Description

Programme

Aaron ZIGMAN | Émigré (Oratorio, Hong Kong Premiere)

Two brothers flee imminent Nazi persecution following Kristallnacht in 1938. They find sanctuary in the distant and unfamiliar city of Shanghai, joining 30,000 other Jewish refugees in rebuilding lives away from their native land. The forbidden love between the younger brother and a Shanghainese girl ends in tragedy. With lyrics by Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Campbell and Brock Walsh, Aaron Zigman’s new oratorio, Émigré, was co-commissioned by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra under Long Yu and the New York Philharmonic. For its Hong Kong debut, Long Yu will conduct an international cast of singers in a poignant semi-staged production.

Artists

Long Yu, conductor

Matthew White, tenor as Otto Bader

Arnold Livingston Geis, tenor as Josef Bader

Zhu Huiling, mezzo-soprano as Li Song

Yu Guanqun, soprano as Lina Song

Tian Haojiang, bass as Wei Song

Janai Brugger, soprano as Tovah Odesska

Andrew Dwan, bass-baritone as Yaakov Bader

Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus

Lanzhou Concert Hall Choir

The concert runs approximately 2 hours with an intermission.