Dream of the Red Chamber

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Dream of the Red Chamber
Composer
Bright Sheng
Librettists
David Henry Hwang

and

Bright Sheng
Based On

the book by Cao Xueqin

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2021-2022
Language
English
Commission

Commissioned by San Francisco Opera

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Darrell Ang
Director
Stan Lai
Production Designer
Tim Yip
Lighting Designer
Gary Marder
Revival Choreographer
Colm Seery
Chorus Director
John Keene
Fight Director
Dave Maier
Assistant Conductor
Michelle Rofrano
Prompter
Dennis Doubin
Musical Preparation
Maureen Zoltek
Kseniia Polstiankina Barrad
Marika Yasuda
John Churchwell
Fabrizio Corona
Diction
Lynne Soffer
Chinese Supertitles
Sharon Chan
Joanna C. Lee
Patrick P. Lee
Associate Director
E. Reed Fisher
Assistant Director(s)
José Maria Condemi
Stage Manager(s)
Thea Railey
Assistant Stage Manager(s)
Jayme O’Hara
Anna Reetz
Jonathan S. Campbell
Rachel Garoon
Costume Supervisor
Jai Alltizer
Wig and Makeup
Jeanna Parham

Cast

Monk/Dreamer
Francis Jue
Stone/Bao Yu
Konu Kim
Flower/Dai Yu
Mei Gui Zhang
Stone (voice)/Eunuch
Victor Cardamone
Michael Jankosky(6/14)
Timothy Murray
Edward Graves
Flower (voice)/Lady-in-Waiting
Elisa Sunshine
Esther Tonea
Gabrielle Beteag
Liesl McPherrin(6/17, 6/19, 6/23)
Solo Maid
Gabrielle Beteag
Granny Jia
Sabina Kim
Lady Wang
Hyona Kim
Bao Chai
Hongni Wu
Sun-Ly Pierce(6/19, 6/23, 6/25, 7/1, 7/3)
Aunt Xue
Guang Yang
Princess Jia
Karen Chia-ling Ho
Yulan Piao(6/17, 6/19, 6/23, 6/25)

Show Dates

Time and Place

Dynastic China

Scenes

Act I, Scene 1: The Grand Hall
Act I, Scene 2: Dai Yu's chamber
Act I, Scene 3: Pear Court Pavilion
Act I, Scene 4: Bao Yu's chamber
Act I, Scene 5: The Grand Hall
Intermission
Act II, Scene 1: Bamboo grove
Act II, Scene 2: Princess Jia's quarters at the palace/Granny's chamber
Act II, Scene 3: A hall in the estate
Act II, Scene 4: Far side of the lake/Bamboo grove
Act II, Scene 5: The Grand Hall
Act II, Scene 6: Monk's Room / Lake / Ruins

Media

Sponsors

This production is made possible, in part, by John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn.

This production is made possible, in part, by the Edmund W. and Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Fund.

Darrell Ang's appearance is made possible by a gift to the Conductors Fund by Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem.

The commission of the 2016 world premiere of Dream of the Red Chamber was initiated and funded by the Chinese Heritage Foundation Friends of Minnesota.

Legacy Commission

Sung in English with English and Chinese supertitles

Notes

NB: The performance June 25th was dedicated to former Lighting Designer, Thomas Munn, who passed away June 24th.

San Francisco Opera production

Chorus and Supernumeraries

SUPER NUMERARIES:
Pauli Amornkul
Sili Gao
Marissa Israel
Helen Lew
Sarah Yune

The performance will last approximately two hours and fifty minutes, including one intermission.