Gounod’s Faust in “Le French May” in Hong Kong

By Alan Yu, 12 May 2014

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Reviewed at Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Grand Theatre, Hong Kong on 11 May 2014

Gounod, Faust

Benjamin Pionnier, Conductor

Paul-Emile Fourny, Director

Tatiana Lisnic, Marguerite

Kimy McLaren, Marguerite

Aurhelia Varak, Siebel

Stefan Pop, Faust

Marc Laho, Faust

Zhengzhong Zhou, Valentin

Dimitry Ivashchenko, Méphistophélès

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Alan Yu

The first concert Alan attended was Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. For 7 years he presented classical music programmes for Radio Television Hong Kong, partly to pay his way through university. He attends concerts whenever he can and believes there is no substitute for the thrill of live performances. He writes here.