Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p A Night at the Chinese Opera is an opera by Judith Weir. Aside from an earlier opera for children, this was Weir's first full-scale opera, written on commission from the BBC for performance by Kent Opera. Weir incorporated an early Chinese play of the Yuan dynasty, The Orphan of Zhao, as the centrepiece of Act 2 of her opera.The work received its premiere on 8 July 1987 at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, England. The original cast included: Gwion Thomas Michael Chance Meryl Drower Frances Lynch Alan Oke Stuart Buchanan Jonathan Best Tomos Ellis Enid Hartle Diccon Cooper↑ ↑ ↑. }
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- A_Night_at_the_Chinese_Opera abstract "A Night at the Chinese Opera is an opera by Judith Weir. Aside from an earlier opera for children, this was Weir's first full-scale opera, written on commission from the BBC for performance by Kent Opera. Weir incorporated an early Chinese play of the Yuan dynasty, The Orphan of Zhao, as the centrepiece of Act 2 of her opera.The work received its premiere on 8 July 1987 at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, England. The original cast included: Gwion Thomas Michael Chance Meryl Drower Frances Lynch Alan Oke Stuart Buchanan Jonathan Best Tomos Ellis Enid Hartle Diccon Cooper↑ ↑ ↑".