MOCA PERFORMS – Little Red Riding Hood
A Chinese Opera
July 24, 2026, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
General Admission: $25
Continuing more than a century of Chinese opera’s legacy in the United States, this program reimagines a classic tale through the lens of Chinese opera—inviting older generations to reminisce and younger Asian Americans to discover the beauty of this timeless art form. Presented in a nontraditional space, the performance pays homage to Chinese opera’s arrival in America during the mid-19th century. Through this world-renowned tale, audiences will experience acrobatics, martial arts, and elaborate costumes in a celebration of the nation’s rich cultural diversity and this enduring artistic tradition. This program is in partnership with Chinese Theater Works.
CREATIVE TEAM
Richard Chang
Suosen Lyu
Qi Zhang
Jing Shan
Huixin Bai
Xing Wang, Music Director
Kuang-Yu Fong, Playwright and Director
This event forms part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival.
ABOUT Chinese Theater Works
Chinese Theatre Works (CTW) was created in 2001 out of the merger of two non-profit institutions with long histories of bringing traditional and innovative, contemporary Chinese performing arts to local New York City, national and international audiences—The Gold Mountain Institute for Traditional Shadow Theater (GMI) and Chinese Theatre Workshop.