Tea : a mirror of soul : opera in three acts / libretto by Tan Dun and Xu Ying ; music by Tan Dun ; stage director, Pierre Audi ; video director, Frank Scheffer ; producer, Keiko Manabe ; production, NHK.
Haijing Fu (Seikyo) ; Nancy Allen Lundy (Lan) ; Christopher Gillett (Prince) ; Stephen Richardson (Emperor) ; Ning Liang (Lu) ; bass-baritone chorus of the Netherlands Opera (Monks) ; percussionists, Haruka Fujii, Tamao Inano, Yumi Fukushima ; NHK Symphony Orchestra ; Tan Dun, conductor. World-premiere performance: Tokyo, Suntory Hall, 22 October 2002. Picture format 16:9, NTSC. Booklet with program notes and synopsis in English and French (23 pages : illustrations, ports.) inserted in container. Bonus: Tan Dun video clips: stone drumming, ceramic music, water cadenza; The map : showreel (an excerpt from the fifth movement of Tan's Cello concerto, performed by Ansi Karttunen with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer); trailer, catalog, weblink.
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