The World Premiere performance of ?The Grand Seducers: Giovanni Meets Xi-men Qing? May 18, 2006

his new east-west opera offers music by internationally acclaimed composer Gang Site. Performances are at San Francisco Chinese Cultural center n the newly renovated Chinatown Hilton Hotel.

For more information call (415) 986-1822.

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What:
The World Premiere performance of ?The Grand Seducers: Giovanni Meets Xi-men Qing?

Where:
Chinese Culture Center, Hilton Hotel, 750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco

When:
Thursday, May 18 at 8pm; Friday, May 19 at 8pm; and Saturday, May 20 at 2pm and 8pm.

Tickets:
Tickets are $25. Discounts are offered for seniors, students with ID, Chinese Culture Foundation members; and groups of ten or more.

For tickets, contact City Box Office, (415) 392-4400, www.cityboxoffice.com.

For more information, visit www.c-c-c.org,
or call the Chinese Culture Center at (415) 986-1822.

?The Grand Seducers: Giovanni Meets Xi-men Qing: a new East-West Opera with music by noted composer Gang Situ, represents the romances and chance encounters of two legendary Casanovas, Mozart?s ?Don Giovanni? and Xi-men Qing of the Water Margin Heroes novel (Song Dynasty, 960?1280 A.D.). 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. Music by Gang Situ; Libretto by Cao Lusheng; Directed by Isabel Milenski. All performances are at the Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco. Thursday, May 18, 8pm; Friday, May 19, 8pm; Saturday, May 20, 2pm and 8pm

Official Website: http://www.c-c-c.org