Umkc professor zhou long wins 2011 pulitzer prize for. One of these, madame white snake, composed by zhou long to an english language. Production of madame white snake marks first opera by umkc. Madame white snake by zhou long, in a new production conducted by. Eastman school of musics ricardo zohnmuldoon named pulitzer. Apr 17, 2012 in addition to two excerpts from silent night, there are arias from zhou longs madame white snake 2011, samuel barbers vanessa 1958, and gian carlo menottis the consul 1950, the. Cerise lim jacobss otherworldly operas harvard magazine. Jan 18, 2019 harry partch hobo composer instrument collection and events at umkc. Hkaf will present madame white snake opera at the hkapa lyric theatre in the upcoming festival. In addition to keefe, research professor of music composition zhou long won a pulitzer prize for madame white snake. Zhou long wins music pulitzer for fairy tale opera wbur news.
It became the highestgrossing production in the history of opera boston. Madame white snake composed by zhou long is the story of a demon who longs to become human to experience love. She had written the libretti for the ouroboros trilogy, comprising naga by scott wheeler, gilgamesh by paola prestini and the 2011 pulitzer prizewinning madame white. She meets her true love, xu xian, at the broken bridge on the west lake in hangzhou and marries him.
Madame white snake, by zhou long oxford university press. Umkc professor zhou long wins 2011 pulitzer prize for music. Curtain rises on ancient myth in opera bostons madame white. Madame white snake at the 2019 hong kong arts festival. Redirected from madame white snake long madame white snake is an opera with music by zhou long and libretto by cerise lim jacobs, published by oxford university press. The work received its world premiere in a production at opera boston feb. Bostonians and new music enthusiasts may have been familiar with one of the three offerings, all of which have libretti by jacobs. Sep, 2016 the immortal madame white snake stacey tappan and her own companion, xiao qing the green snake, sung with great artistry by anthony roth costanzo, observe their love and their parting, envious. In the music category, zhou long won for madame white snake, which was premiered by opera boston at the cutler majestic. Apr 28, 2011 as mustos score sparkling, with whiffs of bernstein and rota kept tickling my ear, and librettist mark campbells witty wordplay kept cracking me up, i thought of other recent opera. She had written the libretti for the ouroboros trilogy, comprising naga by scott wheeler, gilgamesh by paola prestini and the 2011 pulitzer prizewinning madame white snake by zhou long. An ambitious marathon, ouroboros trilogy brings operatic.
Madame white snake premiered there in 2010, directed by robert woodruff former artistic director of the american repertory theater. Charles creative vision, strategic thinking, laser focus, and tireless optimism were central to the. He won the 2011 pulitzer prize for music for his opera, madame white snake, premiered on feb. The prize for music was awarded to beijingborn zhou long s opera madame white snake, which opera boston premiered in february 2010 at the cutler majestic theatre. Feb 01, 2010 opera boston presents the companys first commissioned work the world premiere of madame white snake, an opera by composer zhou long and librettist cerise lim jacobs, based on a beloved ancient. Jan 16, 2019 composition alum ted kingsmith is a finalist. Apr 18, 2011 propublica, a nonprofit news startup, scooped up a pulitzer prize on monday, its second in two years and the first ever for a series of stories that were not also published in print.
Dec 21, 2010 another linguistic challenge is the dearth of nonchinese opera singers able to sing in chinese, a reality which has helped lead many top chinese composers including tan dun and zhou long. By zhou long madame white snake, a classical transformation myth, is the story of a powerful white snake demon who transforms into a beautiful woman so as to experience love. Jennifer egan has once again bested jonathan franzen. Zhou long won the 2011 pulitzer prize for music for madame white snake, with libretto from cerise lim jacobs. Production of madame white snake marks first opera by. Puccini is heavily orchestrated, says zhou, but he also gives space to the voice. Long was awarded the 2011 pulitzer prize for music for madame white snake, and the pulitzer jury described the work as a deeply expressive opera that draws on a chinese folk tale to blend the musical traditions of the east and the west. Zhou s score is often quite inventive in its fusing of eastern and. Beth morrison projects, a creative production company hailed by the wall street journal as an exciting harbinger for the future of opera, and friends of madame white snake, a notforprofit cultural organization headed by bostonbased opera creator, librettist and producer cerise lim jacobs, are proud to announce a fiveyear partnership to. Zhou long s music for madame white snake has more dramatic tension and is livelier.
