Janos Gereben said:

>Semi-related PS: About five years ago, I got advance news of another
>Asian-Western opera project, music to be written by a Chinese-Canadian
>composer to a libretto by David Henry Hwang. I had a chance to read the
>amazing text of "The Scarlett Princess" (Chinese legends combined with the
>feel and symbolism of "Die Frau Ohne Schatten" and "Parsifal"), but the
>opera itself just didn't materialize... I think. Any news to the contrary?

Yes -- the Canadian Opera Company put on "The Scarlet Princess" (by Alexina
Louie with libretto by David Henry Hwang) on April 23rd.  More information
is available here: http://www.coc.ca/performances/weston/weston_body.htm

Did anyone see it?  How was it?

Amy Brown