CONTENTS

01 SYNOPSIS

02 MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDING
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

03 MESSAGE FROM THE COMPOSER

04 MESSAGE FROM THE LIBRETTIST

05 FROM SINGAPORE TO MELBOURNE
AND BACK AGAIN

06 CAST

07 CHORUS

08 MUSICIANS

09 CREATIVE TEAM

10 CREDITS

11 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

12 ABOUT WILD RICE

13 WILD RICE TEAM

14 BE AN ANGEL

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 SYNOPSIS
Wild Rice and Victorian Opera proudly present
The Butterfly Lovers like you have never seen it
before. Fresh from its critically acclaimed world
premiere in Australia, this thrilling international
collaboration marks the first time this classic
Chinese folktale takes flight as an original English-
language opera.

Trapped by the constraints of a rigidly patriarchal

society, Zhu Yingtai boldly disguises herself as
a man to pursue higher education. At school,
she meets the bookish Liang Shanbo, and the
proverbial sparks fly. What begins as a friendship
between equals soon deepens into love between
soulmates. But tragedy beckons when Yingtai is
called home to be married to a wealthy suitor.

Inspiring and bittersweet in equal measure,

the star-crossed love between Yingtai and
Shanbo transcends barriers like family, societal
expectations, and – in this new incarnation –
gender and sexuality.

Conceived and directed with visionary flair by Ivan

Heng, The Butterfly Lovers features a sensational
new score by Richard Mills, one of Australia’s
most distinguished composers, and a soul-
stirring libretto by Joel Tan, one of Singapore’s
most exciting young playwrights. Created in
collaboration with a team of Singapore’s top
theatre-makers and an international cast led by
soprano Cathy-Di Zhang, countertenor Austin
Haynes and baritone Haotian Qi, The Butterfly
Lovers reaches across borders and cultures to bring
this epic love story to exhilarating new heights.

IMDA Advisory: Some Mature Content

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Wild Rice and Victorian Opera’s groundbreaking
new production of The Butterfly Lovers made its
world premiere at the Arts Centre in Melbourne,
Australia, in October 2022. The core creative team
and lead cast members have reunited in Singapore
for this production's Asian premiere at the Victoria
Theatre in May 2023. Our orchestra in Singapore
features some of the country’s finest musicians
from Resound Collective.

The Butterfly Lovers (2022)

Cathy-Di Zhang as Zhu Yingtai and Meili Li as Liang Shanbo
Photo: Charlie Kinross

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 MESSAGE FROM
THE FOUNDING
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

In 2015, Richard Mills and I met for the first

time and, upon making an instant connection,
we resolved to collaborate on a new opera, an
international collaboration that would speak to
both our audiences in Melbourne and Singapore.
Instead of choosing a work from the existing
Western canon, I proposed that we tell the story of
The Butterfly Lovers, a beloved classic and one of
the four great folktales of China.

Known as the Chinese Romeo & Juliet, Liang

Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai’s tragic, but ultimately
transcendent, love story has inspired artists
through the ages. But it had not, to our knowledge,
been adapted into an English-language opera. We
both became quite excited by the prospect.

What distinguishes our version is that it unpacks

what largely exists as subtext in more conventional
adaptations of the tale. When Shanbo first meets
Yingtai, she is disguised as a man to get herself
an education. Shanbo never questions Yingtai’s
identity, even though she persistently hints at it;
and he only reciprocates her love when she reveals
that she is a woman. But what if Shanbo had in fact
fallen in love with Yingtai as a man?

With plans to premiere the work in Melbourne in

September 2020, we commissioned Joel Tan, one of
Singapore’s most talented emerging playwrights,
to adapt the story, and he sent us a libretto that we
loved. In early 2019, Richard and I met in Singapore
to workshop the production at Wild Rice.

As with so much else, the pandemic threw a

spanner in the works. The show was postponed
twice, but we persisted through the most
extraordinary conditions, virtually, in different
countries, and across time zones. Listening and
learning from one another, we approached the
collaborative process with mutual respect for our
diverse cultural traditions, disciplines, and industry
practices.

We trust that this brand-new production of The

Butterfly Lovers, an intricate tapestry of myriad
elements, will be greater than the sum of its parts.
Richard’s finely wrought score is at once grand
and intimate, mining the layers of Joel’s elegiac
libretto to illuminate the characters’ emotional
journeys. The drama unfolds on a bare stage
rooted in the Chinese opera tradition – a canvas for
Brian Gothong Tan’s striking multimedia, Philip
Lethlean’s atmospheric lighting and Max Tan’s
splendid costumes.

It is nothing short of a miracle that we are

premiering a new work in these times, and we are
thrilled and gratified that the production is finally
here in Singapore. Following a critically acclaimed
premiere in Melbourne in October last year, we
have taken the opportunity to continue developing
and refining this new opera for the Singapore
stage. Last November, Richard came to Singapore
for another workshop with Joel and myself, during
which we made revisions to the libretto, score and
direction. We have also refreshed the production
with new costumes, multimedia, lighting and
choreography inspired by Chinese opera, and we
have a marvellous Chorus featuring Singapore’s
best classical singers.

