Angel's Bone - Beijing Premiere
罪與罰 靈與慾 直搗人性荒蕪之地
“ …cutting-edge… to whom [Du Yun] the term ‘young composer’ could hardly do justice… ”
─ The New York Times, USA
“ A work that gave me nightmares, yet one that I would nonetheless see again ”
─ The Washington Post , USA
Our lives are priceless yet still they can be sold. Today, millions of people are trafficked across borders and many children turned into sex slaves. This is the shocking landscape framing Angel’s Bone, which centres on the machinations of a cash-strapped middle-class couple. After accidentally saving a pair of angels, who have fallen back down to Earth, the once-worthy citizens are tempted to profit from exploiting the bodies of the vulnerable celestials.
Shanghai-born composer Du Yun now lives in New York and is the first Chinese woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Together with librettist Royce Vavrek, international and local musicians and vocalists, she combines opera, pop, chamber music, electronic rock, and cabaret into a searing multi-art performance, probing the twisted psyche of human traffickers.
18 & 19.10.2019 (Fri & Sat)
19:30 Poly Theatre, Beijing
罪與罰 靈與慾 直搗人性荒蕪之地
人命無價，卻也可以待價而沽。今時今日，大量人口被跨境販賣，不少兒童更淪為性奴。《天使之骨》裡，中產夫婦苦於財困，偶然救活了一對墜落凡塵的天使，財迷心竅，把無邪的肉體變成搖錢樹。
普立茲音樂獎首位華人女性得主、旅居紐約的作曲家杜韻，與負責文本的羅伊斯‧瓦弗瑞克、國際 / 本地樂手及歌唱家，糅合歌劇、流行音樂、室樂、電子搖滾、卡巴萊歌舞等，聚焦人販子扭曲的心象風景。人情世情複雜無比，迷失的不只你共我。台上鋪演人間慘劇，觀者骨子裡演上了哪個角色？
Archive video in 2018 Hong Kong premiere -
Du Yun, Composer
Royce Vavrek, Librettist
Michael Joseph McQuilken, Director and Projection Design
Julian Wachner, Music Director
Maruti Evans, Scenicand Lighting Designer
Kate Fry, Costume Designer
Jennifer Newman, Choreographer
Anne Cecelia DeMelo, Assistant Director
Caley Monahon-Ward, Sound Engineer
Moe Shahrooz, Video Associate
Matt Steinberg, Lighting Associate
Emily Woods Hogue, Costume Assistant
Liz Printz, Hair& Makeup Supervisor
Barbara Erin Delo, Wardrobe Supervisor
Lissy Barnes-Flint, Stage Manager
Shayna Rose Penn, Assistant Stage Manager
Live Music: Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Chorus: Ensemble Traversée
* This project is supported by the Arts Development Fund of the Home Affairs Bureau, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Presenter: Beijing Music Festival Arts Foundation