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The emperor strikes back; This month brings another lavish world premiere to the Metropolitan Opera.('The First Emperor')(Brief article)
Byline: Adam Green
In his ongoing quest to reunite the words popular and culture, the Metropolitan Opera's high-flying new general manager, Peter Gelb, has enlisted Hollywood auteurs, Broadway directors, modern-dance enfants terribles, and Japanese puppeteers-everyone, it seems, but ventriloquists and trained dogs. Now the maverick composer Tan Dun (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and the brilliant filmmaker Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern) join in with the world premiere of The First Emperor, a sweeping epic (with a libretto co-written by Tan and the National Book Award-winning novelist Ha Jin) starring Placido Domingo as the visionary despot who unified China, built the Great Wall, and ruined his daughter's love life.
The Chinese-born Tan Dun's music mixes Eastern elements with Western traditions: classical, as in his passionate symphony Heaven Earth Mankind; rock 'n' roll, as in his lush opera Peony Pavilion; and cinematic, as in his ...
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- Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) December 25, 2006 700+ words
...entirely successful opera by Tan Dun. This new work by the...ticket at New York's Metropolitan Opera, which commissioned...all is said and sung. Tan Dun fills his score with...pedestrian poetry. (Tan Dun and co-librettist Ha...
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- Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) December 21, 2006 700+ words
...afternoon in a subbasement of the Metropolitan Opera, though it could just as...Chinese-American composer Tan Dun and Chinese-American novelist...passages with stentorian honks. Tan Dun arrived, and immediately...percussion. The search for sounds Tan Dun first came to ...
- 'The First Emperor' brings Asian authenticity to a political opera; Chinese...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor January 19, 2007 700+ words
...which premiered at New York's Metropolitan Opera in December, evokes China in...Hidden Dragon," composer Tan Dun studied music in China and the...through Jan. 25 at New York's Metropolitan Opera, has garnered mixed reviews...
- TAN DUN: Marco Polo
- Magazine article from: Opera News McKinnon, Arlo November 1, 2009 700+ words
TAN DUN: Marco Polo S. Castle, Lundy, Kross...Amsterdam, Netherhnds Chamber Orchestra, Tan Dun. Production: Audi. Opus Arte OA 1010...just more than a decade, Marco Polo, Tan Dun's first opera, returned in 2008 to the...
- Promo for Upcoming Story on Composer Tan Dun
- Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday August 21, 1994 700+ words
00-00-0000 [excerpt from a Tan Dun composition] LIANE HANSEN, Host: A...of April 3rd, 1994, brought composer Tan Dun to my attention. According to a small...best paper to make music with. Composer Tan Dun joins us. Good morning, Mr. Tan. TAN...
- Tan Dun, BSO's contemporary music fest richer than ever.
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Pfeifer, Ellen July 26, 1999 700+ words
...through yesterday. Under the direction of Tan Dun, that tireless, endlessly enthusiastic...Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts that Tan Dun hasn't appropriated. There were preludes...Koussevitzky Memorial Concert featured Tan Dun's "Orchestra Theatre II: Re" conducted...
- Composer Tan Dun Heralds The Arrival of The Millennium with The New Composition...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 1, 1999 700+ words
...Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Composer Tan Dun heralds the arrival of the millennium...multilingual version by The Gipsy Kings. Tan Dun has composed a signature theme for the...specially recorded for this project. Tan Dun's 2000 Today -- A World Symphony for...
- `Soundshape II': A Trek Into Tan Dun's Vision
- Newspaper article from: AsianWeek Amy Pang February 25, 1994 700+ words
...1994 'Soundshape II': A Trek Into Tan Dun's Vision. By Amy Pang SAN FRANCISCO -- Composer Tan Dun likes to keep busy. En route from Tokyo...Theater Company, will be performed by Tan Dun and Crossings, at the Cowell Theater...
