CANCELLED / French May Talk : Adolphe Adam and "Le Tor¨¦ador"
A "know-before-you-go" introduction to the comic opera
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Nineteenth-century French composer Adolphe Adam (1803 -1856), best-known for his ballet Giselle, was also a
composer of ´Ç±è¨¦°ù²¹²õ-³¦´Ç³¾¾±±ç³Ü±ð²õ, a forerunner of such masters of French operetta as Jacques Offenbach, and very well-known
at the time. (Adam¡¯s ¡°Le chalet¡± was apparently one of the very first operas performed at Macau¡¯s Teatro Dom Pedro
V.)
On 6 June, this year¡¯s French May will include the Hong Kong (and likely China) premiere of Adam¡¯s ¡°Le
tor¨¦ador¡±
(1849), updated to a Hong Kong setting as ¡°The Triad¡±, a work which includes the famous recital piece of
variations on "Ah! vous dirai-je, maman" (better known as the melody of "Twinkle, twinkle, little star"
in the English-speaking world).
This associated session will provide an overview of Adam and his music and a ¡°know before you go¡± introduction to ¡°Le
tor¨¦ador¡±.
Composer - Adolphe Adam
"Ah! vous dirai-je, maman"
Speakers
Peter Gordon - Director
Peter Gordon has been involved with opera in Hong Kong for more than a decade, giving talks, translating subtitles and writing programme
notes. Along with his partner Marco Iannelli, he has directed several small-scale comic operas in Hong Kong and Macau for such
organisations as the French May Arts Festival and the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong and has been named ¡°Knight of the
Order of the Star of Italy¡±
for work in opera.
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