''The Savage Land'' (原野 ''Yuanye'') is a 1987

Chinese-language western-style 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 o ...

by composer

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 *'' ...

(万方 born 1952) after her own 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 1937 play ''The Wilderness'' (also 原野 ''Yuanye''). It was performed at the

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in Washington in 1992, in 1997 at the in Saarbrücken under the baton of You-Sheng Lin, then again in Vancouver in 1998.''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture'', p. 420, Edward L. Davis, 2012 "Jin Xiang's style is characterized by a particular sensibility for musical colouring. His opera ''The Savage Land'' (''Yuanye'', 1987) features a Chinese-style verismo, reminiscent of Russian opera but at the same time permuted by distinctly Chinese ..." Shenzhen Youth Opera presented Jin Xiang's work in 2016.

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