Madame White Snake

Score title: Madame White Snake
Composer: Zhou Long
More about the composer: Zhou Long
Date: 2010
Instrumentation: Opera; Voice, orchestra; Voice, piano
Library copy: Borrow from UMKC Libraries: Full Score; Borrow from UMKC Libraries: Vocal Score
Program note: Madame White Snake tells a story drawn from ancient Chinese mythology. The story has been sensitively adapted for modern audiences and Zhou Long's music draws on memories and music from China to create a pioneering cross-cultural opera.

Premiere: Opera Boston, 26 February 2010, Culter Majestic Theatre, Boston, USA; Beijing International Festival, 10 October 2010, Beijing, China.

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