Sat and Sun, HK Time) Tickets: https://go.hkaf.org/ontroerend-goed-tm-en |
| Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe (France) Molière: Tartuffe and The School for Wives
Radical interpretations of two of the great French playwright’s major works in celebration of the 400th anniversary of his birth. Directed by Stéphane Braunschweigrenowned Molière specialist and Artistic Director of the Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europethese landmark productions explore the depths of timeless human frailty and foolishness.
Date: Mar 18 25 (HK Time) Free registration: https://go.hkaf.org/moliere-en | |
| Dead Centre (Ireland) To Be A Machine (Version 1.0) A theatrical adaptation of a prize-winning non-fiction book of the same title to be live-streamed by Game of Thrones star Jack Gleeson from a stage in Dublin. Date: Mar 23 26 (HK Time) Tickets: https://go.hkaf.org/to-be-a-machine-en |
For details of the 50th Hong Kong Arts Festival, please visit https://go.hkaf.org/online-en.
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