My New York Times feature on Huang Ruo and his brand-new opera “The Monkey King,” with a libretto by David Henry Hwang – opening tonight at San Francisco Opera.
Inside a cavernous rehearsal space near the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, the singer portraying the monk-like sage Subhuti was wielding a golden kung fu staff with serene precision. “Power alone is not enough” he intoned to the trickster hero of “The Monkey King,” Huang Ruo’s opera, which premieres this month at San Francisco Opera.
Filed under: new opera, New York Times, San Francisco Opera
MEMETERIA by Thomas May 