the book by Cao Xueqin
Commissioned by San Francisco Opera
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Director
Production Designer
Lighting Designer
Choreographer
Chorus Director
Dance Master
Fight Director
Assistant Conductor
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Chinese Supertitles
Assistant Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Assistant Stage Manager(s)
Costume Supervisor
Head of Wig and Makeup
Producing Consultant
Cast
Monk/Dreamer
Stone/Bao Yu
Flower/Dai Yu
Stone (voice)/Eunuch
Flower (voice)/Lady-in-Waiting
Solo Maid
Granny Jia
Lady Wang
Bao Chai
Aunt Xue
Princess Jia
Show Dates
Broadcast
3/5/2017 delayed broadcast, KDFC.
Time and Place
Dynastic China
Scenes
Media
Sponsors
Dream of the Red Chamber is made possible, in part, by John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn; the Edmund W. and Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Fund; grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts; funding from OPERA America's Opera Fund; and United Airlines.
Irene Roberts' appearance is made possible by the Emerging Stars Fund, established by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem.
The commission of Dream of the Red Chamber was initiated and funded by the Chinese Heritage Foundation Friends of Minnesota, with leadership support from the Dr. M. F. Tchou Memorial Fund of the Chinese Heritage Foundation; Benjamin Y. H. and Helen C. Liu; and Ruth Stricker and the late Bruce Dayton.
Additional support is provided by Affiliate Sponsors Stephen and Choongja Kahng; Gladyne Kenderdine Mitchell; and Stephen and Connie Zilles.
Legacy Commission
Sung in English with English and Chinese supertitles
Notes
WORLD PREMIERE
Commissioned by San Francisco Opera
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3/5/2017 delayed broadcast, KDFC.
San Francisco Opera co-production with Hong Kong Arts Festival.
SUPER NUMERARIES: Sili Gao, Nancy Huie, Marissa Israel, Joo Eun Lee, Helen Lew.
Digital illustrations by Eli Maffei.
Title calligraphy and production brush calligraphy by Patrick P. Lee.
Additional Notes
Beggars, water and dream spirits, beauties, servants, Imperial guards, wedding dancers.