Name: Erwartung Le Rossignol
Start: 2023-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Oakland Scottish Rite Center

Organization

Conductor

Jonathan Khuner

Stage director

Giselle Ty

Singer

Soprano

Mary Evelyn Hangley

Sopran

Helen Huang

Nightingale

Tenor

Kevin Kyle Gino

Fisherman

Baritone

Patrick Scully

The Emperor of China

Mezzo-soprano

Kristen Choi

Cook

Alto

Alice Chung

Death

Chung-Wai Soong

Chamberlain

Bass

Wayne Wong

Bonze

West Edge Opera

German

Russian

Erwartung / Le Rossignol

Oakland

United States

Oakland Scottish Rite Center

Le Rossignol Stravinsky

Public

Expectation

The Nightingale

English

Approved

Erwartung

A woman, desperately seeking her lover in a dark forest, experiences disjointed but mounting emotions. We witness her stream of consciousness as random thoughts combine with murderous revelations to shred her sanity—all set to an ultra-expressionistic score that broke the path for 20th century modern music

Le Rossignol


Hans Christian Andersen’s uplifting fairytale is an early critical metaphor about art versus our modern fascination with technology. In ancient China, the emperor invites the greatest artist of the land­—a nightingale—to perform for him and he is delighted. But the arrival of a mechanical nightingale captures his attention and he abandons the real nightingale, nearly costing him his life.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast