Opera Mila - US TOUR, Asia Society
“ bold, innovative, and quintessentially Hong Kong.”
─ Time Magazine
Photos by Ellen Wallop / Asia Society
HKNME is honoured to be part of the Mila - US TOUR in December 2019, as the opera's North American premiere at the Angel Orensanz Center in New York on December 7, followed by a performance at the Wilsey Center for Opera in San Francisco on December 12.
Mila is an original chamber opera developed by Asia Society Hong Kong Center, the organization's first-ever commission, making its North American premiere after its sold-out run in Hong Kong premiere. Named after the story’s protagonist, a domestic helper from the Philippines, Mila explores household tensions and educational pressures endemic in Hong Kong, with a spotlight on the global phenomenon of immigrant labor. The 70-minute opera has been created by composer Eli Marshall, playwright and librettist Candace Chong, director Chu Hei Chan and conductor Neal Goren leading the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble with a cast of performers from Hong Kong, Manila and the United States.
The four-member cast includes Manila-based soprano Stefanie Quintin in the title role, Hong Kong-born soprano Amanda Li as Ma’am, New York-based bass-baritone Joseph Beutel as Sir and Hong Kong-born soprano Joanna Shao as both The Boy and The Girl.
More reviews - asiasociety.org/hong-kong/mila
Sponsored by Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office New York, Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office San Francisco, and United Airlines.
Co-presented with Asia Society Hong Kong.
Presented by Hong Kong Arts Development Council in collaboration with Asia Society.
Sponsored by Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office New York, Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office San Francisco, and United Airlines.
behind the scene...
* Mila - US TOUR 2019 is presented by Asia Society and supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Presenter: Hong Kong New Music Ensemble