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David Henry Hwang
120'
2.2.2.2-2.2.2.1-hp.pipa(preferred but optional)-2perc-str(min. 10.8.6.6.4)
San Francisco Opera, with additional funding supports by the Chinese Heritage Foundation of Minnesota
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Schott Music
The Monkey King (the character is also known as Sun Wukong) has inspired countless interpretations in popular culture. Based on the classic Chinese novel, Journey to the West, the opera combines music and text with puppetry, dance, Peking opera, and Buddhist sutras to tell the adventure-filled tale of this legendary and beloved figure who was born from stone and strove against the odds to find the secret to immortality.
Huang links this concept of a third culture with what he calls dimensionalism, his neologism for how he sees art and life itself. 'When cultures or characters intersect, new layers emerge. I want to see the complete picture — that’s why I love opera: It lets me create all those dimensions at once.'
The Monkey King (the character is also known as Sun Wukong) has inspired countless interpretations in popular culture. Based on the classic Chinese novel, Journey to the West, the opera combines music and text with puppetry, dance, Peking opera, and Buddhist sutras to tell the adventure-filled tale of this legendary and beloved figure who was born from stone and strove against the odds to find the secret to immortality.
Huang links this concept of a third culture with what he calls dimensionalism, his neologism for how he sees art and life itself. 'When cultures or characters intersect, new layers emerge. I want to see the complete picture — that’s why I love opera: It lets me create all those dimensions at once.'
