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<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Hwang-Floating.jpg|right|300px]]  -->'''''The Floating Box: A Story in Chinatown''''' is a [[chamber opera]] by [[Jason Kao Hwang]], to a libretto by [[Catherine Filloux]]. It premiered in [[2001 in music|2001]], directed by Jean Randich and conducted by Juan Carlos Rivas. The original cast was Sandia Ang (Soprano), Ryu-Kyung Kim (Mezzo-contralto), and [[Zheng Zhou]] (Baritone).

Instrumentation for the opera includes many traditional Chinese instruments, including the [[pipa]], [[gaohu]], [[erhu]], and [[zhonghu]], heard together with western instruments including the [[piccolo]], [[flute]], [[alto flute]], [[clarinet|B flat clarinet]], [[bass clarinet]], [[cello]], [[accordion]], [[vibraphone]] and other [[Percussion instrument|percussion instruments]]. 

The opera has been recorded on [[New World Records]], with the original cast and conductor.

==External links==
* [http://www.asiasociety.org/pressroom/rel-floatingbox.html Interview with Hwang and Filloux at AsiaSource]
* [http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=80626 the recording at New World Records]

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[[Category:Chamber operas]]
[[Category:Operas]]
[[Category:2001 operas]]
[[Category:Operas by Jason Kao Hwang]]
[[Category:English-language operas]]


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