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Hao Jiang Tian: "My Wild Ride from Mao to the Met"
Chinese born opera singer Hao Jiang Tian performs the songs that highlight his tumultuous journey from the Cultural Revolution to the Metropolitan Opera.
When:
May 4, 2008 12:00am
May 4th
6:30 - 8:00 pm
Operatic bass Hao Jiang Tian reminisces about and performs the songs that highlight his tumultuous journey from the Cultural Revolution to the Metropolitan Opera. Tian is the first Chinese-born opera singer to achieve fame and a lasting success on world stages, but audiences know nothing about his childhood in a revolutionary household and his seven years of hard labor in a factory.
This program, which combines talk, music, and video, launches his biography, "Along the Roaring River: My Wild Ride from Mao to the Met" (John Wiley in association with Lincoln Center Books), co-authored with Lois B. Morris, who, with her husband Robert Lipsyte, reveal their tales of this East-West collaboration. Reception follows.
Cost:
$15 nonmembers; $12 members/seniors/students
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Phone Number:
212-517-ASIA
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