Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Basil Twist poses outside the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House with the Monkey King puppet he created with costume designer ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A rascally superhero born from a stone egg, the Monkey King is beloved in Chinese mythology, appearing in everything from a 16th century epic to modern comics, animated movies and ...

There’s a new hero in the world of opera, one with amazing superpowers, an unstoppable mission — and a tail. “The Monkey King,” created by composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang, hearkens ...

The local self-described activist opera company White Snake Projects is gearing up for the open of their new season on September 22. The season kicks off with a world premiere of a unique new opera ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dancer Huiwang Zhang as the title role in Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang's "The Monkey King." (Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera) ...

Composer Huang Ruo long dreamed of adapting the classic Chinese tale “Journey to the West” and its mythical character the Monkey King into an opera, but thought that ambition was a pipe dream. “I grew ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The world premiere of The Monkey King at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco takes place on Friday. And on Wednesday night, KTVU was allowed to take a sneak preview of the ...

San Francisco Opera, in highest adventure mode, presents "The Monkey King," a dashing world premiere that brings to the stage a 16th-century Chinese action hero who is not only a popular television ...