Madame White Snake
World Premiere
Music by Zhou Long
Libretto by Cerise Lim Jacobs
Project Conceived by Charles M. Jacobs and Cerise Lim Jacobs
A cross-cultural drama of passion and transformation, Madame White Snake is an international operatic event not to be missed! In a story drawn from a beloved Chinese legend, a powerful white snake demon longs to become human to experience love. She grasps love for one fleeting instant before it is swept away by a flood of deceit, doubt and distrust.
Internationally-renowned opera and theatre director Robert Woodruff, the former Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theatre, returns to Boston to stage this compelling and heart-breaking drama.
Sung in English with projected English and Chinese titles
All performances at the Cutler Majestic Theatre,
219 Tremont Street, Boston |
Performances
Friday,
February 26, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Sunday,
February 28, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Tuesday,
March 2, 2010 at 7:30 pm
The opera will be performed without intermission. Running time is approximately 95 minutes.
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Don’t miss the free pre-performance talk one hour before curtain for all performances.
Sunday ticket holders: stay after the performances for a free talkback with artists from the production.
The Madame White Snake Education and Outreach Program is presented by State Street Corporation
Co-commissioned by the Beijing Music Festival Arts Foundation in conjunction with Oxford University Press |
Cast
Ying Huang as Madame White Snake
Michael Maniaci as Xiao Qing
Dong-Jian Gong as Abbot Fahai
Peter Tantsits as Xu Xian
Conducted by Gil Rose
Directed by Robert Woodruff |