Madame white snake was first staged by opera boston on 26 february 2010 at the culter majestic theatre, boston, usa, and received its first chinese staging at the beijing international festival on 10 october 2010, beijing, china. Enchanted ouroboros trilogy explores eternal mysteries. Zhou long was the first chinese pulitzer prize winner for music. Apr 18, 2011 kay ryan took the top poetry honor, and zhou long, for his opera madame white snake. Nov 07, 2010 and white snake was a major music story in the west last february when opera boston gave the world premiere of madame white snake, by chinese composer zhou long and librettist cerise lim. Madame white snake goes from boston to beijing the boston. Opera institute workshops ouroboros trilogy college of fine. Mar 02, 2010 opera boston announces the companys first commissioned work the world premiere of madame white snake, a new opera based on a beloved ancient chinese legend, by composer zhou long and librettist. Zhou long, umkc conservatory of music and dance research professor of music composition, just received a pulitzer prize for madame white snake, which premiered on feb. Apr 18, 2011 acclaimed for his interweaving of eastern and western sounds and traditions, chineseamerican composer zhou long has won this years pulitzer for music with his opera madame white snake. Directed by robert woodruff, madame white snake had its world premiere in boston in february 2010. Apr 20, 2011 the pulitzer prizes were announced on monday, april 18. Apr 18, 2011 chineseamerica composer zhou long has won the pulitzer prize for music with his opera madame white snake.
Discussion with ying huang and ken smith ken smith is the asian performing arts critic for the financial times of london and a regular columnist for opera magazine of shanghai. Denver post editorial cartoonist mike keefe wins pulitzer. Frances opera comique to work with bmf arts foundation global. Joseph levendusky production manager global arts live.
Acclaimed american chinese composer zhou long composed the music. Cerise lim jacobs produced by white snake projects. We are now recruiting singers to join the hong kong arts festival chorus and participate in this exciting production as offstage chorus. The composer is zhou long like jacobs, born in 1953, who grew up in beijing, was forced to give up the piano and drive a tractor for five years.
Dec 08, 2016 zhou long is internationally recognized for creating a unique body of music that brings together the aesthetic concepts and musical elements of east and west. Zhou also received the american academy of arts and letters award, the 201220 elise stoeger prize from. Opera news zhou longs madame white snake awarded 2011. In zhou long the music he created for madame white snake 2010, a vivid opera based on a chinese folk tale, for which zhou earned the 2011 pulitzer prize for music.
The pulitzer prize 2011, zhou long s madame white snake, a metropolitan opera commission tan duns the first emperor, premiered 2006, and the ives living award chen yi, 2001 are just some of the highprofile awards and commission bestowed upon chinese emigre composers who have studied and built their professional reputation in new york city. Zhou longs pulitzer prizewinning madame white snake, which. Described by the pulitzer committee as a deeply expressive opera that draws on a chinese folk tale to blend the musical traditions of the east and the west, madame white snake is zhou s first opera and the first fulllength operatic work to be awarded a pulitzer since robert wards the crucible in 1962. Commissioned by opera boston and the beijing music festival foundation. Chineseamerica composer zhou long has won the pulitzer prize for music with his opera madame white snake. Opera boston announces madame white snake, premieres in. Apr 18, 2011 her book is about growing up and old in the digital age, the board said. American premier chicago opera theater and long beach opera. Among zhous most famous compositions was the music he created for madame white snake 2010, a vivid opera based on a chinese folk tale, for which zhou earned the 2011 pulitzer prize for music. To hear zhou long tell it, the making of an opera requires a lot. Puccini has always been zhou s favorite opera composer he wrote some of the most beautiful melodies in the world and was the only composer whose scores zhou consulted while working on madame white snake, primarily to study puccinis treatments of vocal lines. Madame white snake makes premiere in boston news the. Apr 18, 2011 zhou long s madame white snake awarded 2011 pulitzer prize for music madame white snake, an opera by chineseborn american composer zhou long, which was commissioned by opera boston and received its world premiere at the cutler majestic theatre in february 2010, has been awarded the 2011 pulitzer prize for music.
Other articles where madame white snake is discussed. Curtain rises on ancient myth in opera bostons madame. Among zhou s most famous compositions was the music he created for madame white snake 2010, a vivid opera based on a chinese folk tale, for. Zhou long, born july 8, 1953, beijing, china, chinese american composer known for his works that brought together the music of the east and the west, thus helping to establish a common ground between different musical traditions and cultures. Madame white snake zhou long oxford university press. Zhou spent his early life in beijing and received instruction on the piano at a young age. After a decade, zhou long was given the ascap adventurous programming award in 1999. Sep 11, 2016 bostonians and new music enthusiasts may have been familiar with one of the three offerings, all of which have libretti by jacobs. The classic 18thcentury novel dream of the red chamber was.
