Spellbinding: Mozart’s The Magic Flute will be staged at 8pm on March 31 at the HCM City Opera House at 7 Lam Sơn Square in District 1. — Photo ticketbox.vnViet Nam News HCM CITY — Mozart’s The Magic Flute will be staged at 8pm on March 31 at the HCM City Opera House at 7 Lam Sơn Square in District 1. The opera is supported by the Goethe Institute and Quynh Paris, which has provided costumes. It was first performed in HCM City in November 2013, setting the stage for later opera productions in Việt Nam. The opera remains one of the most frequently performed classical operas in the history of world music. Tickets are VNĐ450,000 (US$21) to VNĐ900,000 ($42). — VNS … [Read more...] about Mozart’s The Magic Flute at Opera House
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’New World’ symphony at Opera House
Dvorak’s New World symphony will be performed at 8pm on March 9 at the HCM City Opera House at 7 Lam Sơn Square in District 1. — Photo ticketbox.vnViet Nam News HCM CITY — Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World"), often known as the New World symphony, will be performed by the HCM City symphony orchestra at the city’s Opera House at 8pm at 7 Lam Sơn Square in District 1 on March 9. Dvorak’s ninth symphony is considered by some as "one of the most beloved works of all time". A recording of the symphony was brought by astronaut Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11’s trip to the moon. The conductor and Meritorious Aritst Trần Vương Thạch will lead the orchestra. The programme for the night will also feature the music of American Leroy Anderson, who included tango, waltz, and jazz elements in his work. Tickets are VNĐ300,000 (US$14) to VNĐ650,000 ($30). — VNS … [Read more...] about ’New World’ symphony at Opera House
“Maria de Buenos Aires” opera to be staged at Hanoi Opera House
“Maria de Buenos Aires” opera to be staged at Hanoi Opera House The Saigon Times Daily “Maria de Buenos Aires” will be staged in Hanoi on November 15 - PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE ORGANIZER HCMC - Tango opera “Maria de Buenos Aires”, written by Astor Piazzolla, will be performed at the Hanoi Opera House on November 15, starting at 8 p.m. “Maria de Buenos Aires” tells the story of a girl called Maria who lives in Argentina. Born in a poor suburb of Buenos Aires, Maria is marginalized as an object of sexual desire. During the hard moments in her life, she eventually falls in love with Tango. The story follows her life and death, dissolves into the beauty of the Buenos Aires women and the immortal Tango dance. “Maria de Buenos Aires” is considered as a declaration of New Tango, in which Tango is used as a musical material to make the Opera. The accompanying ensemble, including strings, guitar, piano and copious percussion, is … [Read more...] about “Maria de Buenos Aires” opera to be staged at Hanoi Opera House
Chorus of disapproval greets HCMC’s new opera house plan
Last week, the municipal legislature, the city’s People’s Council, had appproved a plan to build an opera house in the new urban area of Thu Thiem in District 2. The project was crucial for the city’s development and would improve the social life of local residents, Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam, the council’s chairwoman, said at the meeting. Le Thanh Liem, the city’s vice chairman, said the city would raise the VND1.508 trillion ($64.61 million) needed for the project by auctioning a land lot in District 1 that had been chosen to build the symphony hall in the first place. Thu Thiem New Urban Area is under construction to become the new financial and cultural hub of Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by Quynh Tran The opera house in Thu Thiem would take four years to build, and when it was completed in 2022, it would seat 1,700 people in two halls. Liem highlighted the importance of the project, saying: “HCMC is a modern, civilized city, a hub for economic, … [Read more...] about Chorus of disapproval greets HCMC’s new opera house plan
HCM City Council okays VND1.508 trillion opera house project
The HCMC People’s Council, at a meeting on October 8, endorsed the city’s proposal to build a symphony-opera-ballet theater in Thu Thiem New Urban Area in District 2, at a cost of VND1.508 trillion sourced from the funds collected from auctioning the land lot at 23 Le Duan Street, District 1. The Saigon Opera House at 7 Cong Truong Lam Son in District 1, HCMC According to the proposal, the opera house is designed to meet international standards. It is expected to have a spacious hall capable of accommodating 1,200 guests and a smaller hall with a capacity of 500 people. The Construction Investment Management Board under the Department of Culture and Sports will be the owner of the project, which is slated for completion in 2022. The HCMC government said the construction of the venue was aimed at meeting the art demands of over 10 million people and millions of foreigners. The theater is expected to become a new cultural symbol of the city. Besides this, the new … [Read more...] about HCM City Council okays VND1.508 trillion opera house project
HCMC Council okays new opera house project
