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<\/a><\/p>\nComposer Huang Ruo<\/p>\n
Librettists Ji Chao, Jennifer Wen Ma, Huang Ruo, and Qian Yi<\/p>\n
Director\/Designer Jennifer Wen Ma<\/p>\n
Inspired by Tang Xian Zu\u2019s text<\/p>\n
Conductor Wen-Pin Chien<\/p>\n
Soprano Qian Yi<\/p>\n
Tenor Yi Li<\/p>\n
Countertenor John Holiday<\/p>\n
Baritone Joo Won Kang<\/p>\n
Bass-baritone Ao Li<\/p>\n
Ensemble FIRE<\/p>\n
Set Designer Matthew Hilyard<\/p>\n
Interactive Video Designer Guillermo Acevedo<\/p>\n
Projection Designer Austin Switser<\/p>\n
Lighting Designer Lihe Xiao<\/p>\n
Costume Designers Melissa Kirgan, Xing-Zhen Chung-Hilyard<\/p>\n
Choreographer Gwen Welliver<\/p>\n
In this arresting new opera by acclaimed composer Huang Ruo (Dr. Sun Yat-sen), traditional Chinese and contemporary Western idioms intertwine within an exquisite setting by visual artist Jennifer Wen Ma, known for her Emmy Award\u2013winning work on the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.<\/p>\n
Reimagining and fusing the biblical story of Eve\u2019s expulsion from the Garden of Eden and the vivid dream of Du Liniang in The Peony Pavilion, Paradise Interrupted opens with a woman alone onstage, dreaming of an erotic encounter with her ideal lover. This dream triggers a psychological journey through a surreal, interactive garden made from dynamic paper sculptures. The woman is portrayed by Qian Yi, \u201cChina\u2019s reigning opera princess\u201d (New York Times), whose performance in Lincoln Center Festival\u2019s famous 20-hour production of The Peony Pavilion in 1999 introduced New Yorkers to the 600-year-old Kun opera tradition.<\/p>\n
Taiwanese conductor Wen-Pin Chien leads a chamber orchestra of both Western and Chinese instruments in Huang Ruo\u2019s haunting, sensual score that weaves the melismatic vocal style of kunqu with Western tonality.<\/p>\n
For tickets visit: http:\/\/www.lincolncenterfestival.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, July 13 to July 16, 2016 Gerald W. Lynch Theater 524 West 59th Street (Between 10th and 11th Avenues), New York, NY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65246,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65242\/revisions\/65246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}