Operas composed by zhou long, scott wheeler, and paola pristine. Zhou longs madame white snake wins pulitzer prize rhinegold. Jan 17, 2019 winners of the 2019 missouri composers project competition. Zhou long conservatory university of missouri kansas.
Clash hastened opera bostons demise the boston globe. However, in october 2010 madame white snake made its way to china for the beijing music festival. Zohnmuldoons comala was released in june 2010 by bridge records. Madame white snake premiered february 26, 2010 by the boston opera at the cutler majestic theatre. Partnership between the opera comique and the beijing music. Cerise jacobs is the founder of white snake projects, formerly the friends of madame white snake, a company which commissions, develops and produces original opera of the highest production values, combined with social activism. Opera boston presents madame white snake 226, 228, 32. Zhou long, madame white snake s renowned chineseamerican composer, was recently cited by the new york times as one of the leading chinese composers, charged with injecting a new vitality into. Composer zhou longs madame white snake performed in hong kong. Zhou long s decades of efforts to bridge east and west paid off when he became the first chineseamerican composer to win the pulitzer prize for music for the opera madame white snake. Mar 01, 2010 unfortunately, as first presented at the cutler majestic theatre, madame white snake falls far short of its potential. The conductor and composer julian wachner, who leads the musical affairs of trinity wall street and its famous choir, and cerise jacobs, who wrote the libretto for zhou long s pulitzer prize.
Conservatorys zhou long wins pulitzer prize for opera umkc. Jan 17, 2019 conservatorys volker brass to compete in mtna nationals. Composer zhou long s madame white snake performed in hong kong. This september, boston proves its still an opera town.
Feb 18, 2010 the result is madame white snake, based on an ancient chinese myth about a snake that transforms itself into a beautiful woman and marries only to eventually be found out. Feb 24, 2010 zhou long simultaneously embraces and transcends our notions of traditional chinese classical and contemporary western classical music. Madame white snake, brand new, free shipping in the us for. An opera by the chineseborn us composer, zhou long, has been awarded this years. Zhou long has been a citizen of the united states since 1999 and is married to the composerviolinist. Production of madame white snake marks first opera by umkc composer.
Jennifer egan wins fiction pulitzer prize for a visit. May 17, 2011 the pulitzer prizes were announced on monday, april 18. The lost book of remedies herbal medicine by claude davis. Zhou long is likely best known for his pulitzer prizewinning opera madame white snake, which was premiered by opera boston in 2010, with a libretto in. Now, jacobs is intent on building an oeuvre for herself. Zhou long discusses his pulitzer prize winning opera, madame white snake. Only one other composer, fred lerdahl, was named a finalist in the category. Through madame white snake, professor zhou bridges an ancient chinese. Additionally, bmf and the company will also work together to bring composer zhou longs pulitzer prizewinning opera madame white snake. When zhou long won the 2011 pulitzer for music, he gained something more than. Madame white snake tells the tale of magic, manipulation, deceit, and the desire for freelove. The shelves hold books on 20thcentury composers and music, color photos.
Now and here, a crosscountry journey of art and ideas. Apr 18, 2011 steve paul, the kansas city star s arts editor, wrote this about zhou a few days before madame white snake had its premiere. Opera boston presents madame white snake 2010february2. Madame white snake is an opera with music by zhou long and libretto by cerise lim jacobs, published by oxford university press. Winner of the 2011 pulitzer prize for his first opera, madame white snake, dr. Awarded the 2011 pulitzer prize for music, it was premiered on feb. Opera boston production wins pulitzer the boston globe. Opera boston presents madame white snake, an opera by composer zhou long and librettist cerise lim jacobs, based on a beloved. Zhou long is internationally recognized for creating a unique body of music that brings together the aesthetic concepts and musical elements of east and west.
Madame white snake, the 2011 pulitzer prize winning opera, is the story of a deadly white snake demon who. It features a chinese flute, an erhu twostring chinese fiddle and rain sticks, and uses the swooping. Conservatorys zhou long wins pulitzer prize for opera. Madame white snake, a classical transformation myth, is the story of a powerful white snake demon who transforms into a beautiful woman so as to experience love.
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