December 31st 2007
Beijing's 10,000-seat Great Hall of the People welcomes Zubin
Mehta, one of the world's most flamboyant conductors, for this
special New Year concert.
Mr Mehta is no stranger to Beijing, or to Chinese audiences. In
1994 he and Itzhak Perlman, a violinist, headlined the Israel
Philharmonic's first visit to China. Three years later Mr Mehta
began a collaboration with Zhang Yimou, a Chinese film director, on
a stage production of Puccini’s "Turandot". The production debuted
in Florence and was then staged eight times in Beijing's Forbidden
City, where the opera itself is set.
7.30pm, Great Hall of the People, Tiananmen Square. For details
of ticket availability, call +86 (0)10 6417 7845 or send an email.
(Agency November 27, 2007)