Name: The NightingaleErwartung
Start: 2023-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Oakland Scottish Rite Center

Organization

West Edge Festival

Conductor

Jonathan Khuner

Stage director

Giselle Ty

Soprano

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

Mary Evelyn Hangley

Sopran

Russian

German

The Nightingale/Erwartung

Oakland

United States

Oakland Scottish Rite Center

The Nightingale: Le Rossignol Stravinsky

Public

The Nightingale

Expectation

English

Approved

The Nightingale

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.

Jonathan Khuner

Conductor / Music Director

Giselle Ty

Production Director

Helen Zhibing Huang

Nightingale

Kevin Gino

Fisherman

Patrick Scully

Emperor

Kristin Choi

Cook

Alice Chung

Death

Chung-Wai Soong

Chamberlain

Wayne Wong

Bonze



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.


Jonathan Khuner

Conductor / Music Director

Giselle Ty

Production Director

Mary Evelyn Hangley

The Woman

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast