Libretto by cerise lim jacobs oxford university press. And now its even easier to save on tickets with great deals on tickets from bostix. Salt, the titular character in shrek the musical, big fish edward bloom us, don price, les miserables javertvaljean us and on the twentieth century bruce. On february 14, 2020, she performs the title role in eurydice by matthew aucoin and sarah ruhl in the summer of 2020, she will perform. The music prize went to zhou long for madame white snake, which was hailed as a deeply expressive opera that draws on a chinese folk tale to blend the musical traditions of the east and the. She had written the libretti for the ouroboros trilogy, comprising naga by scott wheeler, gilgamesh by paola prestini. Robert woodruff has directed over 60 productions across the u. Additional chicago credits include work with lookingglass theatre company, court theatre and chicago shakespeare theater. Scroll down to browse all available shows, or search by keyword above while selecting the filter by ticket deals box. Madame white snake premiered there in 2010, directed by robert woodruff former artistic director of the american repertory theater. A peking opera, by tien han, translated by yang hsien. Madame white snake goes from boston to beijing the. Inspired by a chinese folk tale about a mythical snake that turns into a woman, the opera blends eastern and western music traditions. Odyssey opera spends miss havishams wedding night with.
Mar 09, 2019 one of these, madame white snake, composed by zhou long to an englishlanguage libretto by cerise lim jacobs, has just been given its hong kong premiere. Reviewed by caldwell titcomb it has been many years since a major new opera was mounted here. Madame white snake, a powerful white snake demon, wants more than anything to become a. Now it has to its credit bostons first operatic world premiere in two decades, zhou long s attractively scored madame white snake, a coproduction with the beijing music festival that will be seen with the same staging and cast in china in the fall. Apr 18, 2011 her book is about growing up and old in the digital age, the board said. Two english translations of his libretto are the white snake. She had written the libretti for the ouroboros trilogy, comprising naga by scott wheeler, gilgamesh by paola prestini and the 2011 pulitzer prizewinning madame white. Madame white snake by zhou long, premiered on february 26, 2010 by the boston opera the cutler majestic theatre. City, arts leaders should fight to keep opera boston alive.
You might also look for chinese opera videos at your. His previous troupe, opera boston, garnered nothing but critical praise, and even shared in a pulitzer prize for zhou longs score of madame white snake, but still collapsed under the. This opera in four acts is based on an ancient chinese myth about a snake shaped spirit that attains human form to experience love. With an audacious libretto by cerise lim jacobs, this striking new production by director james darrah takes us on a fantastical journey through the myths of our collective. This was the most demanding and expensive undertaking in the companys history. Conceived by white snake projects founder cerise lim jacobs, permadeath was composed by dan visconti. Potential composers balked at the prospect of writing something that would be performed only in the familys brookline living room, so jacobs coldcalled opera boston. An adaptation of the ancient chinese legend, the legend of the white serpent. The enhanced artsboston calendar is your goto resource to discover all things arts and culture including whats playing on stages and in concert halls, free festivals, exhibitions, and more. However, xu xian soon discovers that bainiang is actually a white snake sorceress who has taken human form.
The next year, it won the pulitzer prize for music. Created by bostons cerise lim jacobs, ouroboros trilogy is a cycle of three grand operas including the 2011 pulitzer prizewinning madame white snake, along with two world premieres, gilgamesh and naga. The music prize went to zhou longs opera madame white snake. Madame white snake was first staged by opera boston on 26 february 2010 at the culter majestic theatre, boston, usa, and received its first. Taiwans cloud gate dance theater performed a modern dance interpretation of madam white snake in the 1970s. Madame white snake, by zhou long oxford university press premiered on february 26, 2010 by opera boston at the cutler majestic theatre, a deeply expressive opera that draws on a chinese folk tale to blend the musical traditions of the east and the west. View biography in full page boston symphony orchestra associate conductor kendavid masur makes his debut with the chicago symphony orchestra at ravinia in summer 2018, leading two alltchaikovsky programs, then returns to tanglewood to conduct the boston symphony orchestra in music of glinka, rachmaninoffs piano concerto no. A biography of cancer, by siddhartha mukherjee scribner. Much on chinese opera can be found by searching the world wide web. As a result, bcc was invited to travel to the beijing music festival for the asian premier.
