Alice Ping Yee Ho: Chinatown - A New Opera / City Opera Vancouver

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Label
Leaf Music
Release Date
September 8, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Alice Ping Yee Ho
    • PERFORMER
      City Opera Vancouver
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 08, 2023
    • UPC
      3191684102344
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      LM281
    • LABEL
      Leaf Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I Scene 1: In times of leisure, my thoughts move quickly (Hoisan Singer)

      Composer: Alice Ping Yee Ho

      Ensemble: Vancouver Musicians' Association

      Performer: Erica Iris Huang

      Conductor: Mary Chun

    2. Act I Scene 2: Hurry along, Little Math (Xon Pon, Young Xon Pon, Uncle Toy)

      Composer: Alice Ping Yee Ho

      Ensemble: City Opera Vancouver Chorus, Vancouver Musicians' Association

      Performer: Matthew Li, Yenny Lee, Yuhui Wang

      Conductor: Mary Chun

    3. Act I Scene 3: Mon Wah School, amount owed (Saihin, Xon Pon, Hoisan Singer)

      Composer: Alice Ping Yee Ho

      Ensemble: Vancouver Musicians' Association

      Performer: Spencer Britten, Matthew Li, Erica Iris Huang

      Conductor: Mary Chun

    4. Act I Scene 4: Welcome, welcome, Saihin Brother (Saihin, Xon Pon)

      Composer: Alice Ping Yee Ho

      Ensemble: Vancouver Musicians' Association

      Performer: Spencer Britten, Matthew Li

      Conductor: Mary Chun

    5. Act I Scene 5: Ah-Hin? Congratulate me! I won cash! (Saihin, Xon Pon)

      Composer: Alice Ping Yee Ho

      Ensemble: Vancouver Musicians' Association

      Performer: Spencer Britten, Matthew Li

      Conductor: Mary Chun

    6. Act I Scene 6: Oh friends come and listen! (Saihin, Xon Pon, Hoisan Singer, Wenli, Anna)

      Composer: Alice Ping Yee Ho

      Ensemble: City Opera Vancouver Chorus, Vancouver Musicians' Association

      Performer: Spencer Britten, Matthew Li, Erica Iris Huang, Vania Chan, Emma Parkinson

      Conductor: Mary Chun

    7. Act I Scene 7: Ah-Hin, this letter just arrived. (Saihin, Xon Pon, Immigration Officer)

      Composer: Alice Ping Yee Ho

      Ensemble: Vancouver Musicians' Association

      Performer: Spencer Britten, Matthew Li, William Liu

      Conductor: Mary Chun

    8. Act II Scene 1: I crossed the sea a child (Eugene, Xon Pon, Hoisan Singer, Anna, Wenli)

      Composer: Alice Ping Yee Ho

      Ensemble: City Opera Vancouver Chorus, Vancouver Musicians' Association

      Performer: Derek Kwan, Matthew Li, Erica Iris Huang, Emma Parkinson, Vania Chan

      Conductor: Mary Chun

    9. Act II Scene 2: City forces them to move, so cruel (Eugene, Xon Pon, Hoisan Singer, Anna, Wenli)

      Composer: Alice Ping Yee Ho

      Ensemble: City Opera Vancouver Chorus, Vancouver Musicians' Association

      Performer: Derek Kwan, Matthew Li, Erica Iris Huang, Emma Parkinson, Vania Chan

      Conductor: Mary Chun

    10. Act II Scene 3: Your papers, please (Uncle Toy, Police Officer, Eugene, Xon Pon, Anna, Wenli)

      Composer: Alice Ping Yee Ho

      Ensemble: Vancouver Musicians' Association

      Performer: Yuhui Wang, Brent MacKenzie, Derek Kwan, Matthew Li, Emma Parkinson, Vania Chan

      Conductor: Mary Chun

    11. Act II Scene 4: In two hours (Uncle Toy, Eugene, Xon Pon, Anna, Wenli)

      Composer: Alice Ping Yee Ho

      Ensemble: City Opera Vancouver Chorus, Vancouver Musicians' Association

      Performer: Yuhui Wang, Derek Kwan, Matthew Li, Emma Parkinson, Vania Chan

      Conductor: Mary Chun

    12. Act II Scene 5: Uncle Toy will be here soon (Hoisan Singer, Saihin, Xon Pon, Eugene, Anna, Wenli, Uncle Toy)

      Composer: Alice Ping Yee Ho

      Ensemble: City Opera Vancouver Chorus, Vancouver Musicians' Association

      Performer: Erica Iris Huang, Spencer Britten, Matthew Li, Derek Kwan, Emma Parkinson, Vania Chan, Yuhui Wang

      Conductor: Mary Chun


Alice Ping Yee Ho, City Opera Vancouver, and Leaf Music are proud to present Chinatown, a sweeping opera that tells the collective story of thousands of Chinese immigrants who left their homeland between the mid-nineteenth and twentieth centuries in search of a better life for them and their families. The first opera in Hoisanese and English and the first to fuse authentic Chinese folk dialects and cultures into the world of English opera, Ho’s Chinatown is a tribute to the legacy of the people who toiled under the promise of prosperity, and instead received abuse and hardship. Chinatown revolves around the intertwining lives of Saihin and Xon Pon, two young men from Hoisan county in South China who have come to Canada in search of prosperity. We follow their story as they meet, work together, endure hardships and have families of their own. A collaboration between composer Alice Ping Yee Ho, librettist Madeleine Thien, and Hoisanese translator Paul Yee, Chinatown brings together decades of lived experience from thousands of Chinese immigrants in an intimate and emotionally arresting musical and dramatic soundscape. Ho says the opera is intended to be an artistic depiction of the realities facing early 20th century Chinese immigrants. “This album represents an important work that tells the stories and experiences of early Chinese immigrants. It’s clear by the standing ovations and positive reviews that the opera Chinatown is a beautiful and moving story of racism, resilience, and family. I hope this album will inspire the audience the same way as it was imagined in the theatre - the experience of an epic journey of music and drama, both heart-wrenching and heart-warming.”