An experimental music theatre exploring love and passion in the form of Kunqu Opera based on East-West psychoanalysis and Freud's writings on the psychology of lust for power in Shakespeare's tragedies...

Adapted from Eileen Chang's eponymous novel, a musical version of this cynical take on the thorny beauty of true love...

A martial arts dance-drama based on the tormented world of Wah Ying-hung, hero of HK comic strip supremo Ma Wing-Shing's best selling 'Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword'.

NB There are 'meet the artist' sessions with members of the company after the 3pm performances on 27 November.

Launched at the London Roundhouse in January and based on the Mahabharata, Bangladeshi choreographer Akram Khan tells the tale of kidnapped princess Amba and her eventual reincarnation as Shkihandi to wreak androgynous vengenance on her abductors. 

Meet the artitst session after 19 November performance.

An Opera Hong Kong production with soloists from Europe and China, supported by Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Opera Hong Kong chorus - details at www.operahongkong.org

Since its première in 1895, Swan Lake has become one of the most popular classical ballets of all time. This heart-wrenching story of true love has enchanted audiences young and old alike for over a hundred years.

Jaap van Zweden is renowned for his interpretations of Bruckner symphonies yet, until now, Hong Kong has not experienced this aspect of his musical talents. His performance of Bruckner’s titanic Fourth Symphony with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) is complemented by renowned Mozart interpreter, Canadian pianist Louis Lortie, performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 22.

There are free pre-concert talks in the foyer on each day from 7.15-7.45pm:

Friday 10 June: Jerome Hoberman, Music Director of the Hong Kong Bach Choir and Orchestra (in English)

Saturday 11 June: Li Chi-Man, music educator (in Cantonese).

A Love Insight - Roméo et Juliette not only is an  opera performance but also a dynamic, real-life learning opportunity from behind the scenes to the stage. Before each act, a narrator will introduce the historical background, stage setting and other highlights including iconic songs and music. To let audiences see the backstage operation first-hand, the curtain will be raised during scene changes so that they can understand the scene set-up process. Various pre-performance tasks such as costume preparation and rehearsals will also be shown, documented in a multimedia presentation.

A companion piece (featuring local artists in the main roles) to the full version of Roméo et Juliette, one of Gounod’s best-loved operas, which plays at the same venue from 27 to 29 May - details at www.operahongkong.org

To transcend the myth of the femme fatale created by Prosper Mérimée, Pagés choreographed “I, Carmen” to reflect the real lives and feelings of women. Carmen is not a femme fatale.  She is an ordinary woman.  This new personal creative path taken by Pagés is deeply rooted in her desire to talk about women, drawing on her own vital, emotional, physical, sentimental and creative life experiences as a woman – as a flamenco dancer, choreographer, Andalusian, Spaniard and passionate advocate of universality.  

One of Gounod’s best-loved operas, this adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy, with vibrant and poetic sets, stars two young French rising opera singers Vannina Santoni (Juliette) and Sébastien Guèze (Roméo), along with local talents, under the baton of French maestro Benjamin Pionnier, conducting the Fujian Symphony Orchestra and Opera Hong Kong Chorus. - details at www.operahongkong.org