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 Opera, in highest adventure mode, presents "The Monkey King," a dashing world premiere that brings to the stage ...

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

There’s a new hero in the world of opera, one with amazing superpowers, an unstoppable mission — and a tail.

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