Organization

Conductor

Chi-Chung Ho

Stage director

Kwok Tsz Wan

Opera Hong Kong

Orchestra

Opera Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra

Others

Opera Hong Kong Children Chorus

The Gondoliers

Hong Kong

Hong Kong SAR China

Sheung Wan Civic Centre

The Gondoliers Sullivan,A

Public

Approved

A two-act comic operetta and regarded as the last success by Gilbert and Sullivan, The Gondoliers tells of a lighthearted story against the backdrop of Venetian waters. It looks like sunshine and rainbows at the outset: the two charming gondoliers, Giuseppe and Marco, have just chosen their brides Tessa and Gianetta. The new chapter in life they anticipate is, however, thrown topsy-turvy upon the appearance of the Grand Inquisitor, who reveals that one of them is the long-lost heir to the throne of Barataria.

What remains unresolved becomes more complicated as the Duke and Duchess of Plaza-Toro arrive in Venice with their daughter Casilda, who was married to the future King of Barataria when she was yet a baby, and now in search for her missing husband. No one can tell who is the King; only the nurse Inez who took care of the infant prince might know the sober truth. Meanwhile, Casilda and Luiz the attendant are concealing their love and anguish……

English

兩幕輕歌劇《巴拉塔利亞之王》是吉伯特夥拍沙利文最後的顛峰之作。故事從迷人的威尼斯船夫兄弟朱斯卑和馬可說起，剛與泰莎和賈內塔圓婚的他們正要開展美滿人生，想不到迎來的卻是一位不速之客和一個未解之謎：他們其中一人正是巴拉塔利亞王國失散已久的皇位繼承人。

托羅廣場公爵與夫人帶著女兒卡西爾達來到威尼斯，尋覓卡西爾達早在襁褓時期下嫁的巴拉塔利亞國王後裔。無人知道誰才是真正的國王，惟他的保姆伊內茲也許能還原事情真相。與此同時，卡西爾達和侍從路易斯正為他們之間的戀情所苦……

中文

The Gondoliers by Sullivan, From (2022/2022), Directed by Kwok Tsz Wan,, Conductor Chi-Chung Ho, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

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