When someone mentions opera, what comes to mind? Verdi, Puccini, maybe Mozart? Probably not Kao Kalia Yang. The St. Paul writer never set out to get into opera.
In 2016 she wrote her book, “The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father.” On March 9, that story will have its debut at the Minnesota Opera. It’s already making history as the first Hmong story to be adapted for the operatic stage.
Kalia Yang spoke with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer about her story.
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https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2023/03/06/for-the-first-time-a-hmong-story-heads-for-the-opera
