Opera Gala Concert

Time&Date：19:30:00 9/10/2008
Venue：Forbidden City Concert Hall
Price(RMB)：100;380;580;780;980VIP

                             ~~~Program~~~~
        RICHARD WAGNER Meistersinger – Ouverture
        Gtterd mmerung – Siegfried’s Rheinfahrt / Mannenruf / Siegfried’s Trauermarsch
        GIUSEPPE VERDI Nabbucco – Overture / Va pensiero
        Aida – Beginning of III. Act mit Arie Aida "Cieli azzurri"
        Trovatore – Arie of Manrico
        GIACOMO PUCCINI Tosca – 3rd Act
                          ~~~~Casting~~~~       
        He Hui, saprano
        Fabio Sartori, Jarg Schimer, tenor
        Jorn Shumann, bass baritone
        Kurt Rydl, bass

Deutsche Oper Berlin
Matthias Foremny , conductor

Matthias Foremny
The german conductor Matthias Foremny (winner of the Prague Spring conducting competition in 1995) started his career at Komische Oper Berlin where he had a successful collaboration with Harry Kupfer. During this time Matthias Foremny conducted more than thirty operas and balletts and his performances of the Britten opera.The turn of the screw and the Ligeti opera 'Le grand macabre'got international reputation. In 2002 he won the first prize in the german conducting competition of Deutscher Musikrat.
In 2003 Matthias Foremny became Music director at Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin and chief conductor of the Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle. Soloists like Daniel Hope, Jan Vogler and Christian Gerhaher appreciate working with him.
Matthias Foremny is permanent guest conductor at Komische Oper and Deutsche Oper Berlin and works with orchestras like Staatskapelle Dresden, Deutsches Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Dresden Philharmonic, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Radio Symphonieorchester Berlin, Stavanger symphony orchestra, Slovac philharmonic orchestra, Radio Philharmonic orchestra Helsinki and other orchestras in Italy,Switzerland and Scandinavia. For octobre 2008 Matthias Foremny has been invited to conduct concerts in Peking with the orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin.

He Hui
The soprano He Hui was born in Xi’An in China (the old imperial city, known for the earthenware army) and became famous in the world of international music after winning the 2nd Prize in the “Placido Domingo’s Operalia” International Competition, held in Los Angeles in September 2000.
Two years later, in April 2002, she took part at the 42nd “Verdi’s Voice” International Competition in Busseto (Parma, Italy) and won the 1st Prize. The president of the prestigious jury was the renowned soprano Leyla Gencer, who immediately expressed her enthusiasm about the singing capabilities of the soprano.
Hui He is one of the most loved soloists by the Chinese public and the mass media (she recently performed in the New Year Concert, in the Great Hall of the Parliament Building in Beijing, in the presence of the President of the Republic and of important Chinese political and cultural representatives). Furthermore she has newly obtained a great triumph in Madama Butterfly in Hong Kong for the premiere of the 2006/2007 season of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and she was acclaimed with an exciting standing ovation.