concept
Anthony Heidweiller
Kantonese Opera
Kantonese operagezelschappen
Yim Kwan Fong Zang en Opera Association
Melody Chinese Opera Assocation
Beho Chinese Opera Association
Chinamen Plan # 1
muzical and artistic lead, drums, percussion
Eric Thielemans
artistic lead, contrabas, vocals
Peter Jacquemyn
real-time projection
Sigrid Tanghe
cheng (Chinese wind instrument)
Wu Wei
ghuzeng, vocals
Xu Feng Xia
location
Wah Fook Wui
day
wed may 27, Kantonese opera 16 hrs
thu may 28, Kantonese opera 16 hrs
fri may 29, Kantonese opera 16 hrs
sat may 30, Chinamen Plan #1 16 hrs
time
1 hr
prices
free admission
type
traditional
China is a proud land with a culture that is thousands of years old. Chinese culture is everywhere, and especially in Rotterdam. There has been a Chinese Cultural Centre here for years already, called Wah Fook Wui. It is with great pleasure that this organisation now displays its surprises to the general public - just to give one example, you probably did not know that Rotterdam has three Cantonese Opera companies. These companies will introduce themselves over four days; each day between 4 and 5 pm you will also have a unique opportunity to see a short Cantonese Opera.
Wah Fook Wui will also be the performing space for musicians Peter Jacquemyn and Eric Thielemans with their project Chinamen Plan #1, an improvised opera. Operadagen Rotterdam is proud to present this preview of the piece. With their preference for improvisation, jazz, contemporary music and multidisciplinary projects, Jacquemyn and Thielemans take Chinese and Western musicians as well as visual artists and performers along on their adventure.
The centre will be open on Saturday 30 May between noon and 5pm for concerts, lectures and other events in various spaces of the centre. You can also listen to Chinese singers who are studying voice at the Conservatory of Arnhem as well as lectures about Chinese music theatre by experts from the Erasmus University. In brief: ni hao to Wah Fook Wui!
behind the scenes:
The best-kept Chinese secret in Rotterdam
Enthusiasm, passion, consolation - these are the key works of Anthony Heidweiller's work as singer, director, initiator and director of the YO! Youth Opera Festival. He is a man with a mission: to make all men realise that they are brothers through opera. It is for this reason that Operadagen Rotterdam has engaged him to get to work with the theme of this year's festival: China, East meets West.