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Opera Hong Kong’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci double bill lights up the stage

October 12

Opera Hong Kong’s first fully staged production of Pietro Mascagni’s 1890 Cavalleria Rusticana and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s 1892 Pagliacci does justice to the classic double bill.

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