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Stewart Wallace's The Bonesetter's Daughter In Radio Broadcast Premiere

Jun. 04, 2009

On June 7, KDFC Radio in San Francisco airs the world premiere radio broadcast of Stewart Wallace's opera The Bonesetter's Daughter, taken from the opera's 2008 premiere run at San Francisco Opera conducted by Steven Sloane. Based on the best-selling novel by Amy Tan, The Bonesetter's Daughter is a multi‐generational family epic that explores one family's history through three generations of mothers and daughters. The opera is set in China during the years before the Communist revolution, framed by the memories and forgotten history of an elderly Chinese mother in present‐day San Francisco. The opera sweeps from fable‐like past to factual present, from Chinese village to urban America and received overwhelming critical acclaim following its premiere. Joshua Kosman of the San Francisco Chronicle comments:

...the deepest pleasures in this beautiful and richly affecting new work are far more intimate and more familiar. The piece draws on the reliable themes of musical theater - love, family, fate and death - and does it with almost unerring precision. This is a potent addition to the operatic repertoire and a triumph for both the company and general director David Gockley, who backed the undertaking.

Visit www.kdfc.com to listen to the world premiere broadcast on KDFC Radio.

For a complete list of cities and radio stations airing The Bonesetter's Daughter this month, click here.

To listen to a previous Hong Kong Radio broadcast which includes an interview with San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley, commentary from Amy Tan and Stewart Wallace, as well as excerpts from the opera, click here.

Read a digest of reviews from the premiere performances here.

For more on the music of Stewart Wallace, visit www.stewart-wallace.com and www.schott-music.com.

Stewart Wallace
The Bonesetter's Daughter (2008)
opera in two acts
for 2 mezzo-sopranos, mezzo-soprano/contralto, 2 baritones, bass, Chinese Rock Singer, Kunju singer;
pic.2(afl)2.ca.3(Ebcl, bcl)bcl(cbcl)2.cbsn-43(pictp)3.btbn.1-timp.3perc-hp.cel-str
Chinese instruments: 2 suonas, 4 Chinese percussion players
125'

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