19:30-20:30, Saturday 9th September 2023

The Cockpit

 

Music: Anna Vienna Ho

Words: Roxanne Korda

 

Third part of the series Journey to the West, after The Monk of the River (2021) and Buddha and the Monkey King (2020). The Monkey King and Xuanzang go into the Gao Village on their journey to the West, realising there’s a monster in the village.

 

A new opera adapted from Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Scored for an ensemble of Chinese and Western musical instruments, this opera blends both musical traditions. Sung in English.

 

You can download a programme for The Monster of Gao Village here.

 

Age Rating: All ages, but mostly adults.

Content Advisory: to see content advisories for Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2023 shows, click here.

 

Produced by Anna Vienna Ho

 

Venue: The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH.

 

 

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Supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council

 

 

Cast:

Composer and Music Director: Anna Vienna Ho

Librettist: Roxanne Korda

Director: Michael CT Lam

Zhu Ganglie 豬剛鬣 (Pigsy豬八戎): Henry Ngan

Monkey King 孫悟空: Mandy Liu

Gao Cai 高才: HoWang Yuen

Mr. Gao高太公: Frankie Fung

Gao Cuilan 高翠蘭 : Valerie Wong

Xuanzang 玄奘/Sakyamunī, the Buddha 如來佛: Michael CT Lam

 

Violin I: Kristine Kwok

Violin II: Kelvin Ng

Cello: Hei Chit Wong

Flute/Dizi: Ruth Wang

Clarinet: Johanna Leung

Piano: Janice Tsui

Ruan: Michael CT Lam

Erhu: Cheng Peng

Percussion: Roxanne Korda, Howang Yuen

Composer and Music Director: Anna Vienna Ho

Librettist: Roxanne Korda

Director: Michael CT Lam

Zhu Ganglie 豬剛鬣 (Pigsy豬八戎): Henry Ngan

Monkey King 孫悟空: Mandy Liu

Gao Cai 高才: HoWang Yuen

Mr. Gao高太公: Frankie Fung

Gao Cuilan 高翠蘭 : Valerie Wong

Xuanzang 玄奘/Sakyamunī, the Buddha 如來佛: Michael CT Lam

 

Violin I: Kristine Kwok

Violin II: Kelvin Ng

Cello: Hei Chit Wong

Flute/Dizi: Ruth Wang

Clarinet: Johanna Leung

Piano: Janice Tsui

Ruan: Michael CT Lam

Erhu: Cheng Peng

Percussion: Roxanne Korda, Howang Yuen