![]() First of all, the Bay Area tends to be culturally. Often considered as a semi-autobiographical novel, Sheng and Hwang frame the tale with a Prologue and Epilogue led by The Monk, who may be the author himself. Their brand new production, Dream of the Red Chamber, is the perfect project for San Francisco Opera. Bright Sheng and David Henry Hwang have adapted Cao Xue Qin’s epic 18th-century Qing Dynasty novel with a focus on eight central characters to tell the tale of the illustrious Jia Clan and traces the Jias' fall from the height of their prestige. A contemporary opera based on the classic Chinese novel, Dream of the Red Chamber, and developed for Western audiences, could be a riveting success at San Francisco Opera this fall. The story centers on a love triangle consisting of the main character, Bao Yu, his beautiful cousin Dai Yu, and his future wife, another beautiful cousin named Bao Chai. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Have to admit, I had my reservations about yet another Westernized interpretation of Dream of a Red Chamber especially after the disaster that was the Hong Kong Ballet production back in 2013. Pleasantly surprised Really enjoyed watching this production. The Dream of the Red Chamber, a masterpiece of Chinese fiction, is a detailed, episodic record of the lives of the members of the Jia Clan, whose good fortune is assured when one of its daughters becomes an imperial concubine, and then declines after her death. 17 March 2017, Hong Kong Cultural Centre. IMPERIAL SOLDIERS, EUNUCHS: Male Chorus, Dancers, Extras MAIDS, PRINCESS JIA’S ENTOURAGE: Female Chorus, Dancers, Extras Red Chamber is among Gockley’s 45 commissions, all but one. DAI YU/CRIMSON PEARL FLOWER: Lyric Coloratura Soprano The opera was commissioned and the production organized, jointly with the composer and others, by San Francisco Opera general director emeritus David Gockley before he retired at the end of the last season, his tenth in San Francisco, after 33 years heading the Houston Grand Opera. ![]()
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