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the

singers, our creative and production teams, and
everyone at Wild Rice and Victorian Opera who
have rallied behind our shared vision to tell this
story. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, dear
Richard and Elizabeth Hill-Cooper, for your trust,
care and the amazing journey we have shared with
Victorian Opera. Special thanks must also go out
to the Cultural Matching Fund, Simone Lourey and
Will Randall, and our Wild Rice Angels for making
this production possible.

Last but not least, thank you for coming to share

in the experience of The Butterfly Lovers today.
“Beyond form, beyond language and thought” – we
hope you will find something here that delights,
moves and inspires you.

IVAN HENG
Founding Artistic Director, Wild Rice

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 MESSAGE FROM
THE COMPOSER

This chamber opera project is the result of my

admiration for Ivan Heng and the wonderful Wild
Rice theatre company based in Singapore. Ivan is,
in my opinion, one of the great theatre-makers of
Asia.

The theatrical process of this work is founded in

the ritual language of Chinese opera, which is
characterised by highly stylised storytelling, visual
spectacle and formalised interactions between
characters.

The Singaporean poet and playwright, Joel Tan,

has made a libretto that reflects in contemporary
English language the time-honoured formalities of
traditional Chinese opera in an eminently singable
and concise text.

The musical language and the instrumental

textures similarly incorporate traditional elements
in the form of subliminal pentatonic references,
folk-like interludes and the presence of both
pipa (Chinese lute) and dizi (Chinese flute) in the
instrumentation. These elements are subsumed
into my own musical process – not simply ‘added
in’ – so the music is contemporary, a counterpart to
Joel’s libretto in contemporary English.

Opera (both Eastern and Western) is an artform

of synthesis – a fusion of disparate elements to
form a new statement. It became a new theatrical
adventure via a process of amalgamation that
is present in both the traditional Chinese opera,
which was established during the Song Dynasty
(960-1279), and European opera, which can be said
to have begun with Monteverdi’s Orfeo in 1607,
in a fusion of myth-based scenography with the
different styles of baroque and late renaissance
music. The richness of synthesis is present in
our current undertaking, which celebrates both
contemporary and traditional musical practice –
an ancient love story to which we have given new
meaning, and which celebrates the redeeming
potential of love in all its forms and possibilities.

RICHARD MILLS

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 MESSAGE FROM
THE LIBRETTIST

This is a story energised by ancient archetypes:

the authoritarian father, suppressed libidinal and
intellectual appetites, desire made silent, the solace
of recognising oneself in another, the double-edge
of piety…

Today, we tell ourselves we are allergic to

archetypes. We want constantly to subvert and
outsmart them. But some archetypes connect us
to strangers from long ago: people who felt the
same deep stirrings of longing, the same prickly
ironies, the same despair. Stories like The Butterfly
Lovers endure because they tap into something that
lives in the gaps between language and feeling—
something like music. These feelings call out to be
set in opera.

For me, this is an opera about desire: the way the

object of desire makes itself known to you as if it’s
always lived in your body. The way it grows and
consumes you. The way it is always intermingled
with shame and prohibition. The way it builds new
worlds. The way some desires feel like they belong
to some other time, some other body. Queerness,
in other words, a feeling of alienation from one’s
body. It is such an odd comfort to know that these
feelings have been with us since the earliest times.

I’ve tremendously enjoyed my first foray into this

mysterious art form. It’s been such a pleasure
developing this opera with Ivan and Richard since
2017. Thank you for sharing this strange, bitter
fruit with us.

JOEL TAN

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 FROM SINGAPORE
TO MELBOURNE
AND BACK AGAIN

Austin Haynes, Haotian Qi & Cathy-Di Zhang rehearsing

in full costume and make-up at Victoria Theatre, Singapore

Austin and Cathy-Di during a costume fitting

Cathy-Di rehearsing in costume

Ivan Heng giving notes to Cathy-Di and Austin

"It’s been my great privilege and pleasure to

work with Richard and Victorian Opera, one of
the best, most accomplished opera companies
in Australia. We share the same values and
philosophy when it comes to creating new
work and being really committed to serving our
communities – to inspire, to educate, to edify
the experience of our audiences."
IVAN HENG

Richard Mills and Ivan in rehearsal

"It’s a great pleasure to come and work with

Wild Rice – this splendid, iconic theatre
company based in Singapore. It truly is a
national treasure, and I do hope that it’s
appreciated by the citizens of this great city
for its contribution to the world conversation
about theatre. There’s nothing whatsoever
that is provincial about it."
RICHARD MILLS

Michael Dimovski as Ma Wencai in rehearsal

Cathy-Di and Austin in rehearsal

Richard working with the musicians and chorus

Ivan, Richard and the main cast with Phoebe Briggs,

the Head of Music for Victorian Opera

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Ivan and Richard share

their inspirations and influences
in creating The Butterfly Lovers!

