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Puccini Festival Orchestra New Year Concert

Date: Jan 7-8 - 8 pm

Venue: Tianqiao Theater, Beijing

A tribute to the masters, inherit the classics: 2018-19 Puccini Festival Orchestra New Year Concert will be held in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Qingdao and five other Chinese cities. The tour will combine world-class symphony orchestras with classic operas, which will bring a refreshing music feast to the audience and write an unforgettable New Year's memory. This New Year concert will bring together many artists to perform on stage, including the famous Russian conductor Dmitri Jurowski and the outstanding Serbian conductor Dejan Savic, Italian conductor Alberto Veronesi, Italian baritone singer Mauro Bonfanti, Chinese soprano singer Zheng Nan, Romanian baritone singer fantefan Ignat, Italian soprano Marily Santoro and tenor singer Cristiano Amic. These artists will cooperate to reinterpret the classics of Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti and other opera masters, leading the audience to trace the masters' footprints and giving the classic operas a more contemporary vitality. The New Year concert tour is hosted by Beijing Guanhua Culture Development Co., Ltd. and Shangzhi Fengyuan (Beijing) Fund Sales Co., Ltd., and was organized by Beijing Bozhang Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd. Shangzhi Fengyuan is a public fund institution established in 2014. The combination with opera art will promote exchanges between finance and art, and help art inheritance and development.