The Opiume Ensemble:
Soprano: Judith Dodsworth /
Tenor: Xie Kun /
Baritone: Paul Hughes /
T'ang Quartet: Ng Yu Ming, Ang Chek Meng, Lionel Tan, Leslie Tan /
Sheng: Loo Sze Wang /
Guan, Suona: Law Hang-Leong /
Dizi, Xiao: Chiu Siu-Wai /
Percussion: Margie Tong /
Conductor, Piano, Music Director: Belinda Foo
Music & Libretto: Mark Chan
A Chamber Opera / Oratorio in 6 Parts:
1. Discovery
2. Intoxication
3. Economics
4. Addiction
5. Conflict
6. Epiphany
Commissioned by the Singapore Arts Festival 2004 & the New Vision Festival Hong Kong 2004
The Production was Co-Created by Mark and Casey Lim.
Inspired by the events of the illicit opium trafficking that took place in China in the 19th Century, Opiume is a modern view of not only what took place but also a comment on how we live our lives now:
the difficulties of cross-cultural interaction, the power play, the dangers and seduction of drug use and also the harsh reality of economic trade and imbalance.
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