Cheng Ying Saves the Orphan of the Zhao - Yu Opera
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium
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Yu is the abbreviated designation for Henan
province in China. Yu Opera, which emerged in the 17th century, and is also
known as Bangzi of Henan, is the most representative of local operas and one of
the most popular genres in the country.
The action of this famous Yu Opera occurs during
the Spring and Autumn period (722BC–481BC). Disloyal minister Tu Angu kills
Zhao, a good and loyal colleague and murders his whole family, in a massacre of
more than three hundred people. Fortunately, Zhao’s wife manages to give birth
to a boy before dying. Guided by Cheng Ying, a group of devoted people
experience great hardship and danger to save the little orphan from the evil
hands of Tu Angu in a fight between good and evil where justice prevails. This
is a classic of Chinese opera literature staged by the renowned Henan Yu Opera
Troupe.
Duration: approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes,
including one interval
With surtitles in Chinese, Portuguese and English