East Kowloon Cultural Centre | Cross-media Chamber Opera《Qixi》

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CASH Golden Sail Award Winner Cheung Pui-shan Cross-Media Chamber Opera, "Qixi"

Following her award-winning cross-media chamber opera “Lotus Script”, composer Cheung Pui-shan presents her second chamber opera, “Qixi”. Once again, she beautifully explores the themes of women and traditional culture.

A Magical Mix of Art and Technology

Blending music, theatre, dance and digital art, "Qixi" brings a fading Cantonese tradition—the "Seven Sisters Festival" (Chinese Valentine's Day)—back to life. The show features a soprano, a mezzo-soprano, two dancers and an East-West fusion ensemble with traditional Cantonese opera percussion, integrated with modern sound and media technology.

Two Different Love Stories Across Time

The story travels between the past and the present, following two women from different eras searching for love: “Purple Love” reveals the subtle affections of a woman in the 1960s, and “Bobo Falls for an AI Man” tells a funny, modern 21st-century fantasy about a young lady falling in love with artificial intelligence.

Like a needle with thread, “Qixi” stitches together the hearts of past and modern women. It brings us the ultimate wish of the festival: may all our lives, dreams and hearts be complete and filled with love.

Director/ Composer/ Producer: Cheung Pui-shan

Playwright/ Librettist: Pansy Lai

Conductor: Sharon Choa

Lighting Design: Psyche Chio

Arts Tech/ Multimedia Design: Rodney Ma

Set & Costume Design: Melissa Lai

Sound Design: Kyle Li

Soprano: Yuki Ip

Mezzo-soprano: Dominique Chan

Ensemble: Hong Kong CrossRoads Ensemble 

The presenter reserves the right to substitute artists and change the programme should unavoidable circumstances make it necessary

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The programme runs approximately 1 hour 30 minutes without interval.

In Putonghua, Cantonese and English, with Chinese and English surtitles.

Recommended for ages 6 or above.

Members of the audience are strongly advised to arrive punctually. Latecomers and those who leave their seats during the performance will only be admitted and allowed to return to their seats at a suitable break.