Artist

Admin

Singer

Baritone

Michael CT Lam

Sakyamunī, the Buddha

Stage director

Conductor

Anna Vienna Ho

Soprano

Valerie Wong

Wenjiao

Tenor

Michael TK Lam

Xuanzang

James Gribble

Guangrui

Franco Kong

The Dragon King

Kaishan

Deirdre McCabe

Madame Zhang

HoWang Yuen

Liu Hong

Tricia Yates

Li Biao

Bass-baritone

Edwin Dizer

Monk Faming

Roxanne Korda

Madame Hu

Lixin Liu

Chunmei

Fish Soldier

Monkey King

Matthew Seacombe

Crab General

Feng

Hua An

Alexander Paley

Fisherman

Turtle Minister

Tête à Tête

The Monk of the River

London

United Kingdom

The Cockpit

Public

Approved

Tang Sanzang (Xuanzang) seeks justice and revenge before his journey to the west.

 

A new opera adapted from Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Rooted in Chinese folk religion, mythology, and Confucianist, Taoist and Buddhist philosophies, this opera opens a new window on the novel, telling the whole story.

 

Scored for an ensemble of Chinese and Western musical instruments, this opera blends both musical traditions. Sung in English.

 

The interactive broadcast will include the prologue to the opera, Buddha and the Monkey King, which appeared at the 2020 Festival, and a Q&A with the cast and creative team

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast