“Opera represents the pinnacle of prestige among the performing arts, but the high-brow reputation intimidates audiences who have grown up with raucous Chinese opera and don’t know that the Western variety is equally fun to watch. As a result Hong Kong’s opera scene is tiny,” which worries the people who will be running the new 2,000-seat opera house in the West Kowloon Cultural District. “Cue Hong Kong’s most active opera evangelist.”