On the eve of the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1948, NANNAN tells the story of a barren wife in a noble household who is soon deemed undesirable and replaced by a concubine.
At the forefront of a new wave of Asian composers, Wang Jie is a NYC-based composer whose music has been performed across the United States, Asia and Europe. She has received awards, honors and performances from organizations and festivals such as: Museum of Modern Art, American Music Center, ASCAP, BMI, Aspen Music Festival, Beijing Modern Music Festival, the New Juilliard Ensemble, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra.
Conductor: David Wroe
Nannan: Kerry Walsh
Lumei: Julianne Borg
Minshen: Brian Anderson
Master/off-stage voice/Servant: Jeffrey Tucker
Steward: Kyungmook Yum
Excerpt 1(3:55)
Wedding scene: Nannan's entrance and her aria.
