Excerpts from the new opera by composer Huang Ruo, who will be joined by 4 singers and 11 musicians. The program will include commentary by Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations, on the historical significance of Sun Yat-Sen, and an interview on the creation of the piece with Huang Ruo by Rachel Cooper, Asia Society Director, Cultural Programs and Performing Arts.
Jiang Fang-Tao, soprano
Laurence Broderick, tenor
Toby Sabrina Newman, mezzo-soprano
Benjamin Bloomfield, bass-baritone
Ensemble FIRE
Huang Ruo, conductor
CNN International: "Perhaps China's most innovative and contemporary opera to date."