Vanessa Vo and the Vietnamese Instruments of BOUND
Seattle Opera Podcast · Seattle Opera
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Show Notes
In June Seattle Opera presents BOUND, a one-act chamber opera (music by Huang Ruo, libretto by Bao-Long Chu). This opera features Vanessa Vo playing đàn bầu (monochord) and đàn tranh (Vietnamese zither). In this podcast, Vo demonstrates and discusses these instruments with Dramaturg Jonathan Dean. Plus, as a bonus: Vo's performance, on the đàn bầu of "Summertime" from Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS, arranged by Nguyen Le, with Frank Martin at the piano. This performance was chosen as one of NPR's Songs We Love in 2015.