Hong Kong diva Liza Wang to embrace love for Valentine’s Day
TV and opera star Liza Wang hopes to convey different sides of the emotion as she takes to the stage with the HK Chinese Orchestra
There is hardly any subject the diva for all seasons shies away from, whether it be the performing arts or politics.
Liza Wang Ming-chun has been a household name in Hong Kong for almost half a century for her towering presence in television and Cantonese opera. She is second to none in holding public and charity positions alongside her busy performing schedule.
"I will take leave from the annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing next month because I've got concerts and television shows to shoot," she said in an interview with the South China Morning Post.
Before becoming a member of China's top advisory body in 1998, Wang served two terms as a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress. Her comment at the 1990 session on the bloodshed in Beijing the previous year "breaking the hearts of the Hong Kong people" was probably a highlight of her 10 years in the national parliament.
"I made that remark at the Hong Kong session. It was something I should say and it was also my feeling, and this hasn't changed over the years," she said.
Tomorrow, Wang will go on stage with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra to perform a selection of love songs for both the Western and lunar Valentine's Day. The latter falls in the first week of next month, which is why she will miss the start of the Beijing meeting.