Suzhou Kun Opera Theatre of Jiangsu Province (Mainland China)
7 - 9/3/2005 20:00
Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium
200
7,
8, 9/3 (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)
Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium
8pm
Libretto/ Original Script: Tang Xianzu
Scriptwriters: Bai Xianyong, Hua Wei, Zhang Shuxiang, Xin Yiyun
General Producers: Zhou Xiangqun, Gao Fumin
Production and Design: Bai Xianyong, Fan Mannong, Cai Shaoshua
Artistic Supervisors: Wang Shiyu, Zhang Jiqing
Director: Wang Shiyu
Main Cast: Shen Fengying, Yu Jiulin, Shen Guofang, Tao Hongzhen, Shen Zhiming,
Qu Binbin, Chen Lingling, Tang Rong, Lu Jia
This
new version of the Kun Opera The Peony Pavilion, especially dedicated to
youth, features artists from both sides of the Taiwan Straits in a production
directed by renowned Chinese playwright Bai Xianyong. The opera maintains the
original essence of the original play, which eulogizes, love, freedom and the
purity of youth. Performances of this production in Taipei, Hong Kong, Suzhou
and Shanghai were highly acclaimed by both critics and the public.
The Peony Pavilion is the masterpiece of
Ming dynasty playwright Tang Xianzu. Premiered over 400 years ago, it is
considered a brilliant work in which drama and literature are ingeniously
combined.
Kun
Opera – World Cultural Heritage
Kun opera (Kunqu) is the oldest form of Chinese folk opera, and has been
honoured by UNESCO as a masterpiece of world oral and intangible heritage. The
highly refined style of presentation in Kun opera distinguishes it from the more
familiar genres of Beijing and Cantonese opera.