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 CAST

CATHY-DI ZHANG
Zhu Yingtai

An award-winning Australian soprano, Cathy-Di

is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music,
London. In Australia, she has performed with
Opera Australia as Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Rosina
(The Barber of Seville) and Micaëla (Carmen). For
Pinchgut Opera, she performed the roles of Amour/
La Folie in Neil Armfield’s acclaimed production of
Rameau's Platée and Créuse in Charpentier’s Médée.
For State Opera South Australia, she sang Mimi (La
bohème). She has also performed extensively in
operas and appeared in concerts all over Europe and
China.

AUSTIN HAYNES
Liang Shanbo

Austin is a countertenor from New Zealand

and Australia. He is now based in the UK where
he is completing a masters degree at Oxford
University. Austin has soloed with groups in the
UK including Instruments of Time and Truth, the
Oxford Bach Soloists, and New Chamber Opera, as
well as Australian groups such as the Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra. He was the winner of the
2022 Herald Sun Aria and City of Kingston Aria
competitions. Austin’s vocal studies are supported
by a scholarship from the TAIT Foundation.

HAOTIAN QI
Zhu / Master

One of Australia’s finest baritones, Haotian

graduated with honours with a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Nanjing Art University in China and
completed his Master Degree in Opera Performance
at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Haotian
started his operatic career as a Young Artist with
Opera Australia in the Moffatt Oxenbould Young
Artist Programme. In 2022, he made his professional
debut as Marcello in La bohème at the Sydney Opera
House. Other credits include the title role in Don
Giovanni, Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte; Escamillo in
Carmen and Figaro in The Barber of Seville.

MICHAEL DIMOVSKI
Ma Wencai

Michael is an Australian-based tenor who has

worked extensively as a soloist in Australia.
His recent credits include Sergei in Melbourne
Cheremushki, Don Ramiro (Cover) in La Cenerentola,
Ma Wencai in the world premiere of The Butterfly
Lovers in Melbourne, Lo Spaventapasseri in Il mago
di Oz, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Malcolm in
Macbeth and Jaquino in Fidelio. Michael has also
toured and performed throughout Australia as a
member of the Ten Tenors.

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 CHORUS

ADRIAN POON
Divinity & Chorus Master

Adrian is one of Singapore’s most active recitalists.

Together with Shane Thio, he is the co-artistic
director of the song collective The Sing Song Club.
Known for his innovative programming, Adrian
has premiered hundreds of works locally, the
most recent being Messiaen’s Harawi. Adrian is
also a great supporter of local composers, and has
commissioned and performed the world premieres
of works by Zechariah Goh, Kelly Tang, Liong Kit
Yeng, Hoh Chung Shih, Juliette Lai and Benjamin
Lim. Upcoming performances include Schoenberg’s
Pierrot Lunaire and the complete song cycles of
Benjamin Britten.

ZACHARY DOMINGUEZ
Divinity

Zachary is a tenor currently under the tutelage

of Professor Alan Bennett at the Yong Siew Toh
Conservatory of Music. Credits include Uriel from
Haydn's Die Schöpfung, as well as a tenor soloist
for Bach's Johannesspassion and Gleichwie der
Regen und Schnee (BWV 18). Through education
and technology, he hopes to bridge the gap between
western classical music and the general public,
showing that the themes explored are universal and
accessible for all.

CINDY HONANTA
Divinity

Cindy is a mezzo-soprano who made her operatic

debut at the age of 23 with the role of Bianca in The
Opera People's production of Britten’s The Rape
of Lucretia. Her performance in Bach’s St. John
Passion was commended in The Straits Times 
“A particularly moving moment came… with alto
Cindy Honanta’s sublime aria Es Ist Vollbracht!”
She graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Highest
Distinction) degree in Voice Performance from the
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.

ZOE HONG YEE HUAY

Divinity

Malaysian mezzo-soprano Zoe is currently studying

in the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music under
the tutelage of Professor Alan Bennett. Born in
Selangor, she took lessons with bass-baritone Mr.
Mak Chi Hoe and eventually graduated from the
Malaysian Institute of Art. She has travelled across
Asia for performances, competitions and exchange
programmes. Recently, she was a soloist in Mozart's
Coronation Mass with the NUS Symphony Orchestra
and the NUS Choir.

ALICE CAHYA PUTRI

Divinity

Alice is an Indonesian soprano based in Singapore.

She was the first runner-up in the 2021 International
Singing Competition Lav Mirski in Croatia and a
semi-finalist in the 2022 International Hans Gabor
Belvedere Singing Competition in Latvia. Recently,
she performed as Dido with The Opera People and,
last year, she debuted as Susanna in Le nozze di
Figaro in Hungary under the direction of Balázs
Kocsár, conductor of the Hungarian State Opera.

