HKAF’s Cantonese Opera to Perform at Shenzhen ‘Belt & Road’ Internationl Music Festival
The HKAF’s commissioned Cantonese opera ‘Love in the Bamboo Grove’ invited to be presented this September at the 2025 Shenzhen “Belt & Road” International Music Festival
The HKAF’s commissioned Cantonese opera ‘Love in the Bamboo Grove’ invited to be presented this September at the 2025 Shenzhen “Belt & Road” International Music Festival
The Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF) is proud to announce that its commissioned Cantonese opera, Love in the Bamboo Grove, has been invited to perform at the 2025 Shenzhen “Belt & Road” International Music Festival this September.
The upcoming Shenzhen performance follows the production’s successful appearance in mid-September at the World Traditional Opera Festival in Seoul, hosted by the National Theater of Korea, where it played to a full house and received an enthusiastic response.
Renowned for its dedication to Cantonese opera, the Festival annually presents at least one production in this storied art form, with many being brand-new works. Love in the Bamboo Grove, a new work by celebrated playwright and screenwriter Raymond To Kwok-wai, made its premiere at the 2023 Hong Kong Arts Festival.
The production received widespread acclaim from audiences and critics alike, hailed as a “rare masterpiece in recent years”. Now, it will be showcased at the Guangming Culture and Arts Center in Shenzhen on 26 September, as part of the highly anticipated international music event hosted by the Shenzhen Municipal Government.
Tickets are now on sale! Visit the ticketing website for more details.
More live events coming up…
300 Years of Cantonese Opera: Transition (working title)
13-15 March, 2026: Sha Tin Town Hall Auditorium, Hong Kong
Uniting the finest performers to bring the full splendour of contemporary Cantonese opera to life.
Led by master Yuen Siu-fai, the Festival’s Cantonese opera performance series continues with a robust adaptation of Wu Zixu, a touching tale of loyalty and righteousness featuring opera stars Lam Tin-yau, Keith Lai and Wyborn Leung Wai-hong. Audiences will also gain a new appreciation of the enduring beauty of the traditional art form in a series of excerpts that showcase the development of Cantonese opera during the past few decades.
Advance bookings will start at 10am on 16 October 2025. Click here for more information.