Many promote traditional chinese values like respect for parents, female modesty, and obedience to authority, while others encourage resistance to injustice or show women in unusually strong roles. Most recently, he directed celebration at the hungarian state theater in cluj, bergmans autumn sonata at yale rep and madame white snake for opera boston, which premiered at the beijing music festival. Madame white snake zhou long oxford university press. Now jacobss first opera, madame white snake, which premiered in boston in 2010 and went on to win the pulitzer prize for music the following year for the score by composer zhou long, will be. Cerise jacobs is the founder of white snake projects, formerly the friends of madame white snake, a company which commissions, develops and produces original opera of the highest production values, combined with social activism. The premiere kicks off the boston new music festival and features white snake projects production company, who shares new, relevant opera based on the stories of cerise jacobs. Sep 10 17, 2016 an ouroboros, an ancient greek icon depicting a serpent eating its own tail, has become symbolic of eternal renewalthe cycle of life, death, and rebirth. Created by bostons cerise lim jacobs, ouroboros trilogy is a cycle of three grand operas including the 2011 pulitzer prizewinning madame white snake. Permadeath, an opera about playing a video game, reveals. Its the latest in the annual series of productions by the company, which began with madame.
Madame white snake, a powerful white snake demon, wants more than anything to become a human and experience love. Apr 19, 2011 the music prize went to zhou longs opera madame white snake. Then, from 12pm1pm, join educators from opera boston for an hour of special storytelling and craft workshop inspired by one of chinas most beloved stories, madame white snake. Zhou long, umkc conservatory research professor of music composition has been awarded a pulitzer prize for madame white snake, which premiered on february 26, 2010 by the boston opera at the cutler majestic theatre. To fund the project, jacobs and her now late husband formed a 501c3 corporation called white snake projects, which. Bought this childrens book for my adult daughter, who is the assistant director for an opera group, which is presenting the opera under a similar title. Her original libretti are inspired by the myths that permeate our imaginations and the impulses of current events and human encounters. The emperor of all maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane biography of cancerfrom its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Performances of angels bone may 1 and 3, as part of our off grand partnership with beth morrison projects, have been cancelled due to the broad stage cancelling the remainder of their season as part of the effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Curtain rises on ancient myth in opera bostons madame white. Premier choir received widespread critical acclaim from their prominent appearances in opera bostons worldpremiere production of madame white snake. Andres serranos infamous piss christ photograph has been vandalized at a museum in avignon, france.
For more about chinese opera, you can read chinese opera. This opera in four acts is based on an ancient chinese myth about a snakeshaped spirit that attains human form to experience love. Madame white snake is an opera with music by zhou long and libretto by cerise lim jacobs, published by oxford university press. To fund the project, jacobs and her now late husband formed a 501c3 corporation called white snake projects, which raised the money to put on the work with opera boston in 2010. Apr 19, 2011 2011 pulitzer prizes for letters, drama and music. They performed in boston in winter 2010 and took the opera to beijing in october. Original musical theater work includes music and lyrics for the rag doll book by silvia graziano at blue spruce theatre company. Madame white snake by zhou long, premiered on february 26, 2010 by opera boston at the cutler majestic theatre. In the music category, zhou long won for madame white snake, which was premiered by opera boston at the cutler majestic.
The young couple is then torn apart by a group of monks who wish to save xu xian and defeat the white snake once and for all. Cerise jacobs presents hong kong premiere of madame white. Created by bostons cerise lim jacobs, ouroboros trilogy is a cycle of three grand operas including the 2011 pulitzer prizewinning madame white snake, along with two world premieres, gilgamesh. In 2012, the oregon shakespeare festival in ashland, oregon, staged an adaptation by mary zimmerman. Ngai, ubc press, vancouver, and university of washington press, seattle, 1997. With no advance warning that the citys secondlargest opera company was in trouble, board chair winifred p. Globe art critic smee wins pulitzer the boston globe. One of these, madame white snake, composed by zhou long to an englishlanguage libretto by cerise lim jacobs, has just been given its hong kong premiere. At friday nights world premiere of madame white snake, before a single note was heard, a large audience applauded opera bostons. Madame white snake at the 2019 hong kong arts festival. You can see the complete list of all the 2011 finalists here.
