PRELUDE 5’
Orchestra
ACT ONE
Chinese New Year Celebration, Spring 1885
Scene 1 New Year’s Day
Rooster of Gold 7’
All Chinese Tutti
The Story of the Red Robe 6’
Mrs. May, Two Children
Conversations 16’
Mr. May and Mr. Lee
Mrs. May and Mrs. Lee
Scene 2 The Banquet
The Banquet 10’
Tutti
Kevin’s Speech 4’
Kevin
Crowd Chaos 5’
Tutti
(Act I: 53’)
INTERMISSION
ACT TWO The Chinese Must Go! Autumn, 1885
Scene 1 Plans and Meetings
A Direct Action 5’
Kevin and Mayor
This, the Final Struggle 5’
Mayor Weisbach
Meeting at the Alpha Opera House 22’
Meeting at the Opera House
Chorus and All
Among You I Have Many Friends
Father Hylebos and Chorus
Mark My Words
Ezra Meeker and Chorus
The Right of Self Preservation
Mayor Weisbach and Chorus
No Room for a Mandarin Class
Chorus
Nightmare of Working Class Rule
Mr. and Mrs. Meeker
Businessman and his Wife
(Act II Scene 1: 32’)
Scene 2 October Decisions
Is This True? 2’
May and Weisbach
Mystery of the Pacific 6’
Mr. Lee
Telegrams 2’
Chorus, Mrs. Meeker, Chinese
Lost 4’
Mrs. Lee
This is My Home 4’
Mrs. May and Mrs. Lee
Scene 3 The Expulsion November 3, 1885
The Mob Forms 3’
Chorus, Father Hylebos
We Cannot Compete 3’
Judge Wickersham
Scene 4 Removing the Chinese
The Mob Acts 2’
Chorus
My Little Cup 3’
Mrs. May
At The May’s House 5’
Tutti
Mad, Am I Mad? 11’
Mrs. May
(Act II scenes 2,3,4: 41’)
TOTAL Music Time: @ 2 hours 10 minutes
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