Life of Guangzhou - 2007 Guangzhou New Year's Concert

Venue: Xinghai Concert Hall, Symphony Hall
Time: 2007-01-01, 02 20:00
Tickets: ￥1,000 (inclusive of the New Year's Cocktail Party for VIPs), ￥800, 600, and 400
Tel: 8735 3869

Pianist: Li Yundi
Performed by: Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra

Pianist: Li Yundi

Concert attendees are expected to dress appropriately. Business suits, full dresses or ethnic consumes are recommended.

A grand New Year's cocktail party will be offered in the 1,000-person large luxury tent on the square of the Xinghai Concert Hall.

For the first time, people will be allowed to pick their desired seats when making a reservation (applicable for the January 2 concert only).

Program:

Suppe - Poet and Peasant Overture by Suppe
Gounod - Waltz (from "Faust")
Smetana - Dance of the Comedians (from "The Bartered Bride")
Liszt - Concerto No.1 in E-Flat Major
Piano Solo by Li Yundi
-- Intermission --
Rossini - William Tell Overture
Curtis - Torna a Surriento
Bixio – Mom
Tenor Solo by Wei Song
Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture
Licia - Io Son I'umile Ancella (from "Adriana Lecouvreur")
Puccini - Doretta's Dream (from La Rondine)
Soprano Solo by Cui Zhengrong
Puccini - Nesun Dorma (from "Turandot") Pianist: Li Yundi
Verdi - Brindisti (from "La Traviata")
Duet (Tenor/Soprano) by Wei Song and Cui Zhengrong
Verdi - Marcia Trionfale (from "Aida")
Piano by Li Yudi
Conducted by Alberto Veronesi (from Italy)
Soprano Solo by Cui Zhengrong
Tenor Solo by Wei Song

Ticketing Instructions:

Reservations for the New Year's Concert are accepted from November 20. Before December 8, people may book tickets by phone or in person at the Box Office of the Xinghai Concert Hall. (Tickets reserved for the January 1 concert will not be held after the deadline date set for pickup; people reserving tickets to the January 2 concert may choose their desired seats as available.)

Tickets will be sold at the Box Office from December 9, 2006.

People who have reserved tickets for the January 1 concert should pick up a number card from the Box Office of the Xinghai Concert Hall and in turn collect their tickets on the morning of December 9. Number cards are issued on a first-come, first-served basis. Each person collecting his or her reserved ticket will be given a valuable New Year's present.

People who have reserved tickets to the January 2 concert should collect their tickets according to their chosen seats from the Box Office of the Xinghai Concert Hall on the afternoon of December 9. Each person collecting his or her reserved ticket will also be given a valuable New Year's present.

(Translated by Guangzhou Association of Foreign Affairs Translators)