Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s “The Monkey King,” based on “Journey to the West,” brings an old superhero to the opera ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A rascally superhero born from a stone egg, the Monkey King is beloved in Chinese mythology, appearing in ...

SAN FRANCISCO - The world premiere of The Monkey King at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco takes place on Friday.

Composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang's "The Monkey King" brings Chinese mythology to vivid life in a spectacular San Francisco Opera premiere.