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The Floating Box: A Story in Chinatown
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Composed by Jason Kao Hwang,
with Libretto by Catherine Filloux
Commissioned by the Asia Society, Museum of Chinese in the Americas,
and Music From China
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Floating Box: A Story in Chinatown, inspired by oral histories of Chinese-Americans living in Chinatown, charts
the journey of one immigrant family over continents, languages, and generations. This fully staged chamber opera
incorporates both Chinese and Western instruments and brings together musical influences as diverse as jazz, blues,
rock, samba, Gregorian chants, and Chinese music.
World premiere
October 27, 28
November 1, 2, 3, 4
At 8:00 p.m.
At the Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium, Asia Society
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