NYTimes.com - "Monkey: Journey To The West"

NYTimes.com. At the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. Director and writer Chen Shi-Zheng talks about the North American premiere of his opera "Monkey: Journey To The West."

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Music

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• Opera
• classical
• music
• Chinese
• opera
• animation

[ryanspirit]

this guy's voice sounds like Christopher Walken with a bit of chinese accent haha. I reckon he can pull of Christopher Walken impersonation

[rakastaa9]

i want to see it so bad!

[ruzickaw]

Yes, Journey to the West is a great story. So when i igo to the theater i want to see and hear the story and not so much acrobatics. For that i better go to the circus.

[CSFLY77]

@ryanspirit Great observation! I've know Chen Shizheng for many years and can vouch that he's a huge Christopher Walken fan and would be flattered at any comparison. Within a year of arriving in the US, he described a screwed-up family situation he had witnessed as "The father's a con man and his children are suckers."

[finalmattasy]

@takineko I got one from itunes.. the albarn studio version though, not original ost. Also if you go to "The Vinyl Factory" online, you can get a sweet lp for 250 pounds.. or a slightly less sweet one for 65 pounds.

[StargazerGemini]

I wish this had made it to Canada!

[KajiRider1997]

And instead if getting this incredible performance from one of my favorite book shared with us. We got the next few Dragon Ball: (D)evolution sequels to look forward to... (shutters and holds back his vomit)

[takineko]

The sound track is not for sale anymore?? ;n; the website died...

[QuiGon8868]

@Recedebo I totally agree with you. The music can only do so much, but the visuals define most of it (in my opinion). I honestly would not have been interested in Monkey if not for the amazing pictures.

[Recedebo]

poor jamie hewlett, he doesn't get enought credit! he es also awesome in the things he does, he isn't only a complement to damon's music

[jakesee]

human meet ancestral past when we re-ignite pole dancing.

[EuchridEucrow1]

OASIS...LMAO!

Albarn = true artist.