San Francisco Opera General Director Matthew Shilvock said: “ Dream of the Red Chamber had a profound impact in connecting San Francisco Opera to its broader Bay Area community. “One sensuous tableau flowing into the next,” said the Financial Times. A “first-rate visual production, thoughtfully staged” praised the San Francisco Chronicle at the opera’s world premiere at the War Memorial Opera House. Dream of the Red Chamber will be presented in the original production by acclaimed Taiwanese director Stan Lai and Oscar-winning Chinese designer Tim Yip. The Chorus of the State Opera of Dnipro, Ukraine, will sing at each performance. In Beijing, Sheng will lead the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra in Changsha and Wuhan he will be joined in the pit by the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra. The Dream of the Red Chamber tour performances will be conducted by Sheng, marking the composer’s first time conducting his opera. The third and final stop of the tour will be the Qintai Grand Theatre in Wuhan on September 22 and 23. Designed by the late Zaha Hadid, the Meixihu complex was among the noted British-Iraqi architect’s last projects before her sudden death in March 2016. The work will then be presented as part of the grand opening of the Meixihu International Culture and Arts Centre Grand Theatre in the southern city of Changsha on September 15 and 16. The tour opens with two performances at Beijing’s Poly Theatre on September 8 and 9. and Armstrong International Music & Arts Enterprises, Ltd., the Dream of the Red Chamber China Tour will travel to three Chinese cities in six performances. Co-produced by Poly Theatre Management Co., Ltd. Dream of the Red Chamber, commissioned by San Francisco Opera from Chinese-American composer Bright Sheng with a libretto by Sheng and playwright David Henry Hwang, will tour to the People’s Republic of China in September 2017, a press conference unveiled today at the late 18th-century Prince Gong Mansion in Beijing.
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