“Our Music Talents” Series: Vocal Recital by Michael CT Lam
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Rossini
Largo al factotum (from Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
Mozart
Hai già vinta la causa (from Le Nozze di Figaro)
Schubert
Wandrers Nachtlied II, D. 768
Der Wanderer, D. 493
Kriegers Ahnung (from Schwanengesang, D. 957, No. 2)
Ravel
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée Chanson romanesque Chanson épique Chanson à boire
Verdi
Per me giunto… O Carlo, ascolta (from Don Carlo)
Wagner
O du mein holder Abendstern (from Tannhäuser)
Quilter
5 Shakespeare Songs, Op. 23
Fear no more the heat of the sun
Under the greenwood tree
It was a lover and his lass
Take, o take those lips away
Hey, ho, the wind and the rain
Anna Vienna Ho
Li Bai, Wine and the Moon (World Premiere)
Drinking Alone under the Moon (1)
With Wine Cup in Hand I Ask the Moon
On Drinking Wine
Moreno-Torroba
Amor, vida de mi vida (from Maravilla)
The performance will run for about 1 hour and 30 minutes including a 15 minute intermission.
Audience is strongly advised to arrive punctually. Latecomers will only be admitted during the intermission or at a suitable break.
The programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
The presenter reserves the right to change the programme and substitute artists.
Michael CT Lam (Baritone)
Born and raised in Hong Kong, baritone Michael CT Lam obtained his Bachelor of Music from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts before he pursued a Master’s degree of Music in Vocal Performance at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. He went to the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Hungary for further postgraduate training on the Joseph Weingarten Scholarship, completing the course in 2018.
Lam was the first prize winner in many singing competitions in local and overseas including the 2nd Hong Kong International Music Festival Competition - Vocal Division (Senior), London “Grand Prize Virtuoso” (2016), Abergavenny Eisteddfod Y Fenni - Vocal Class (2017), Ashleyan Opera Prize (2017), Rome “Grand Prize Virtuoso” (2018), as well as The North International Music Competition - Vocal Category (2018). In 2019, he was awarded the Gil Rodriguez Scholarship by Opéra de Baugé for his outstanding contribution to their Operatic Season.
Lam has performed in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Italy, France and Germany, as well as other European countries. He has sung more than 30 operatic roles including the title roles in Macbeth, Don Pasquale and Il barbiere di Siviglia, Tonio in Pagliacci, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Escamillo in Carmen, The Four Villains in Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Forester in The Cunning Little Vixen, etc. He also created the role of Sakyamuni, the Buddha in Anna Vienna Ho’s contemporary opera Buddha and the Monkey King for Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival in 2020.
On the concert stage, Lam has performed as the concert soloists in Bach’s Magnificat in D with Village Voices of the United Kingdom, Fauré’s Requiem with Chesterfield Co-operative Choral Society, as well as with many local arts groups such as Hong Kong Oratorio Society and the Singfest Choral Academy. He also appeared in the Rugby Festival of Culture in 2019 at the invitation of the St Andrew’s Church in Rugby, the United Kingdom.
Anna Vienna Ho (Piano)
A graduate of the Hong Kong Baptist University and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the United Kingdom, Anna Vienna Ho is a versatile musician who is concert pianist, répétiteur, composer and conductor rolled into one. She has worked with the Welsh National Opera, Birmingham Opera Company, Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival and Opera Novella. She was a winner of various international competitions including the International Robert Schumann Competition, Concours International Léopold Bellan, International Moscow Music Competition, International Robert Schumann Competition Düsseldorf for Young Pianists, to name but a few. She is currently an artist of Du Vert à L' infini Festival in France and the Montpelier Arts Center Classical Recital Series in Maryland, the United States.
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“Our Music Talents” Series: Vocal Recital by Michael CT Lam
Tickets available from 29 April at URBTIX outlets, on internet, mobile app and credit card telephone booking.
Half-price tickets available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients (limited tickets for CSSA recipients available on a first come, first served basis).
“City Hall Virtuosi” and “Our Music Talents” Series Package Discount
For each purchase of standard tickets for ‘Vocal Recital by Michael CT Lam’, ‘Romer String Quartet’, ‘Cong Quartet’ and ‘Piano Recital by Wong Sze-yuen’, the following concession applies:
10% off for any 2 programmes, 15% off for any 3 programmes, 20% off for all 4 programmes.
“City Hall Virtuosi” and “Our Music Talents” Series Group Booking Discount
For each purchase of standard tickets for ‘Vocal Recital by Michael CT Lam’, ‘Romer String Quartet’, ‘Cong Quartet’ and ‘Piano Recital by Wong Sze-yuen’, the following concession applies:
10% off for each purchase of 4-9 standard tickets, 15% off for 10-19 standard tickets, 20% off for 20 or more standard tickets.
Patrons can enjoy only one of the above discount offers.
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