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- Dr. Sun Yat-sen (Chinese: 中山逸仙; pinyin: Zhōngshān Yìxiān) is a 2011 Chinese-language western-style opera in three acts by the New York-based American composer Huang Ruo who was born in China and is a graduate of Oberlin College's Conservatory as well as the Juilliard School of Music. The libretto was written by established playwright and translator Candace Mui-ngam Chong. It is her first opera libretto. The action of the opera focuses not on Sun's political life, but rather, it is a love story involving his second wife Soong Ching-Ling, a revered figure in modern Chinese history who became vice-president of the People's Republic of China until she died in 1981. Writer Lindsley Miyoshi quotes the composer's description of the opera as being "about four kinds of love—between husband and wife or between lovers, friendship, between parents and children, love of country" and he continues by noting that "what I love about opera is character building", describing the technique as "dimensionalism", while she states that the work "dramatizes what happens when these loves conflict". Originally conceived by Opera Hong Kong (a company founded in 2003 under the artistic direction of tenor Warren Mok) and commissioned by the Hong Kong government's Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the opera company, the work was also planned in collaboration with New York City Opera's VOX Contemporary American Opera Lab annual program of new American works in progress. For Huang Ruo, the opera became the means of celebrating the 100th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen being elected as provisional president of the new Republic of China (an office he held from 1 January 1912) and which was the culmination of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, the revolution which ended 2,000 years of Imperial rule when Emperor Puyi, known as the Last Emperor of China, abdicated on 12 February 1912. In terms of the music, Santa Fe Opera's general director, Charles MacKay, who chose to present the North American premiere in July 2014, has stated that he characterizes Huang Ruo's style as "a really original and striking voice", while adding that he sees the opera as "a kind of Chinese bel canto. (en)
- 《中山·逸仙》是美國華裔作曲家黃若作曲，以普通話演唱的三幕歌劇。香港歌劇院和康樂及文化事務署委約創作。莊梅岩創作歌劇劇本。歌劇以孫中山和宋慶齡的愛情為主題，紀念辛亥革命一百週年。 黃若寫了西方樂團和中樂團兩個版本。西方樂團版原本於北京首演，但被取消，中樂團版於香港首演。他之所以寫了兩個版本，「是感興趣於探索東方和西方的影響怎樣改變作品」。他說道： 歌唱由不同樂團伴奏，便會顯出不同的音質。在我的作品中我喜歡用一個詞「融合」(integration)。我的目的不是要人指出「這部份是西方的，那部份是東方的。」這些對我來說只是表面。我希望將各種的影響混和融合，產生一些新的東西，但我作曲時不會有意地嘗試用東方和西方的元素。我寫出我想寫的，出來的不論是什麼，都表現出我的個性和影響。 對於這歌劇的音樂，選出這歌劇作北美首演的聖達菲歌劇團的總監Charles MacKay，將黃若的風格描述為「很原創和驚人的聲音」，又說視這歌劇為「一種中國的美聲」。 (zh)
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