Dr. Sun Yat-Sen

2014

Composer:
Ruo Huang

Librettist:
Candace Mui-ngam Chong

Performance forces:
2 sop, 2 mez, ten, bar, bass —

Length:

Languages:
Mandarin

Notes:
The action of the opera focuses not on Sun’s political life, but rather, it is a love story involving his second wife Soong Ching-Ling, a revered figure in modern Chinese history who became vice-president of the People’s Republic of China until she died in 1981.