Grand Seducers Opera with Tony Winner May 18-20

The Grand Seducers: Giovanni Meets Xi-men Qing, a new East-West fusion opera, makes its world premiere at San Francisco/>'s Chinese/> Culture/> Center/>/> this weekend, May 18th through 20th.

The Grand Seducers tells the romantic and fatalistic stories of two legendary Casanovas, Mozart's "Don Giovanni" and Xi-Men Qing of the Water Margin Heroes novel (Song Dynasty, 960-1280 AD) and features Tony Award-winner Eugene Brancoveanu (2003 Honor for Excellence in Theatre in Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme).

"This innovative operatic creation combines Mozart's great rendition of Don Giovanni and famous characters from classic Chinese opera in a new story by prolific librettist Cao Lusheng. The opera, sung in English punctured with Chinese, features Merola Opera artists with vocal brilliance and comic ebullience, under the direction of Isabel Milenski" and music by Gang Situ.

Brancoveanu (Don Giovanni) also stars alongside Eugene Chan (Xi-men Qing), Thomas Glenn (Leporello), Sabrina Hou (Pan Jin-lian), Jennifer Palmer Boesing (Elvira), Heidi Moss (Zerlina), Larry Zhang (The Matchmaker) and Jeremy Galyon (The Commendatore).

The Chinese/> Culture/> Center/> is located at 750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco/>/>.  Performances are May 19th at 8PM and May 20th at 2PM and 8PM.

Tickets: $25.00 and $50.00 (sponsor) with discount for CCF members, seniors, students (with ID) and groups of 10 and more. To purchase tickets, please visit the City Box Office, 180 Redwood St., Suite 100/> San Francisco/>, CA/> 94102 or call (415) 392-4400.

For more information visit www.c-c-c.org.

Photo by Frank Wing: Tony winner Eugene Brancoveanu (Don Giovanni) and Sabrina Hou (Pan Jian-Lian) in the new fusion opera The Grand Seducers: Giovanni Meets Xi-Men Qing at the San Francisco Chinese Culture Center, May 18-20.