Organization

Charles Barber

Mary Chun

Conductor

Stage director

Rachel Peake

Dramaturge

Singer

Tenor

Spencer Britten

Saihin

Translator

Paul Yee

Mezzo-soprano

Yenny Yeeun Lee

Hoisan Singer

Pianist

Roger Parton

Soprano

Vania Chan

Wenli

Derek Kwan

Eugene

Erica Iris Huang

Bass

Matthew Li

Xon Pon

Emma Parkinson

Anna

Desdemona Chiang

City Opera Vancouver

English

Chinatown

Vancouver

Canada

Vancouver Playhouse

Public

Approved

Join us for a sneak preview of Anna’s Aria and the Sisters’ Duet.
Stay for excerpts of Hoisanese arias.
Enjoy artists' commentaries, and a Q&A.
CHINATOWN, commissioned by City Opera Vancouver, will premiere in September 2022.

Premiere of two songs from CHINATOWN a new opera by Alice Ping Yee Ho and Madeleine Thien

Our new opera is a story of family and neighbourhood, racism and resistance, history and tomorrow. In two acts and two hours it examines six characters, two families, and a chorus of male ghosts, from the building of the CPR through to our own times. It deals with violence and despair, the Head Tax, the Exclusion Act, paper sons, and paper promise.

Chinatown by Alice Ping Yee Ho, From (2022/2022), Directed by Rachel Peake, Desdemona Chiang,, Conductor Charles Barber, Mary Chun

Credits (Cast & Crew)

City Opera Vancouver

Mary Chun

Desdemona Chiang

Cast

Spencer Britten

Yenny Yeeun Lee

Erica Iris Huang

Vania Chan

Derek Kwan

Matthew Li

Emma Parkinson

Crew

Paul Yee

Roger Parton

Program, About & Synopsis

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