HCMC Council okays new opera house project By Le Anh The Saigon Opera House at 7 Cong Truong Lam Son in District 1, HCMC - PHOTO: DINH DUNG HCMC – The HCMC People’s Council, at a meeting on October 8, endorsed the city’s proposal to build a symphony-opera-ballet theater in Thu Thiem New Urban Area in District 2, at a cost of VND1.508 trillion sourced from the funds collected from auctioning the land lot at 23 Le Duan Street, District 1. According to the proposal, the opera house is designed to meet international standards. It is expected to have a spacious hall capable of accommodating 1,200 guests and a smaller hall with a capacity of 500 people. The Construction Investment Management Board under the Department of Culture and Sports will be the owner of the project, which is slated for completion in 2022. The HCMC government said the construction of the venue was aimed at meeting the art demands of over 10 million people and millions of foreigners. The … [Read more...] about HCMC Council okays new opera house project
HCMC plans to build new opera house
HCMC plans to build new opera houseThe Saigon Times Daily The Saigon Opera House at 7 Cong Truong Lam Son in District 1, HCMC - PHOTO: DINH DUNG HCMC – The HCMC government has submitted a proposal to construct a symphony-opera-ballet theater in District 2, sourced from the municipal budget, to the HCMC People’s Council, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reported. The projected theater, named after the late President Ho Chi Minh, is expected to become a symbol of the cultural infrastructure of the city. When in place, the 1,700-seat theater, worth VND1,508 billion, in Thu Thiem New Urban Area, District 2, will have a spacious hall capable of accommodating 1,200 guests and a small hall with a capacity of 500 people. The Construction Investment Management Board under the Department of Culture and Sports will be the owner of the project, which is slated for completion in 2022. The funds collected from auctioning the land lot at 23 Le Duan Street, District 1, will be used to … [Read more...] about HCMC plans to build new opera house
Hanoi Opera House to host Autumn Melody 2018 concert
Hanoi Opera House to host Autumn Melody 2018 concert The Saigon Times Daily Autumn Melody 2018 concert will be held in the Hanoi Opera House on August 16 under the baton of conductor Le Phi Phi - PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE ORGANIZER HCMC - A concert entitled Autumn Melody 2018 will be held by the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) in the Hanoi Opera House on August 16, offering music lovers a chance to enjoy well-known masterpieces of symphonic music, ballets and operas, as well as contemporary dancing and Vietnamese classic works. The first part of the concert, starting at 8 p.m., will include works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Edvard Grieg, performed by Korean pianist Ji Sung Lee. The second part will feature famous opera pieces by Giuseppe Verdi, performed by Vietnamese opera singers such as Meritorious Artist Vanh Khuyen, Phuong Thao, Manh Dung and Dinh Chuc, together with the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of VNOB, under the baton of conductor Le Phi Phi. Meritorious … [Read more...] about Hanoi Opera House to host Autumn Melody 2018 concert
Magic Flute to be restaged at Opera House
Mozart’s most famous opera The Magic Flute will be restaged at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on June 9 and 10. Vocalists from the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera will perform the opera The Magic Flute at the Opera House on June 9 and 10. (Photo courtesy of HBSO) The two-act opera is a production of the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) in collaboration with the Goethe Institute in Vietnam. The Magic Flute tells the love story of Prince Tamino and Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night. After Pamina is held in captivity under the high priest Sarastro, the Queen of the Night persuades Tamino to rescue his daughter. The opera premiered in 1791 in Vienna, and has been staged by hundreds of theatre companies in the world, such as The Metropolitan Opera, Opéra National de Paris, and Deutsche Oper Berlin. With the support of Norway’s Transposition Programme, HBSO introduced the concert version of The Magic Flute in HCM City in … [Read more...] about Magic Flute to be restaged at Opera House
Contemporary, classic ballets to be staged at Opera House
Dancers Do Hoang Khang Ninh and Sung A Lung will perform in a new contemporary ballet called Falling Angels choreographed by Nguyen Phuc Hung. (Photo courtesy of HBSO) HCM City (VNA) - Ballets by Vietnamese and international choreographers will appear on stage at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on January 19, with the night’s highlight being a new contemporary ballet titled Falling Angels choreographed by Nguyen Phuc Hung. The ballet is based on Hung’s exploration of the contrast between a female dancer’s innocence and male dancer’s toughness. The dance will be performed by young talents Do Hoang Khang Ninh and Sung A Lung, who won the Gold Medal at the 2016 National Young Choreographer Talent Competition. Hung studied dancing at the Vietnam National College of Dance and choreography at the Fontys Dance Academy in the Netherlands. As a dancer, he played leading roles in ballets Luc … [Read more...] about Contemporary, classic ballets to be staged at Opera House