DAVID TAO CHEN MING

Divinity / Fortune Teller

David is an actor, singer, musician and educator who

graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
with a Diploma in Vocal Performance and has since
performed in various opera, musical and theatre
productions. Prior to his career switch in 2010, he
worked professionally as a chef before joining the
Singapore Armed Forces Central Band as a military
musician. When not performing, David enjoys
teaching flute and voice both privately and in music
schools.

JONATHAN CHARLES TAY

Divinity / Messenger

Lyric tenor Jonathan is one of the leading opera

singers in Singapore today. His opera roles include
Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus and Don José in Carmen
with Singapore Lyric Opera, Parpignol in La bohème
with Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Bertrando
in Rossini’s L’inganno felice with Lirica Arts, as
well as the title roles in Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg and
Mozart’s Idomeneo, Jaquino in Beethoven’s Fidelio
and Oronte in Handel's Alcina with The Opera
People.

TENG XIANG TING

Divinity

Soprano Xiang Ting is a lawyer-turned-opera-

singer who is a highly sought-after collaborator
with an impressive repertoire for both operas and
concerts. Since making her operatic debut as Adina
(L’elisir d’amore) at the age of 23, she has performed
numerous principal roles locally and abroad to
critical acclaim. Notable roles include Norina, Mimi,
Alcina, Pamina and Governess. In 2019, she made her
professional debut in Switzerland as Belinda/First
Witch (Dido and Aeneas) and was highly reviewed in
Das Opernmagazin.

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 MUSICIANS

NG HSIEN HAN
Dizi

In 2017, Hsien Han was awarded the prestigious

Singapore University of Technology and Design
President's Graduate Fellowship to carry out
research in the field of dizi. As one of Ding Yi Music
Company's musicians, he has represented Singapore
at various events overseas and has now become one
of the leading Chinese chamber dizi musicians in
Singapore.

YAN YU
Pipa

Yan Yu graduated from the Central Conservatory

of Music in China with a bachelor's degree of
music, majoring in pipa with minors in zhongruan
and liuqin. She is an adjunct lecturer at Nanyang
Academy of Arts and an examiner for the Confucius
Institute at Nanyang Technological University as
well as The TENG Company 's Chinese Instrumental
Music Grading Examinations. She also teaches
in schools in Singapore at all levels (primary and
secondary schools, junior colleges and polytechnics).

KIM KYU RI
Violin

Kyu Ri is currently second violinist in Concordia

Quartet, which was featured in BBC Music Magazine
for its innovative concert that was livestreamed at
the height of the pandemic in June 2020. In June
2022, the Concordia Quartet was the string quartet
in residence at the PRISMA Festival in Canada. Kyu
Ri also freelances with re:Sound Chamber Orchestra.
She received her Bachelor of Music (Honours) from
the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, where she
studied with Igor Yuzefovich, Singapore Symphony
Orchestra's former concertmaster, and received her
Master of Music degree at Mannes School of Music
under the tutelage of renowned pedagogue Lucie
Robert.

LIM HAO WEI

Violin

Hao Wei graduated from the Yong Siew Toh

Conservatory of Music, where he was awarded a
full scholarship to study with its Head of Violin
Studies, Zuo Jun. As an avid orchestral musician,
Hao Wei actively performs with orchestras such as
Resound Collective, Metropolitan Festival Orchestra,
Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra and Musicians
Initiative. In his free time, Hao Wei teaches the violin
and plays the viola.

MARTIN PEH
Viola

Martin is based in Singapore and performs regularly

on the viola. He received the Doctor of Musical Arts
Degree in Performance from the State University of
New York in Stony Brook, and holds degrees from
Yale University and the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory
of Music. Martin commits full time at Concordia
Quartet and enjoys playing in various orchestras,
including the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, The
Philharmonic Orchestra and Resound Collective.

LIN JUAN
Cello

Juan has been the cellist of the Concordia Quartet

since 2022. He also performs regularly with the
Singapore Symphony Orchestra, re:Sound Chamber
Orchestra, and other ensembles. Currently a lecturer
at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Juan is also
active as a conductor. He is Resident Conductor
of The Philharmonic Orchestra, and was the first
Associate Conductor of the Singapore National Youth
Orchestra.

JULIAN LI
Bassist

An award-winning Singaporean bassist, Julian is an

orchestral musician and soloist active in Singapore’s
classical music scene (Singapore Symphony
Orchestra, Resound Collective, Red Dot Baroque,
Orchestra of the Music Makers and others). He was
Principal Bassist for the Hangzhou Philharmonic
Orchestra and Guiyang Symphony Orchestra in
China, and completed his Masters (Distinction) at
the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
in Austria. Julian also teaches at various schools in
Singapore.

