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Jewish Herald-Voice
September 11, 2008
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Former Houstonian composes new opera
Stewart Wallace’s “The Bonesetter’s Daughter” to have world premiere in San Francisco
On Sept. 13, San Francisco Opera
will present the world premiere of
“The Bonesetter’s Daughter,” a new
opera by former Houstonian Stewart
Wallace. Based on Amy Tan’s best-
selling novel of the same name, “The
Bonesetter’s Daughter” tells the story
of a troubled Chinese-American
woman who, escorted by a ghost,
travels into her immigrant mother’s
past and discovers what they share in
their bones through heredity, history
and the transformative power of love.
It features a Beijing Opera percussion
section, a KunJu singer, a Chinese rock
singer, two suonas (double-reeded
trumpets) and Chinese-style acrobats.
Directed by Chen Shi-Zheng and
conducted by Steven Sloane, the
opera will run for seven performances
from Sept. 13 through Oct. 3 at the
War Memorial Opera House in San
Francisco.
“What is yet untold in a family
history holds the power to destroy
or heal,” said Bay Area author Amy
Tan. The opera is set in both modern-
day San Francisco and the Chinese
countryside during the tumultuous
events surrounding World War II.
Reimagining her novel, Tan has
written her first libretto with an
eye towards its emotional layers,
condensing and heightening the
original story and freely borrowing
from her other novels and personal
history. Wallace and Tan have created
an American opera with roots in
China — incorporating the timbres
and textures of Chinese music into a
highly theatrical and lyrical score.
Growing up in Texas, composer
Stewart Wallace, son of Houstonians
Marsha and Sidney Wallace, played in
a rock band and sang as a cantor. For
his thesis at The University of Texas
at Austin, he wrote his first opera,
though he was studying literature and
philosophy, not music. At 28, he had his
first major premiere, “Where’s Dick?”
STEWART WALLACE
at Houston Grand Opera. Wallace has
gone on to collaborate with a diverse
group of artists; among those are
Christopher Alden, Evelyn Glennie and
Icebreaker. His unconventional and
highly theatrical body of work is at
once rhythmic, melodic, emotionally
compelling and engaged with the
cultural and political issues of our time.
“Harvey Milk,” Wallace’s fifth
opera and most widely known score,
was commissioned by the Houston
Grand Opera, New York City Opera
and San Francisco Opera. Another,
“Hopper’s Wife,” imagines American
scene painter Edward Hopper mar-
ried to Hollywood gossip columnist
Hedda Hopper with Ava Gardner as
Hopper’s model.
Wallace is a Guggenheim Fellow
and was Music Alive’s Composer-in-
Residence at the National Symphony.
He is the recipient of numerous awards,
including fellowships and commissions
from the National Endowment for
the Arts, Rockefeller Foundation and
others. He lives in New York City with
his wife Dianne and son Lucas. □
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She has served as a counselor in the
Religious Affairs Bureau at the Israeli
Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. She
also served briefly in the Israeli Del-
egation to the UN. Zevadia earned her
B.A. in International Relations and
African Studies and her M.A. in an-
thropology and African studies from
Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
The photography exhibition pre-
sents 30 stations along a historical,
religious route of great significance
to Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
Half of the photographs will be
displayed at CJCN, 5400 Fellowship
Lane, Spring, and the remaining
photographs will be displayed
at Christ the Good Shepherd,
which neighbors CJCN, at 18511
Klein Church Rd. The community
is invited to attend. Call the
CJCN office at 281-376-0016 for
information. □
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Center. The events are targeted to
young adults.
Fundamental issues of ethnic
and religious identity and the agony
of exile are at the heart of “Live and
Become,” an intermittently compel-
ling swatch of recent Israeli history
filtered through the experience of an
African immigrant. In the wrenching
opening scene, the mother forces her
weeping son to leave her side and
join the transport of Ethiopian Jews
to Israel in the secret Israeli airlift,
code-named Operation Moses.
The youngster’s experiences in
a new land and with a new religion
are frustrating until an older
Ethiopian Jewish man takes him
under his wing.
According to one reviewer, “This
is a film that is complex yet wise,
and thought-provoking. Yes, it has
epic aspirations and fulfills them
- it’s not Hollywood. The sheer
logistics of what they have done
are staggering. This is a film that
stays with you. See it - and decide
for yourself. You won’t be sorry.”
For information, access
planitjewish.com or call Deborah
Bergeron, 713-522-8284 or Hayley
Wasser, 713-729-7000. □
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convened by the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum, the
American Academy of Diplomacy and
the United States Institute of Peace.
The Task Force, formed in 2007, plans
to generate practical recommendations
to enhance the U.S. government’s
capacity to respond to emerging threats
of genocide and mass atrocities.
“The world agrees that genocide
is unacceptable and yet genocide and
mass killings continue. Our challenge
is to match words to deeds and stop
allowing the unacceptable. That task,
simple on the surface, is in fact one
of the most persistent puzzles of our
times. We have a duty to find the
answer before the vow of ‘never again’
is once again betrayed,” Albright said,
when named to co-chair the task
force with former Defense Secretary
William Cohen.
Albright served as the 64th
Secretary of State of the United
States. In 1997, she was named the
first woman Secretary of State and
became, at that time, the highest-
ranking woman in the history of the
U.S. government. From 1993 to 1997,
Albright served as the United States
permanent representative to the
United Nations and as a member of
the president’s Cabinet.
She currently serves as a principal
of The Albright Group, LLC, a global
strategy firm, and Albright Capital
Management, LLC, an investment
advisory firm focused on emerging
markets.
Albright is the first Michael and
Virginia Mortara endowed distin-
guished professor in the practice of
diplomacy at the Georgetown School
of Foreign Service. She is the chair
of the National Democratic Institute
for International Affairs, chair of
The Pew Global Attitudes Project
and president of the Truman Schol-
arship Foundation. She serves as
co-chair of the Commission on the
Legal Empowerment of the Poor and
also serves on the board of direc-
tors of the Council on Foreign Rela-
tions and the board of trustees for
the Aspen Institute. She has penned
three best-selling books, including a
memoir, “Madam Secretary” (2003);
“The Mighty and the Almighty: Re-
flections on America, G-d and World
Affairs” (2006); and “Memo to the
President-Elect: How We Can Re-
store America’s Reputation and
Leadership” (2008).
Admission to the lecture is free,
but seating is limited and advance
registration is required. Visit www.
hmh.org/register.asp to register online.
For information, call 713-942-8000, ext.
100, or email events@hmh.org. □
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