June 26 – Historic success in China for “The Betrothed”: for the first time Manzoni’s masterpiece has been put on stage with a show by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory in Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai and Shenzhen. In Shanghai, the seats were sold out in a day; in Shenzhen many spectators asking for another show. It is also the first time in the history of Italian theater performances that Chengdu and Shenzhen featured as hosting cities. Given the unexpected success Finazzer Flory already received an invitation to return in 2014 between May and October, with a tour that will also touch other cities. Finazzer Flory performed in Italian accompanied by Gilda Gelati’s dance and music by Giuseppe Verdi, with subtitles in Chinese, thanks to effective and poetic translation of Liu Tongliu, much appreciated by the audience. Now the Asian tour of The Betrothed, in collaboration with the Centro Studi Manzoniani and Cathay Pacific, will make a stop in Hong Kong at the Arts Center tomorrow at 7pm and then continue the tour in Japan: July 2 at the Italian Embassy in Tokyo, July 3 in Fukuoka, at 7pm in the Across Fukuoka Enkei room, July 5 at 6pm in Kyoto at St. Agnes University, July 8 at 6pm in Osaka at the Theatre Daimaru, and July 10 at 6pm in Sapporo at the Tobu Hall.
