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.
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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