New Year double bill in Hong Kong: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci

By Alan Yu, 07 January 2013

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Reviewed at Hong Kong City Hall: Concert Hall, Hong Kong on 5 January 2013

Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana

Leoncavallo, Pagliacci

Opera Society of Hong Kong

Janara Kellerman, Santuzza

John Daniecki, Turiddu

Grant Youngblood, Alfio

Melody Sze, Lola

Cynthia Luff, Mezzo-soprano

Kristin Sampson, Nedda

Jeffrey Hartman, Canio

Brian Montgomery, Tonio

Alex Tam, Beppe

Nicholas Provenzale, Silvio

Lio Kuokman, Conductor

Lo King-man, Director

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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.