Program Series: Beyond the Icon: Anna May Wong
The Toll of the Sea
Anna May Wong’s first starring role was based on a character from Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly. A young Chinese woman, Lotus Flower (Wong), finds a white American man floating in the sea, saves him, and they fall in love. He promises to take her home with him, but he betrays her, returning to China with his white wife and the son Lotus bore him.
Sat, Nov 20, 2021
Tickets are Presale to Members only and will become available to the public on August 2, 2021 at 5:00 PM
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