Angel Island Oratorio to Commemorate Lives and Fate of Immigrants (SF Classical Voice)

September 27, 2021

By Janos Gereben

San Francisco’s Del Sol Quartet and the vocal ensemble Volti will give the world premiere of a work inspired by the poems, Huang Ruo’s Angel Island: Oratorio for Voices and String Quartet at the newly renovated Presidio Theatre on Oct. 22, and on Angel Island the next day, weather permitting.

The oratorio depicts an immigrant’s journey through three large choral settings sung in Mandarin — “The Seascape,” “When We Bade Farewell,” and “Buried Beneath Clay and Earth.” The premiere will include talks by experts in immigration law, civil rights, and Chinese American cultural history. (read more)