DESMOND CHOW
Clarinet

Desmond currently plays with the re:Sound

Chamber Orchestra, The Philharmonic Winds,
Clarinet Concord and CLARQuinet. He has
freelanced with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
and regularly performs in concerts with the
Metropolitan Festival Orchestra, Singapore Lyric
Opera Orchestra and Orchestra of the Music Makers.
He has also performed in musicals such as Cabaret,
The Phantom of the Opera (2007, 2013, 2019), My
Fair Lady, Gypsy, Pursuant, The Pajama Game, The
Sound of Music and The LKY Musical (2016).

RALPH LIM
Clarinet

An award-winning soloist and Buffet Crampon

Clarinet Artist, Ralph is the Principal Clarinetist of
Singapore’s Resound Collective, and founder of the
award-winning clarinet ensemble, CLARQuinet.
Ralph appears frequently as a soloist with Resound
Collective, Philharmonic Winds Group, and the
Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra, with which he
comissioned and performed a clarinet concerto in
2022 to rave reviews.

SARAH WONG
Harp

Sarah graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine

Arts and the Royal College of Music, London. An
active and sought-after orchestral and chamber
musician, she has performed with Resound
Collective, Singapore Chinese Orchestra and Ding
Yi Music Company, amongst others. She has also
appeared as the harp soloist, alongside acclaimed
flautist William Bennett, to perform Mozart’s Flute
and Harp Concerto with the Nanyang Academy of
Fine Arts Orchestra.

MICHAEL TAN
Percussion

Michael is a freelance percussionist with the

Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Malaysian
Philharmonic Orchestra and Resound Collective. He
has also performed in musicals like Aladdin, The
Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, A Chorus
Line and Santa Claus: The Musical.

PHOEBE BRIGGS
Keyboard / Celeste & Répétiteur

Phoebe is the Head of Music for Victorian Opera

(2012-present). As a répétiteur, she has worked for
companies including Opera Australia (2002-2012),
IFAC (Japan), Opera Holland Park (UK), Chamber
Made Opera, OzOpera, Melbourne Theatre Company
and Malthouse. For Victorian Opera, Phoebe has
conducted Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney
Todd, A Little Night Music, Play of Herod, Sleeping
Beauty, Black Rider: Casting of the Magic Bullets,
Cendrillon, Alice in Operaland, Lorelei, Happy End,
A Christmas Carol and Four Saints in Three Acts.

SHANE THIO
Piano / Celeste & Répétiteur

Shane received his early music education in

Singapore and was awarded an Associated Board
Scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music
in London. He is an inaugural recipient of the
National Arts Council's Young Artist Award in 1992,
which enabled him to pursue further studies at the
Royal College of Music. Shane is featured regularly
with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and has
worked with many music, theatre and dance groups
in Singapore.

ABOUT RESOUND COLLECTIVE

Resound Collective Limited is a Singapore-based

musicians’ collective and registered charity that
promotes music for small orchestra and chamber
ensembles. The company organises re:Sound, the
first professional chamber orchestra in the country,
and the Concordia Quartet, which made its debut
in February 2020. Members of the collective are
conservatory-trained music majors, most of whom
have received post-graduate training around the
world. They are among Singapore’s most talented
and dedicated musicians, and they collectively share
the vision of enriching the country's classical music
landscape by performing at the highest level.

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 CREATIVE TEAM

IVAN HENG
Director & Set Designer

Ivan is one of Singapore’s most prominent and

dynamic creative personalities. In a pioneering
career spanning three decades, Ivan has directed,
acted in and designed many landmark Singapore
theatre productions. Ivan founded Wild Rice in
2000. Under his leadership, the company has
reached an audience of over a million people,
and is today at the vanguard of creating theatre
with a distinctive Singaporean voice. Wild Rice's
groundbreaking theatre complex opened in
September 2019 with a mission to create and
present the best of Singapore theatre, nurture young
artists and audiences, and leave a legacy of artistic
excellence for generations to come. In 2013, Ivan was
awarded the Cultural Medallion, Singapore’s highest
cultural honour.

RICHARD MILLS, AM
Conductor & Composer

Richard is an internationally recognised composer

who also pursues a diverse career as a conductor and
artistic director. He has an extensive discography of
orchestral works, including his own compositions.
Currently the Artistic Director of Victorian Opera
and Senior Fellow in the Faculty of Music, University
of Melbourne, Richard has served as the Artistic
Director of both the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra
and West Australian Opera, as well as Director
of the Australian Music Project for Tasmanian
Symphony Orchestra. He was named Musica Viva’s
Composer of the Year in 2008. Recent highlights
include the world premiere of his Christmas oratorio,
Nativity, with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra;
The Pearlfishers, Parsifal, Salome, Elektra and La
Cenerentola for Victorian Opera; the ASO at Adelaide
Festival and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and
Voss for State Opera South Australia.

JOEL TAN
Librettist

Joel’s recent work in Singapore includes Tartuffe:

The Imposter (Wild Rice), Tango (Pangdemonium),
Mosaic (M1 Fringe Festival) and Café (Twenty
Something Theatre Festival). He first worked with
Wild Rice in 2011 on the Singapore Theatre Festival
premiere of his play, Family Outing. In the UK,
recent productions include No Particular Order
(Theatre 503), When the Daffodils (Orange Tree
Theatre) and Living Newspaper (The Royal Court).
He is on commission with Royal Court Theatre,
Headlong Theatre and Almeida Theatre.

