Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. This event is co-presented by China Institute and the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies (LRCCS) at the University of Michigan. Sheng and Hwang, in conversation with Ann Chih Lin, Director of the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan, will share what it takes to adapt this rich and complex world to a different medium, and why this story still resonates with readers and viewers alike more than two centuries after it was first written. On April 21, join composer Bright Sheng and Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang to explore the world of their Dream of the Red Chamber which returns to the San Francisco Opera House this June. But without a strong text holding the work together and cooperating with the music, it doesn’t succeed as an opera. Bright Sheng’s compositional genius is obvious, Tim Yip’s designs are breathtakingly beautiful, and the cast is full of new discoveries for San Francisco operagoers. The novel was adapted as an English-language Opera composed by Bright Sheng with libretto by Sheng and David Henry Hwang, which premiered at the San Francisco Opera in 2016. There’s much to admire in Dream of the Red Chamber. Please register here: ĭream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢), one of China’s four great classic novels, tells the story of the rise and decline a wealthy imperial Chinese family, and by extension, the rise and decline of the Qing dynasty itself. San Francisco Operas Dream of the Red Chamber is a story of cosmic creation, of marriage choice, and of family decline, both financial and moral. Registration for this Zoom webinar is required. When the curtain rises on San Francisco Opera’s world premiere of Dream of the Red Chamber on Saturday, audiences will get a taste of Oscar-winning art director and costume designer Tim Yip’s.
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