Did you know that every prisoner at Shakopee can tell which guard is approaching by the sound of the guard’s jingling keys? *A Prison Opera…
Updated 2017 “Think of it as ‘V for Vendetta’ of opera, but it’s framed as a story about a troubled marriage under the totalitarian rule…
AN OPERA IN TWO ACTS For Singers, Chorus and Orchestra Based on a true event in 200 B.C. Reinvented for operatic story-telling by Wang Jie…
Premiere: Spring 2018, Festival Opera, San Francisco CA A Chamber Opera in Three Scenes without Intermission Duration: 80 minutes Music and Libretto by Wang Jie. Rated…
An Operatic Monodrama for Soprano and Piano Text by Paul Simms Duration: 13 min Program Note: What you are about to hear is inspired by…
Instrumentation: Baritone, Vibraphone and Piano Duration: 12 min Text by: Emily Dickinson “I Died For Beauty” was purely inspired by the beauty of these selected poems of Emily…
Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Percussion, Harp, Piano, Pipa, Mandolin, Violin, Viola, Violoncello and Double Bass Duration: 15 min
Instrumentation: Soprano and Orchestra Duration: 7 min Text: The Book of Songs (诗经) This translation by Arthur Waley (1889-1966) was originally published in the Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry, London: Allen…
Instrumentation: Soprano, Baritone, Violin, Cello, 2 Pianos and Percussion Instruments Duration: 12 minutes Text by: Steven Ross Smith About: IN WIND THEY CLEAVE is the centerpiece of…