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Hung Ka Po Cantonese Opera Troupe to perform "Glorious Eras of Cantonese Opera" in January
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     Hung Ka Po Cantonese Opera Troupe will stage three performances in an upcoming production entitled "Glorious Eras of Cantonese Opera" in January. The programme will feature excerpts from popular Cantonese operas. Details of the performances are as follows:

January 7 (Sunday), 2.30pm
Auditorium, Yuen Long Theatre
Programme: "Kneeling at the Wooden Partition" from "The Sassy Princess and Her Blunt Husband", "Farewell to Mother" from "Time to Go Home", "Missing Thrice by the Official" from "The Butterfly and Red Pear Blossoms", "The Fury at Juying Pavilion" from "The Sounds of Battle", "White Dragon Pass" (Part II) and "Visiting the Beauty" from "Lucky Stars".

January 27 (Saturday), 7.30pm
Auditorium, Tuen Mun Town Hall
Programme: "Visiting the Beauty" from "Lucky Stars", "Visiting the Wife" from "Time to Go Home", "The Rescue of Pei" from "The Reincarnation of the Plum Blossom", "The Fury at Juying Pavilion" from "The Sounds of Battle", "White Dragon Pass" (Part II) and "Depicting the Image after the Crisis" from "Madam Pistil".

January 28 (Sunday), 7.30pm
Auditorium, Tai Po Civic Centre
Programme: "Kneeling at the Wooden Partition" from "The Sassy Princess and Her Blunt Husband", "Farewell to Mother" from "Time to Go Home", "Missing Thrice by the Official" from "The Butterfly and Red Pear Blossoms", "The Fury at Juying Pavilion" from "The Sounds of Battle", "White Dragon Pass" (Part II) and "Visiting the Beauty" from "Lucky Stars".

     The cast includes Loong Koon-tin, Nam Fung, Chan Hung-chun, Chan Wing-yee, Tang Mi-ling, Lam Tin-yau, Leung Wai-hong, Wang Kit-ching, Lai Yiu-wai, Ruan Dewen and Ryder Chan.

     "Glorious Eras of Cantonese Opera" is presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Tickets ranging from $120 to $260 are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone credit card bookings, please call 2111 5999. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2268 7325 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/chinese_opera/programs_408.html.

     A meet-the-artist session (in Cantonese) will be held at 7.30pm on January 19 (Friday) at AC2, Level 4, Administration Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Speakers will include Loong Koon-tin, Nam Fung, Chan Hung-chun, Chan Wing-yee and Lam Tin-yau. Admission is free with limited seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.
 
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