''Sunrise'' (日出) is a 2015

Chinese contemporary classical opera Chinese contemporary classical opera (Chinese: 当今古典歌剧; ''dāngjīn gŭdiăn gējù''; "contemporary classical opera") is a musical art form drawing on western opera traditions - distinct from modern developments of traditional Chinese ...

Jin Xiang Jin Xiang (20 April 1935 – 23 December 2015) was a Chinese composer and conductor. He studied composition at the China Central Conservatory from 1954. In 1959 he received his Bachelor of Arts in Composition.

to a libretto by

Wan Fang Wan Fang (, born 1952 in Beijing) is a Chinese playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. She was awarded the Lao She Literary Award in 2014. Her father was Cao Yu (playwright), Cao Yu (1910—1996), one of China's best-known playwrights. Works *'' ...

after her father

Cao Yu Cao Yu (, September 24, 1910 — December 13, 1996) was a Chinese playwright, often regarded as one of China's most important of the 20th century. His best-known works are ''Thunderstorm'' (1933), ''Sunrise'' (1936) and ''Peking Man'' (1940). ...

's 1936 play of the same name. Jin Xiang had previously cooperated with Wan Fang to set another of her father's plays as the opera '' The Savage Land''.

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2015 operas Chinese western-style operas Operas Operas based on plays Operas set in the Republic of China (1912–1949) Libretti by Wan Fang Operas by Jin Xiang {{Opera-stub