Date: Monday, January 1& 2, 2007

Time: 8 pm

Venue: Symphony Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall

Program:

Suppe - Poet and Peasant Overture by Suppe

Gounod - Waltz (from "Faust")

Smetana - Dance of the Comedians (from "The Bartered Bride")

Liszt - Concerto No.1 in E-Flat Major

(Piano Solo by Li Yundi)

 - Intermission -

Rossini - William Tell Overture

Curtis - Torna a Surriento

Bixio - Mom Tenor

(Solo by Wei Song)

Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture

Licia - Io Son I'umile Ancella (from "Adriana Lecouvreur")

Puccini - Doretta's Dream (from La Rondine)

(Soprano Solo by Cui Zhengrong)

Puccini - Nesun Dorma (from "Turandot")

(Pianist: Li Yundi)

Verdi - Brindisti (from "La Traviata")

Duet (Tenor/Soprano)

(by Wei Song and Cui Zhengrong)

Verdi - Marcia Trionfale (from "Aida")

Piano by Li Yudi

Conducted by Alberto Veronesi (from Italy)

Soprano Solo by Cui Zhengrong

Tenor Solo by Wei Song

Performed by the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra

Tickets: RMB 1,000 (inclusive of the New Year's Cocktail Party for VIPs), RMB 800, RMB 600, and RMB 400

Concert attendees are expected to dress appropriately. Business suits, full dresses or ethnic consumes are recommended.

A grand New Year's cocktail party will be offered in the 1,000-person large luxury tent on the square of the Xinghai Concert Hall.

For the first time, people will be allowed to pick their desired seats when making a reservation (applicable for the January 2 concert only).

Ticketing Instructions: Reservations for the New Year's Concert are accepted from November 20. Before December 8, people may book tickets by phone or in person at the Box Office of the Xinghai Concert Hall. (Tickets reserved for the January 1 concert will not be held after the deadline date set for pickup; people reserving tickets to the January 2 concert may choose their desired seats as available.)

Tickets will be sold at the Box Office from December 9, 2006.

People who have reserved tickets for the January 1 concert should pick up a number card from the Box Office of the Xinghai Concert Hall and in turn collect their tickets on the morning of December 9. Number cards are issued on a first-come, first-served basis. Each person collecting his or her reserved ticket will be given a valuable New Year's present.

People who have reserved tickets to the January 2 concert should collect their tickets according to their chosen seats from the Box Office of the Xinghai Concert Hall on the afternoon of December 9. Each person collecting his or her reserved ticket will also be given a valuable New Year's present.

Tel: 87353869

(Translated by Guangzhou Association of Foreign Affairs Translators)

Editor: Wing