BRIAN GOTHONG TAN

Multimedia & Set Designer

Brian is best known for his cutting-edge and highly

engaging works in theatre, film and installation
art. He graduated from California Institute of the
Arts in 2005 under the Shell-NAC Scholarship. His
works have been featured in numerous productions
that have toured successfully in many countries like
Italy, the USA, Korea and the United Kingdom. He
was conferred the Young Artist Award in 2012 and
the Singapore Youth Award in 2015. He is currently
the artistic director for T:>Atelier under T:>Works.

MAX TAN
Costume Designer

Max started his eponymous label, [Link], after

making a splash at the Singapore Fashion Designers
Contest in 2007. Over the past decade, Max has been
recognised world-wide for his innovative designs
that challenge fashion trends while incorporating
his Asian roots. Apart from designing for his label,
Max also lectures at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
and enjoys partnering with different theatre groups
in Singapore to design costumes for their main-stage
productions.

PHILIP LETHLEAN
Lighting Designer

Philip designs lighting projects across Australia,

Asia, Europe and America for theatre, opera, dance,
circus, puppetry, ceremonies and architecture.
Commissions include: the Opening Ceremony
of the Pacific Games in PNG, Clusters of Light in
Sharjah UAE and How to Train Your Dragon for
Dreamworks/Global Creatures USA.
In the theatre, he has worked with the English
National Ballet, The Australian Opera, MTC and
Circus Oz. Credits include Into the Woods and
Sweeney Todd for Victorian Opera.

JOEL MANUEL
FERNANDEZ
Sound Designer

Joel is a Singapore-based sound designer and

engineer whose work can be heard in drama, dance,
musicals and concerts. He is highly regarded for
his collaborations with theatre companies and
their production teams, including Wild Rice on
its productions of La Cage Aux Folles and Boeing
Boeing. Joel has extensive experience and a creative
approach to sound design, bringing a director's
vision to life with rich and dynamic soundscapes.

ASHLEY LIM
Hair Designer

Ashley started his hairstyling career in 1986. In

1999, he set up Ashley Salon to further pursue
his dedication towards the art of hairdressing,
especially for the theatre. He has worked on over 300
productions locally and abroad, and recently took
home the Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre,
presented by Mediacorp.

BOBBIE NG
Make-Up Designer

Bobbie is the co-founder of The Make Up Room,

and has been passionately involved in designing
make-up for the theatre for the past 20 years. She
enjoys the challenge of crafting looks that serve the
story, ranging from nude and realistic to colourful
and avant-garde. Bobbie first collaborated with Wild
Rice on Blithe Spirit in 2001. Since then, Bobbie and
The Make Up Room have worked with several of
Singapore's top theatre companies and arts festivals
on more than 200 local theatre productions.

GORDON CHOY
Movement Coach

Gordon is an actor/choreographer and fight director

renowned in Singapore's theatre industry for his
skills in wushu, pugilistic acrobatic stunts and
Chinese opera. Formerly a member of Singapore's
Wushu National Team and artiste/choreographer
with the SAF Music & Drama Company, Gordon is
currently the artistic creative director of Martial
House, a renowned wushu academy that has
performed in the National Day and Chingay Parades
since 2008. Gordon has fight-choreographed and
acted in 15 productions with Wild Rice and is also
fight-choreographing for SRT's A Midsummer
Night's Dream.

JEANNETTE CHONG
Stage Manager

Jeannette is a meticulous freelance theatre

production and stage manager. Making processes
enjoyable and excitable through paperwork is her
obsession. She is very grateful to Wild Rice for this
opportunity to call a show from a challenging score.
Jeannette is affiliated with Five Stones Theatre,
SAtheCollective and the Asian TYA Network.

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 CREDITS
CAST
Cathy-Di Zhang
Austin Haynes
Haotian Qi
Michael Dimovski

CHORUS
Adrian Poon
Zachary Dominguez
Cindy Honanta
Zoe Hong Yee Huay
Alice Cahya Putri
David Tao Chen Ming
Jonathan Charles Tay
Teng Xiang Ting

MUSICIANS
Dizi Ng Hsien Han
Pipa Yan Yu
Violin Kim Kyu Ri
Lim Hao Wei
Viola Martin Peh
Cello Lin Juan
Bass Julian Li
Clarinet Desmond Chow
Ralph Lim
Harp Sarah Wong
Percussion Michael Tan
Keyboard / Celeste Phoebe Briggs
Piano / Celeste Shane Thio

