June 18 – The ballet production of “The Betrothed” continues to tour the world, arriving tomorrow in China. The show is inspired by Alessandro Manzoni’s novel, and its directed by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory who is also starring alongside the prima ballerina of La Scala, Gilda Gelati. Beijing, at the theater of the Italian Culture Institute, will be the first city to welcome the production, followed by the Chengdu Auditorium, the Shanghai Pavilion Theatre, Shenzhen University and Hong Kong on June 27 at the HK Arts Centre. From July 2nd, the show will be in Japan, in Tokyo at the Italian Embassy, Fukuoka at the Enkei Hall of Across Fukuoka, Kyoto at the University St. Agnes, on July 8 at the Theatre Daimaru in Osaka and on July 10 in Sapporo. Each performance will begin with a musical tribute to Giuseppe Verdi, in memory of the bicentenary of his birth.
Manzoni’s “The Betrothed” debuts tomorrow in China
