The First Emperor - Ópera en 2 Actos
Compositor: Tan Dun
Libreto:Tan Dun y Ha Jin
Obra escrita en 2006

Disco 1
1 Opening Titles: The First Emperor
2 Introduction
Act I
Scene 1
3 In Chinese: Two Thousand Years Ago...
4 Ha Wu Ka Hashi Wu
5 Come Spirits Of Awesome Power
6. Silence! Silence! Is This Music?
7 The Shadow That Haunts Me Wherever I Go (Emperor)
8 General Wang, Once You Find The Shadow
Scene 2
9 Zhong Guo, Zhong Guo
10 Father, Can This Be The Shadow?
11 Intermezzo
Scene 3
12 The Wind Sent Me The News Of Snow
13 Has The Shadow Changed His Mind?
14 Sage Of Music
15 Ah, I Can Walk!
16 Forever I´m Bound To The Man
17 Like Water - Like Fire

Disco 2
Act II
Scene 1
1 Beyond The Great Wall
2 Hei Zo Hei Zo Zo
3 Jianli, How Is You Composition?
4 My Lord, Please Master Your Temper
5 Our Own Happiness Is Nothing
Scene 2
6 Intermezzo
7 Glory! The Emperor Shinse Like The Morning Sun
8 Now Let The Emperor Ascend!
9 Ritual Dance
10 Beloved Papa, It Was Not The General
11 The Bell Of Heaven Rings
12 Your Majesty
13 Death!
14 My Heart Is Like Your Wound, Bleeding
15 Oh, We Are Building The Dream
16 End Credits

Plácido Domingo tenor (Emperador Qin)
Sarah Coburn soprano (Princesa Yueyang, hija del emperador)
Wu Hsing-Kuo (Maestro de Yin-Yang, oficial geomancer)
Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano (Shaman)
Haijing Fu barítono (Primer Ministro)
Hao Jiang Tian bajo (General Wang Bi)
Susanne Mentzer mezzo-soprano (Madre de Yueyang)
Paul Groves tenor (Gao Jianli, un músico)
Danrell Williams (Guardia)
Dou Dou Huang (Bailarín Principal)
Qi Yao (Interprete de Zheng)

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra,
Tan Dun dirección
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Metropolitan Ballet

Zhang Yimou dirección de grabación

Grabada en el Lincoln Center, New York, el 21 de diciembre de 2006

Fecha de edición: febrero de 2009