CREATIVE TEAM
Director & Set Designer Ivan Heng
Composer & Conductor Richard Mills
Librettist Joel Tan
Multimedia & Set Designer Brian Gothong Tan
Costume Designer Max Tan
Assistant Costume Designer Wong Wai Toh
Lighting Designer Philip Lethlean
Chorus Master Adrian Poon
Sound Designer Joel Manuel Fernandez
Hair Designer Ashley Lim
Make-Up Designer Bobbie Ng
Movement Coach Gordon Choy
Répétiteurs Phoebe Briggs
Shane Thio

PRODUCTION TEAM
Head, Production Melissa Teoh
Production Manager Xu Xin'en
Technical Manager David Sagaya
Production Co-ordinator Angela Ee
Stage Manager Jeannette Chong
Assistant Stage Managers Anne Lee
Nurarina Nasir
Stage Assistants Shamirul Aizan
Cindy Sng
Technicians Muhammad Azhar Bin Azman
Jayant Daniel Singh
Hair Assistant Michelle Wai
Make-Up Artists Esther Goh
Lau Cheng Lang
Low Jyue Huey
Wardrobe Manager Theresa Chan
Dressers Ayuni
Noor'Ain Afiqah
Nur Fa'iqah
Nur Fatin Nabilah
Emily Francesca Soegijanto
Multimedia Operator Maximilian Liang
Surtitle Operator Steffie Tan
Mic Operator Rachel Ong Qiu Yun

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 ABOUT
WILD RICE
Wild Rice was founded in 2000 by Ivan
Heng, an internationally acclaimed and
award-winning theatre practitioner, and
is recognised today as one of Singapore's
leading professional theatre companies.

Our mission is to provide an open forum for

the shared experience of theatre: celebrating
our diversity; reflecting on the problems and
possibilities of our times; and presenting
productions that inspire, challenge and entertain.

A commitment to the highest standards informs

every aspect of Wild Rice’s creative work, which
is first and foremost a celebration of Singapore’s
theatrical talent. By producing and touring
productions that are distinctively local in flavour
and yet universal in vision and concerns, the
company creates memorable experiences for
audiences in Singapore and across the world.

The company's exciting and varied

programming for the main stage includes:
+ New and original works
+ New productions of the Singapore repertoire
+ New interpretations of world classics

The company's mission to build a

theatre culture also extends to the
wider community through the following
divisions:
+ Wild Rice Academy and First Stage, which
offer drama and training programmes to nurture
young talents from the ages of 5 to 12
+ Singapore Youth Theatre, which develops and
empowers young people aged 13 to 17 through
theatre
+ Young & Wild, which identifies and develops
Singapore’s young theatre professionals from the
ages of 18 to 30

Wild Rice is committed to touring our shows

internationally to raise the profile of Singapore
theatre, to create an international awareness of
our unique productions, and to engage our artists
and collaborators in creative dialogues with the
international arts community. Our distinctively
Singaporean productions have won great acclaim
in major international arts festivals in Australia,
Canada, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand
and Russia.

Wild Rice @ Funan is our new home in the heart

of Singapore’s civic and cultural district, featuring
the country’s only dedicated thrust stage within
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre. Our groundbreaking
performing arts complex promises to be an iconic
destination theatre for Singapore - one committed
to leaving a legacy of artistic excellence for future
generations by creating and presenting the best of
Singapore theatre, as well as nurturing the artists
and audiences of tomorrow.

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 WILD RICE
TEAM
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Janice Koh – Co-Chair Glen Goei

Mary Ann Tsao – Co-Chair Ivan Heng
Choo Chek Siew – Treasurer Anthonia Hui
Bill Ang Tan Siok Sun
Deborah Barker Tony Trickett
Randy Chan

IVAN HENG
Founding Artistic Director

TONY TRICKETT
Executive Director

ARTISTIC PRODUCTION
GLEN GOEI KOH BEE BEE
Co-Artistic Director Producer

ALFIAN SA'AT MELISSA TEOH

Resident Playwright Head, Production

JOEL TAN JOYCE TAY

Artist-in-Residence Production Manager

ANGELA EE
Production Co-ordinator
YOUTH
& EDUCATION
THOMAS LIM DEVELOPMENT
Associate Artistic Director,
Youth & Education ANDREA EE
Development Executive
EDITH PODESTA
Associate Artistic Director, DEBBIE NG
Young & Wild Development Executive

EZZAT ALKAFF NURASHIKIN BTE OSMAN

Head, Youth & Education Development Assistant

SHALYN YONG
Manager, Children & Young Audiences
ADMINISTRATION
NELLIE QISTINA KATHERINE KHOO
Youth & Education Executive Head, Administration
BENJAMIN LYE JASMINE LIM
Administrator, Young & Wild Accounts Manager
ZAILINA ZAINAL ABIDIN ROSS TOH
Project Co-ordinator Administrative Executive
SOO HUI LIN IVY HENG
Youth & Education Intern Administrative Executive

