A rascally superhero born from a stone egg, the Monkey King is beloved in Chinese mythology, appearing in everything from a 16th century epic to modern comics, animated movies and video games—even in poetry by Mao Zedong.
Huang Ruo’s `The Monkey King’ to get world premiere at San Francisco Opera on Nov. 14
Huang Ruo watched his kids on Halloween during the coronavirus pandemic his son dressed as Spider-Man and Batman, his daughter as Elsa from “Frozen.”