Messer Marco Polo

Max Stern

A lush, fantastical retelling of Donn Byrne's novel about the Italian explorer's voyage to China by New York-born, Israeli-based composer/librettist Stern.

Conductor: George Manahan
Golden Bells: Kyungsun Choi
Sanan: Jeffrey Picón
Li Po: Young Bok Kim

Excerpt 1(6:04)

Excerpt 2(5:59)


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