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Musical: Romeo et Juliette in Guangzhou

Date: Nov 19-24－8 pm

Venue: Guangzhou Opera House

Price: 199-2,100 yuan

Romeo et Juliette is a French is a French musical based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, with music and lyrics by Gerard Presgurvic. It premiered in Paris on Jan 19, 2001. The production was directed and choreographed by Redha, with costumes by Dominique Borg and settings by Petrika Ionesco. The producers were Gerard Louvin, Glem, and Universal Music. Since then, the musical has been performed in Verona, Rome, Canada, Antwerp, London, Amsterdam, Budapest, Szeged, Moscow, Vienna, Bucharest, Seoul, Pusan from South Korea, Taipei, Monterrey, Japan and Shanghai and has been translated into several languages, including Flemish, Italian, Hungarian, Russian, English, German, Spanish, Romanian, Japanese, and Korean. Differences from Shakespeare's plot include that the nature of the lovers' deaths is different, depending on the production. New characters such as Death (French, Belgian, Japanese, Netherlands, and Moscow productions only) and the Poet (French production only) appear for dramatic effect. Lady Capulet has a greatly increased role and in the case of the Hungarian version, has an affair with her servant. The role of Tybalt has changed slightly from being purely dark to a more pitiful character because of his growing up with the hate and a dark childhood, as well as an unrequited attraction to Juliet.

Contact: 400-610-3721

China Film Symphony Orchestra

Date: Nov 19－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 80-500 yuan

China Film Symphony Orchestra is one of the national outstanding orchestras founded earliest in the People's Public of China. Over sixty years, along with the development of China's film and television music arts, the Orchestra has performed music for nearly two thousand of films, TV dramas, documentaries and special films. The Orchestra also performed music in more than 40 countries and regions, and played symphonic concerts, opera and ballets with international conductors, composers, musicians and dancers for many times to promote Chinese music development and international cultural exchange. Peng Jiapeng, a national first-grade conductor, is the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra, China Oriental Symphony Orchestra and Macao Chinese Orchestra, as well as standing guest conductor of Ukrainian National Philharmonic.

Contact: 010-6655-0000