| Other author/creator | Harrington, David, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Sherba, John, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Dutt, Hank, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Jeanrenaud, Joan, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Wu, Man performer. |
| Other author/creator | Sherman, Judith, producer. |
| Other author/creator | Hurwitz, Robert producer. |
| Other author/creator | Kronos Quartet, performer. |
| Contents |
Act I : Bach, monks, and Shakespeare meet in water (8:55) -- Act II : Earth dance (6:47) -- Act III : Dialogue with "little cabbage" (3:14) -- Act IV : Metal and stone (10:10) -- Act V : Song of paper (6:40). |
| General note | For pipa and string quartet; all performers also provide vocals and play various percussion instruments. |
| General note | Title from container verso. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Program and biographical notes (in part by the composer)--in English, French, and German, and libretto (1 folded sheet : ill.) inserted in container. |
| General note | Music, text, and installation by Tan Dun. |
| General note | Ghost Opera was commissioned for the Kronos Quartet and Wu Man by the Brooklyn Academy of Music National Endowment for the Arts, and Hancher Auditorium/University of Iowa. |
| Credits | Executive producer: Robert Hurwitz. |
| Performer |
Wu Man, pipa ; Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, violin, water bowl, bowed gong, vocals, one-stringed lute, cymbals, stones ; John Sherba, violin, paper whistle, vocals, cymbals, stones, one-stringed lute, bowed gong, water bowl ; Hank Dutt, viola, vocals, cymbals, stones, bowed gong, water bowl ; Joan Jeanrenaud, violoncello, vocals, bowed gong, water bowl ; Wu Man, pipa, soprano voice, vocals, bowed gong, tam-tam, Tibetan bells, paper). |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded in January 1996, Skywalker Ranch, Nicasio, California. |
| Language | Words sung or spoken in Chinese and English. |
| LCCN | 00715591 |
| UPC |
075597944525 |
| Standard identifier# |
7559794452 |
| Publisher number | 79445-2 Nonesuch |
| Publisher number | D120425 BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. |
