San Francisco Opera's The Monkey King has completely sold out its eight-performance run and raised over $3 million in ...

"The Monkey King," a new opera by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang based on a popular Chinese folktale, has proved a major hit ...

San Francisco Opera’s premiere of The Monkey King is a visually enchanting retelling of the timeless Chinese folk tale and a thrilling landmark in cultural exchange. With music by Huang Ruo and ...

Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s “The Monkey King,” based on “Journey to the West,” brings an old superhero to the opera stage. By Joshua Barone Reviewing from San Francisco Underestimate the Monkey ...

Chinese Opera The Monkey King holds its final dressed rehearsal in San Francisco, the United States, on Nov. 12, 2025. The world premiere of The Monkey King was staged at the San Francisco Opera on ...

From a visual and theatrical standpoint alone, composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang's superb new opera "The Monkey King," drawn from a 16th-century Chinese novel, immediately ranks ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Monkey King, a mythical Chinese character created by Wu Cheng'en in his 16th-century novel "Journey to the West," has been portrayed in films, manga and video games. But the mischievous hero has ...

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 ...