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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Chinese New Year
February 17 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
$70 – $125Welcome the Year of the Dragon with soprano Cathy-Di Zhang and the MSO performing evocative selections by Qiufeng and Puccini, conducted by Xu Zhong.
After making an impressive Opera Australia debut conducting Don Giovanni in 2020, Xu Zhong returns to make his MSO debut conducting this program featuring Dvořák’s New World symphony – voted #1 in the ABC Classic 100!
Join us for one of 2024’s cultural highlights in a program that blends Chinese and Western masterworks to celebrate cross-cultural connections through music.
PROGRAM Li: Spring Festival Overture
Qiufeng: Pamier, How Beautiful My Home Town
Yin Chengzong, Chu Wanghua, Sheng Lihong, Liu Zhuang: Yellow River Piano Concerto: 2nd movement
Liu & Mao: Dance of the Yao Tribes
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: O mio bambino caro
Dvořák: Symphony No.9 From the New World
ARTISTS: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Xu Zhong, Conductor; Cathy-Di Zhang, Soprano
Saturday February 17, 7.30pm
Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall
TICKETS: $125 $70