 Event |
Yue Ling Jie
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| Venue |
Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany |
| Umbrella Event |
artsaustralia Berlin 2002 |
| First Date |
14 June 2002 |
| Last Date |
16 June 2002 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Yue Ling Jie (Moon Spirit Feasting) is a new opera of passionate energy and radiant beauty drawing its inspiration from puppet shows, movies, trance rituals and Chinese operas performed in the streets to entertain the spirits during the Chinese 'Hungry Ghost Festival'. The work retells several different versions of the story of the moon-goddess Chang O - the woman who steals the 'herb of immortality' from the Archer Hou Yi and is exiled to the moon. The opera can be described as 'a series of ritual encounters with the 'shadow spaces' that proliferate in the fissures betwen these stories'. |
| Description Source |
Brochure |
| Primary Genre |
Music Theatre
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| Secondary Genre |
Contemporary
Opera
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| Subjects |
China
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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Article: Andrew McCathie, The best and the wurst: All Berlin's a stage for Australian artists, Australian Financial Review, 25 July 2002, 52
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Article: Ashleigh Wilson, Travels with my haunt., The Australian, 31 May 2002
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Article: Bernd Feuchtner, Gastmahl der Geister: Die australische Komponistin Liza Lim mit ihrer chinesischen Oper Der Mondgeist laben in Berlin, Opernwelt, August 2002
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Article: Iain Shedden, Winner revels in foreign exposure, The Australian, 9 August 2002, 14
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Article: Keith Gallasch, On the go: Australians performing internationally, RealTime Arts, 53, March 2003, 4-7
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Article: Susan Shineberg, Berlin is a curious city, a place..., Courier Mail, 7 September 2002
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Article: Thomas Meyer, Der Mythos von der Mondgöttin, Tages-Anzieger, 24 August 2002
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Article: Wald in Flammen, Der Tageszeitung, 6 September 2002, 26
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Promotional Video: Yuè Ling Jié (Moon Spirit Feasting), opera (2000) [trailer], YouTube, 7 December 2015
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Report |
Australia Council |
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| Event Identifier |
112249 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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