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From the Other Sky. From the Land Fallen. Rated R for Rat. An opera in four scenes. New York, NY.
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From the Other Sky. From the Land Fallen. Rated R for Rat. AN OPERA IN TWO ACTS. For Singers, Chorus and Orchestra*. Face to face with the popular film adaptation, FAREWELL is a fresh take on an ancient true story, i.e. my original story. My heroine corresponds to the powerful origin of opera: Orpheus. He now reincarnates as a female court singer. But this time, her (her! Powerful music brings the fall of an esteemed kingdom. New York, NY.
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Scene I The Extravagant Zodiac Palace. Thirteen Zodiac Animals (in the order of Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig, and Lark) live in their extravagant palace above the sky. From this remote distance, twelve of the animals install personalities in human newborns. The exception is the Lark, whose sole responsibility is to revere the Rat and entertain her fellow Zodiacs with music. Scene II The Plague-driven Human World. Scene III Back to the Zodiac Palace. The L...
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Anne Babson is a librettist and an internationally published prize-winning writer. Her libretto for Su Lian Tan’s opera Lotus Lives was debuted in 2012 at Middlebury College in the context of a performance by chamber orchestra Meridian Arts Ensemble. She wrote lyrics, also, for gospel hip-hop producer Orville Lewinson, a.k.a. New Lewi, for a compilation CD which debuted in 2007 entitled The Cornerstone (New Lew Music, 2007). From the Other Sky. From the Land Fallen. Rated R for Rat. New York, NY.
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A routine day at the Zodiac Palace. We find out through the Lark that new-borns have hit record low in the human world. The Rat sends the Lark down to find out why. A few seconds of instrumental prelude, the Lark flies into the scene. She is delighted to see the extravagant food spread. Peach, apples, pineapples;. Fat duck, crispy nut, lots of luck! The Zodiac Palace is a fabulous place,. You’ve got it right! No need to worship East,. If all you see is feast! Endlessly mindless till the end of the mind!
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AOP Receives OPERA America Grant to Commission New Opera About the Chinese Zodiac | Have a Voice
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The blog of American Opera Projects. Composers and the Voice. Press reviews and articles. AOP Receives OPERA America Grant to Commission New Opera About the Chinese Zodiac. Opera Grant for Female Composers awarded to double-bill by composer Wang Jie currently in development at AOP for 2017 premiere at Festival Opera. American Opera Projects (AOP). Is proud to announce it is the recipient of an OPERA America Female Commissioning Grant. In support of a new double bill chamber opera by composer Wang Jie.
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From the Other Sky. From the Land Fallen. Rated R for Rat. AN OPERA IN TWO ACTS. For Singers, Chorus and Orchestra*. Face to face with the popular film adaptation, FAREWELL is a fresh take on an ancient true story, i.e. my original story. My heroine corresponds to the powerful origin of opera: Orpheus. He now reincarnates as a female court singer. But this time, her (her! Powerful music brings the fall of an esteemed kingdom. New York, NY.
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From the Other Sky. From the Land Fallen. Rated R for Rat. NANNAN is Wang Jies prototype exercise in opera composition. Please visit Farewell My Concubine. For the targeted project. On the eve of the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1948, NANNAN tells the story of a barren wife in a noble household who is soon deemed undesirable and replaced by a concubine. SINGERS AND ORCHESTRA (2222, 4231, TIMP, 3 PERC, HP, and STRINGS). MUSIC AND LIBRETTO BY WANG JIE. BASE ON A SHORT STORY BY WANG JIE. New York, NY.
