FULL Fractured Mosaics: A Virtual Opera Five short operas USA White Snake Projects
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Five operas - see below
- Composer: see below
- Libretto: see below Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: USA
- Recorded: 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Chihiro Asano, Junhan Choi, Angela Yam, Ziwen Xiang
- Conductor: Tianhui Ng
- Orchestra:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: White Snake Productions
- TV Director: Cerise Lim Jacobs
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, gensubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Five short operas that explore what it means to be Asian American.
An operatic response to the surge in anti-Asian hate crimes, Fractured Mosaics explores the kaleidoscope of cultures and politics of the 20 different ethnic groups that are encompassed under the insufficient umbrella term of “Asian American.” In this live digital opera, five composer-librettist teams create operatic vignettes of Asian Americans establishing themselves in the United States.
“Banana Ketchup”
By Nilo Alcala and Deepali Gupta
When Simon, a young medical student of Filipino descent meets his biological mother for the first time, they bond over her home-made bottle of banana ketchup, the quintessential Filipino condiment.
“Norfolk”
By Randall Eng and Monique Truong
Eighty-nine-year-old Dr. Sing is transported from present-day Norfolk, Virginia, back to 1947 and to the Oriental Chop Suey Café, where he is once again a teenager, learning the harsher realities of being Chinese American in the American South and the power of dreaming.
“Music Box Bird”
By Ben Kono and Cerise Lim Jacobs
Through the metaphor of two songbirds, an Asian American woman discovers her inner power to overcome her restrictive upbringing and free herself.
”We Meet At The Water
By Liliya Ugay and Sokunthary Svay
A daughter in NYC speaks with her mother in Cambodia through the water that separates them, and which will soon overcome Mother’s village. A moving music-theatre piece exploring the impact of climate change on families around the world.
”INTERLUDES”
Jason Chu, Writer and Performer
Randall Eng, Composer