Bmfs cocommission with opera boston, madame white snake, was awarded the 2011 pulitzer prize. Workshops at new england conservatory and boston university. He has frequently worked with the goodman theatre in chicago, where he has worked on wonderful town, the white snake, the jungle book, pericles and candide, among others. Ben crawford the phantom of the opera was born and raised in tucson, arizona and received a bfa in music theatre from the university of arizona. In 2010, an opera based on the legend, madame white snake, with music by zhou long and a libretto by cerise lim jacobs, premiered in a production by opera boston. Lauded as an an endlessly unfolding chain of highly controlled polystylism boston musical intelligencer, julian wachners rev. Curtain rises on ancient myth in opera bostons madame. The indefatigable boston opera impresario cerise lim jacobs, together with her production company white snake projects, has recruited a new team of collaborators to give it a shot, including. There are over 1200 stories used in chinese opera, mostly drawn from historical legend and mythology. Peter tantsits as xu xian and ying huang as madame white snake photo. Nov 19, 2014 his previous troupe, opera boston, garnered nothing but critical praise, and even shared in a pulitzer prize for zhou longs score of madame white snake, but still collapsed under the. Three great dramas of revolutionary china, edited by john. His broadway credits include last seasons charlie and the chocolate factory mr.
Aug 31, 2017 the premiere kicks off the boston new music festival and features white snake projects production company, who shares new, relevant opera based on the stories of cerise jacobs. The legend of the white snake, created by leon ko and chris shum. Apparently, the story is an ethnic tale told to children so the opera is very popular. The title character of madame white snake and her companion, in the operas prologue. Madame white snake is dedicated by cerise to charles, with whom everything is. The music prize went to zhou long for madame white snake, which was hailed as a deeply expressive opera that draws on a chinese folk tale to.
She joined the domingocolburnstein young artist program in 2018. With her husband charles, she created and wrote the libretti for the ouroboros trilogy. But opera boston has done just that with its recent world premiere of madame white snake at the cutler majestic theatre. Images and stories, by peter lovrick, photos by siu wang. Cerise lim jacobss otherworldly operas harvard magazine. Performances of angels bone may 1 and 3, as part of our off grand partnership with beth morrison projects, have been cancelled due to the broad stage cancelling the remainder of their season as part of the effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus if you purchased tickets to this performance, the amount you paid for your tickets will.
Part of the traditional chinese culture series, this book is an illustrated. Premiered on february 26, 2010 by opera boston at the cutler majestic theatre, a deeply expressive opera that draws on a chinese folk tale to blend the musical traditions of the east and the west. The prize for music was awarded to beijingborn zhou longs opera madame white snake, which opera boston premiered in february 2010 at the cutler majestic theatre. Bostix deals discount tickets to theatre, dance and more. Beth morrison projects and the friends of madame white snake. Awarded the 2011 pulitzer prize for music, it was premiered on feb. Chineseborn composer zhou long snagged the pulitzer prize in music, for his first opera, madame white snake, which was produced last year at the boston opera. Opera bostons cocommissioned work got its eastern premiere at the beijing music festival last month. Madame white snake was first staged by opera boston on 26 february 2010 at the culter majestic theatre, boston, usa, and received its first chinese staging at the beijing international festival on 10 october 2010, beijing, china. Her book is about growing up and old in the digital age, the board said. Just this year, opera boston was the talk of the town for commissioning and premiering madame white snake, by composer zhou long, winner of the pulitzer prize for music. Official website of the boston symphony orchestra, inc. Madame white snake worthwhile effort from opera boston.
Jan 09, 2010 then, from 12pm1pm, join educators from opera boston for an hour of special storytelling and craft workshop inspired by one of chinas most beloved stories, madame white snake. In the music category, zhou long won for madame white snake, which was. They performed in boston in winter 2010 and took the opera to beijing in october 2010. Madame white snake is a deeply expressive opera that draws on a chinese folk tale to blend the musical traditions of the east and the west. The english libretto by cerise lim jacobs sensitively adapts the story for modern audiences, and zhou longs music uses both western and chinese sounds to create a pioneering crosscultural opera. Madam white snake englishchinese tsai chih chung on. Information from the official seller of tickets and events for the boston symphony and boston pops orchestras, symphony hall in boston, and tanglewood.
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