MARKETING & VENUE

COMMUNICATIONS
KOH WEE GIAP
LINDA TAN Venue Manager
Marketing Manager
MUHAMMAD FADLY BIN NANYAN
SHAWNE WANG Assistant Venue Manager
Editorial Consultant
DAVID SAGAYA
CHOO YING TONG Technical Manager
Marketing Executive
MUHAMMAD AZHAR BIN AZMAN
RACHEL NG Technician
Social Media Executive
JAYANT DANIEL SINGH
ELLIOT TEO Technician
Marketing Intern

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ABOUT VICTORIAN OPERA

REIMAGINING THE POTENTIAL OF OPERA AND

MUSICAL THEATRE, FOR EVERYONE.
Victorian Opera is the state opera We also stage opera in Tasmania
company of Victoria. We make biennially to share the joy of our art form
creative, accessible and affordable even further.
work for everyone while adventurously
Recognised for our unique contribution
evolving our art form.
to the country’s operatic landscape,
Since the company was founded in Victorian Opera proudly became
October 2005, Victorian Opera has an Australian Major Performing Arts
entertained hundreds of thousands of company in 2019. In 2021 we transitioned
people with our imaginative approach to the newly formed National Performing
to opera and musical theatre. Each Arts Partnership Framework (NPAPF).
year we premiere at least one new
As the world went into lockdown, we got
Australian opera, and have
to work, sharing our passion far and wide
commissioned 38 new works since our
with a range of web series and online
formation.
performances. Returning home to the
We employ hundreds of people across stage, we embrace the new normal and
the creative industries, recruit some of will continue to perform in Victoria’s finest
the finest local singers, and collaborate theatres and concert halls to give our
with Australia’s leading companies, audiences the best possible and safest
venues and learning institutions. experience.

The next generation of talent is Be it live or online, Victorian Opera is

developed from the ground up through here to inspire you.
the Victorian Opera Youth Chorus
Ensemble (VOYCE) and our innovative
Access All Areas: Livestream Program.

@VictorianOpera #VictorianOpera
 HELP US SECURE
THE FUTURE OF
SINGAPORE THEATRE
Here at Wild Rice, we believe that
theatre is a vital communal experience
that can open hearts and change lives.
Over the years, we have blazed a trail in
creating and presenting the very best of
Singapore theatre, while continuously
striving to make our shows and our
venue more inclusive and accessible
for all. Our comprehensive education
programmes nurture and inspire young
theatre-makers from the ages of 5 to 35.
At the same time, we provide gainful
employment to hundreds of artists and
theatre professionals every year as one of
the largest employers in Singapore’s arts
industry.

To sustain a performing arts complex

on this scale, we need your help.

While many people know of Wild Rice

and the important work we do, not many
know that we are also a registered charity.
As we continue to weather the devastating
aftershocks of the COVID-19 crisis, our
ability to survive as an arts organisation
depends critically upon the generosity of
our donors and supporters.

If you enjoyed The Butterfly Lovers, if you

share our passion for brave and brilliant
productions that tell uniquely Singaporean
stories, if you believe in the power of
theatre as a force for good and for change,
please consider making a donation today.

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drama with complimentary tickets, special
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and the best seats in the house!

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We also welcome any donations in support of

Wild Rice. Every contribution, large or small,
will make a dramatic difference.

All donations above $50 are eligible

for 250% tax deduction.

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WILD RICE
ANGELS!
GUARDIAN
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& Ms Lim Sing Yuen The Silent Foundation
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EMERALD
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PEARL
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Dr Lim Kay Kiat & Nicole Ngiam Darren & Cara Wee
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RUBY

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AMBER

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Anne K. Bendt Christopher Steven Mihos
Joanna Boo Prelia Moenandar
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ACADEMY
WEEKLY DRAMA CLASSES FOR KIDS AGED 5 TO 12

LEARNING COMES ALIVE THROUGH

DRAMA AND STORYTELLING!
At the Wild Rice Academy, we believe that the
theatre is a wonderful place where children can
play, grow and learn more about themselves and
the world around them. Our mission is to help
empower children for the next stages in their lives
by developing their confidence, creativity and social-
emotional intelligence.

WHAT WE OFFER
In our highly experiential classes, children can
partake in a host of fun, stimulating and engaging
activities – from drama games and role-playing to
performance opportunities.

By sharing the transformative magic of theatre

and the arts with participants, we encourage them
to experiment and make creative decisions in the
ways they express themselves and tell stories. Our
programmes are also designed to help children pick
up foundational language and literacy skills.

We have programmes running throughout the year

– from 10-week terms to end-of-year school holiday
workshops. Classes are split by age groups (5-8 years
and 9-12 years) to cater to children at different stages
of their lives.

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Academy, I learnt to
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class made me become
a better actor, and be
more hilarious!”
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enriches our creative world
and imaginations, and a great
place for us to have a dramatic
outlet!"

Lauren (age 11)

“Thank you for making

this possible and such
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well. So glad to see
Anna’s enthusiasm at
her classes and to see
her play her role with
such delight!”
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