Official DVD cover from Premiere Production with Plácido Domingo as Emperor Qin
Music
Tan Dun
Lyrics
Tan Dun and Ha Jin
Productions
Metropolitan Opera Premiere December 2006
The First Emperor is an opera in two acts with music by Tan Dun and a libretto written in English by Tan Dun and Ha Jin. The opera received its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center in New York City on 21 December 2006, conducted by the composer with Plácido Domingo in the title role. It was broadcast live to hundreds of cinemas around the world on 13 January 2007 as part of the Met Live in HD season. The following year, EMI released this movie broadcast on DVD. The opera was a co-production between the Metropolitan Opera and the Los Angeles Opera and was described to be the most elaborate Metropolitan Opera production since War and Peace.[1]
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