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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: San Francisco Opera: The Monkey King
Description: This program features a unique public affairs arts conversation between Chinese-born composer Huang Ruo and Matthew Shilvock, who is in his tenth season as San Francisco Operaโs general director.
The Monkey King (็ด็ๆ็ฉบ), by Huang Ruo and American librettist/playwright David Henry Hwang, conducted by Carolyn Kuan, is of topical interest as an action hero story with moments of peace and reflection. The Monkey King centers around the mythic hero from Chinaโs classic novel Journey to the West. A monkey born from a stone becomes the ruler of the monkeys and challenges the gods of the seas and hea...