Fah Thai Magazine Sep-Oct 2018

CULTURAL EXTRAVAGANZA
Audiences get to see George
Bizet’s Carmen in Four Acts. The
San Carlo Symphony Orchestra
meanwhile will be presenting
two symphony concerts. Carmen
will be staged by the San Carlo
opera house along with its 256
members on September 12 and 14.
Tenors Saimir Pirgu and Carlo
Bosi, mezzo sopranos Veronica
Simeoni and Giuseppina Bridelli,
sopranos Jessica Nuccio and
Sandra Pastrana, and baritones
Vito Priante, Fabio Previati,
Roberto Accurso, and Gianfranco
Montresor are leading names in
the world of opera, and among
the regulars performers at Milan’s
La Scala, St. Petersburg, the Royal
Opera House in Covent Garden;
New York’s Metropolitan Opera,
Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Paris
Opéra and Sydney Opera.
To celebrate 60 years of
diplomatic ties with the Republic
of Korea, performances and shows
from the Republic of Korea feature
in the festival. On September 24,
the Korean Symphony Orchestra
entertain with Western classical
music while the Hangzhou
Philharmonic Orchestra takes to
the stage on October 1. The Korean
Symphony Orchestra will be led by
Chi-Yong Chung, one of the most
sought after conductors and will
be featuring famed piano soloist
Jiyeong Mun who will interpret
Top Left & Right
The Moscow State
Classical Ballet, one
of Russia’s top dance
companies.
Below, from Left
The Singapore Dance
Theatre stages
‘Classical Weddings,’
on Sep 26.
The international extravaganza runs for six weeks
with world-class artists and performers engaging in
exceptional performances.
The Karlsruhe Ballet
from Germany will
bring two delightful
performances.
The Moscow State
Classical Ballet will
perform on Oct 5,
6 & 7.
Bedrich Smetana’s Ma Vlast
(The Moldau; My Fatherland),
Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto, and
Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No.1.
Praised as one of the top five
orchestras in China, the Hangzhou
Philharmonic Orchestra will be
bringing its 120 musicians and
violin soloist Ning Feng to
present Jiping Zhao’s Violin
Concerto No.1 and Gustav Mahler’s
Symphony No.5.
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