Painted Skin 画皮 is composer Hao Weiya’s modern operatic interpretation of a haunting story from Strange Tales of Liao Zhai* by Pu Songling (originally published in 1740).
The opera made its debut in 2018 at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center in Shanghai. For the 2022 China Now Music Festival, director Michael Hoffman and music director Jindong Cai have created a new production that transports this supernatural ghost story to modern America, and features a cast of three singers, including acclaimed NY-based Peking opera singer Qian Yi, accompanied by a 24-piece Chinese chamber orchestra.
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*Pu Songling’s ghost stories have been widely reproduced, translated, adapted into film, television, and now opera. The collection is also known in English as “Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio.”
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The 2022 China Now Music Festival is presented in collaboration with the Central Conservatory of Music, China in celebration of the first five years of the US-China Music Institute at Bard College.