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Hong Kong Arts Festival 2025 to include geisha, Wuthering Heights musical, Bizet’s Carmen

  • Festival highlights include a hip hop take on TS Eliot’s The Waste Land, András Schiff, a tribute to Rudolf Nureyev, and geisha in a garden

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Director Emma Rice’s music theatre version of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights is among highlights of the 2025 Hong Kong Arts Festival. There are treats for opera, ballet and classical music fans too, and a hip hop version of TS Eliot’s The Waste Land. Photo: courtesy of HKAF
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Hong Kong Arts Festival organisers have revealed highlights of the programme for its 2025 edition, including musical, theatrical, and dance performances.

1. Festival Opening: Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Currently closed for renovation, the 261-year-old Italian opera house is closely associated with the composer Gioacchino Rossini. Its orchestra, under the baton of Donata Renzetti, will launch the 2025 festival with an exuberant programme of music by Rossini and Mendelssohn.

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Feb 28 – March 1

A scene from a production of Bizet’s opera Carmen as it was first staged in 1875, based on the original production notes and designs. Photo: courtesy of HKAF
A scene from a production of Bizet’s opera Carmen as it was first staged in 1875, based on the original production notes and designs. Photo: courtesy of HKAF

2. Bizet’s Carmen

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of French composer Bizet’s death, the Château de Versailles Spectacles, Bru Zane France, Opéra de Rouen Normandie and Palazzetto Bru Zane will present his enduring opera as it was first staged in 1875, based on the original production notes and designs.

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre, March 27-30

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