Tony winner Diane Paulus directs the world premiere production, opening November 14.
David Henry Hwang and Huang Ruo's latest opera The Monkey King is making its world premiere at San Francisco Opera, opening November 14. Get a first look at the production, directed by Tony winner Diane Paulus, in the gallery below.
Based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, the opera tells the story of a monkey, born from a stone egg, who embarks on a quest for the secret of immortality, mischievously thumbing his nose at authority along the way. The piece incorporates puppetry, dance, Peking opera, and Buddhist sutras.