Cultural Presentations

The Provisional Urban Council organised a total of 453 performances of
various performing arts programmes attracting 323 635 people. Music
highlights included concerts by the China Broadcast Chinese Orchestra,
the China National Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony
Orchestra, the China National Symphony Orchestra Chorus, the Hong
Kong Cultural Centre Midsummer Classics by the Lille National Orchestra
and celebrated virtuosi Cheryl Studer, Pinchas Zukerman, Mischa Maisky,
Ivo Pogorelich and Anne-Sophie Mutter.

Highlights of dance programmes included performances by the
Guangdong Modern Dance Company and the Formosa Aboriginal Singing
and Dance Troupe in support of Dance On '97 - the 12th International
Dance Festival and Conference organised by the Hong Kong Dance
Alliance. Theatre programmes featured a wide variety of works by local
creative forces such as No Man's Land, Theatre du Pif, the Exploration
Theatre and the Chung Ying Theatre Company.

Operatic offerings included a newly commissioned production of the
Cantonese opera Till the Sea Runs Dry and the Italian opera Aida.

To commemorate the reunification of Hong Kong with China, the council
sponsored the presentations of The Last Emperor by the Hong Kong
Ballet, the Academy Music Festival featuring the Academy of St Martin in
the Fields and the Reunification Music Festival offering a series of
concerts with a wide music spectrum.

[Back] [Forward]