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Introduction:
On Sunday, April 7, 2024 at Hertz Hall, the UC Berkeley Department of Music launched the world premiere of The Little Prince, an original two-act opera with music by Tom Pan and libretto by Zijie Yang in fulfillment of the 2023-2024 Musical Theater Prize.
How you can support:
Donate to The Little Prince and help our team offset costs for audiovisual equipment, costumes, props, performers' stipends, publicity materials, printed scores, and other production costs. Your financial support will directly impact the quality, and more importantly, the possibility of the production. Any contribution is greatly appreciated!
Learn more about The Little Prince:
Adapted from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 1943 novella of the same name, the opera tells the story of an aviator’s encounter with an imaginary “little prince” from an asteroid, his journey through different planets, and finally to his climatic disappearance from a desert. This production aims to pay tribute to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s novella, as well his letters with his wife, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, published recently in 2021 that shed new insights into his masterpiece.
The opera’s musical range spans across an extensive number of styles - from swing jazz to Disney-esque duet ballads to Chinese opera - while also cheekily quoting famous works of Mozart, Schoenberg, and Cindy Cox. The orchestration includes a combination of Western orchestral instruments and traditional Chinese instruments (such as guzheng, suona, and erhu), creating a unique and multicultural texture of sound.
Tickets for the world premiere can be purchased at the following link:
tinyurl.com/TheLittlePrinceTickets
(Disclaimer: Tickets cannot be purchased through donations.)
Ticket prices:
Receive a special shoutout on our Instagram and Facebook pages! Your donation will help offset costs for rental lavalier microphones and printed scores.
Receive a digital copy of our opera's vocal score! Your donation will help us cover stipends to compensate our orchestra and chorus members.
Receive one piece of high-quality printed media from the opera! (Refer to tinyurl.com/TLPsamplemedia for samples of our projections media.) Your donation will help cover stipends to compensate our five main cast members.
