Hsu Wei-En - Gaetano Donizetti: Rita (2021)

Chen Yong: Well known by his excellent performances in operas and concerts. Since 2007 he made his operatic debut in the Shanghai Grand Theatre with the conductor Michel Plasson and the director Nadine Duffaut, Chen has performed over 30 operatic roles with major orchestras. Chen graduated from the Vocal department of Universität für Musik und Darstellender Kunst Wien in Austria as the first recipient of Vienna Opera Ball scholarship after obtaining a Master Degree in Performance also with full scholarship from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Etta Fung: Coloratura soprano Etta Fung is known for her “charm and verve” (Opera Today) and exceptional stage presence. She has enjoyed an international performing career in Germany, Italy, the United States, Canada, and Hong Kong. She received critical acclaim in the Hamburger Abendblatt for her European debut as Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) at the Neue Eutiner Festspiele: “(Fung) acted with great enthusiasm, her powerful soprano voice underscoring the Wagnerian sounds of the score”.

Isaac Droscha: Isaac has performed roles with various regional companies in the United States, including the Des Moines Metro Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Opera New Jersey, the Bayview Music Festival, and Arbor Opera Theater, as well as roles in Hong Kong with companies such as MusicaViva. His performances have received numerous positive reviews, especially lauded for his comedic timing. He is also a prolific concert performer of oratorio and art song. Isaac has also performed numerous recitals in the United States, Russia, and Hong Kong.

Marco Iannelli: Marco Iannelli is an Award-Winning Italian Composer and Musicologist, and his works are played all around the world: Milan, Rome (in Vatican City), Paris, Strasbourg, San Francisco (SFMOMA), Athens (at the Olympic Games), Hong Kong (Cultural Centre). As an all-round Composer, he designed soundtracks for films, theatres, advertising and promotional events. For years, his work has diverted also into contemporary dance music productions, and he collaborated with international renowned choreographers such as Gheorge Iancu, Brian Sanders, Daniel Ezralow and David Parsons. For his book “The Cassandra Case”, Iannelli was honoured by the acclaimed International Award “Luigi Illica” in September 2009. The Vittorio Gnecchi’s opera “Cassandra” restored by Iannelli, and forgotten for almost a century, is become an enormous international success, performed in Montpellier (France), Berlin (Germany), Tokyo (Japan), Catania (Italy) and New York (U.S.A.).