Fairy tale musical Lucia and the Ice Mountain premiered in HCM City
Lucia and the Ice Mountain, a fairy tale musical co-produced by young musicians and producers from ASEAN countries, premiered in HCM City on January 6.
Dancer To To plays Lucia in the musical Lucia and the Ice Mountain, which will premiere in HCM City today. (Photo courtesy of the organisers)
HCMCity (VNA) - Lucia and the Ice Mountain, a fairy tale musicalco-produced by young musicians and producers from ASEAN countries, premiered inHCM City on January 6.
Themusical was inspired by and based on the book Land of the Blue Mountains byEnglish children’s writer Enid Blyton.
Itfeatures the adventure of Princess Lucia Valentina O’Donnell along with herfaithful dog Saxton who travels to Ice Mountain to find a cure for the diseaseof her sick mother, Queen Marian.
Onthe journey, she faces challenges made by the cold-hearted Ice Queen.
Themusical is directed by Singaporean actor and director Marc Valentine, and itsscreenplay was written by producer and writer Kevin Chua, who is based inSingapore and Los Angeles.
Theplay’s music is composed by Indonesian composer Ivan Tangkulung and singerMavelina Setiawan and it is choreographed by Vietnamese dancer To To, the 2016winner of Buoc Nhay Ngan Can, a Vietnamese version of the US TV reality danceshow Dance Your Fat Off.
ToTo played the leading role of Lucia.
AuBao Ngan, who was in the top 3 of Voice Vietnam 2013 – a Vietnamese version ofthe US TV reality singing show The Voice, played both Queen Marian and IceQueen.
“Playingtwo characters with opposite personalities is a big challenge for me,” said the29-year-old singer who has taken part in several musicals in HCM City and Hanoi,such as The Secret Garden and Les Miserables.
Thecast also included Huynh Luan, Quang Huy, and Huynh Duc, who are members oftheatre clubs in HCM City.
“Allof the actors and I feel lucky working with experienced producers fromneighbouring countries. We learned a lot from them,” said To To, a member ofBuffalo Theatre, who offers Broadway productions in Vietnam such as Chicago andHigh School Musical.
“Weworked hard and spent hours on training dance and singing for the musical,” the24-year-old dancer said, adding that Lucia and the Ice Mountain would be asuccess.
Themusical will also be staged on January 12 and 13 at the Pop Music Stage, 57 CaoThang Street in District 3.-VNA
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Dancer To To plays Lucia in the musical Lucia and the Ice Mountain, which will premiere in HCM City today. (Photo courtesy of the organisers)
