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By Xu Wenwen |
October 27, 2009, Tuesday
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ZHEJIANG Kunqu Opera Troupe is presenting a sequence of Kunqu Opera plays this week featuring performers all aged under 35.
The season opened at Shengli Theater on Sunday and runs until this Saturday.
Kunqu Opera boasts a 600-year history as one of the oldest existing forms of traditional Chinese opera. It became well-known since the opening ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games showed a short elegant and refined piece of Kunqu Opera performed by Zeng Jie from Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupe.
He stars in the Act I and II of "The Peony Pavilion," China's best-loved classical opera written in the Ming Dynasty (1364-1644), respectively last night and tonight.
Another outstanding play, "Xiyuanji," will be presented tomorrow night.
It tells the story of the West Garden and is a romance set in the famous Xixi Wetlands of Hangzhou.
A lavish special performance of beloved opera highlights will finish the week-long show on Saturday, featuring combat scenes, dancing, poetry and singing.
Date: through October 31, 7:30pm
Venue: Shengli Theater 279 Yan'an Rd
Tickets: 80-280 yuan
How to get there: Take buses K92, K12, K188, K900, K801, K105, K59 and K55 to Shengli Theater stop.
The season opened at Shengli Theater on Sunday and runs until this Saturday.
Kunqu Opera boasts a 600-year history as one of the oldest existing forms of traditional Chinese opera. It became well-known since the opening ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games showed a short elegant and refined piece of Kunqu Opera performed by Zeng Jie from Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupe.
He stars in the Act I and II of "The Peony Pavilion," China's best-loved classical opera written in the Ming Dynasty (1364-1644), respectively last night and tonight.
Another outstanding play, "Xiyuanji," will be presented tomorrow night.
It tells the story of the West Garden and is a romance set in the famous Xixi Wetlands of Hangzhou.
A lavish special performance of beloved opera highlights will finish the week-long show on Saturday, featuring combat scenes, dancing, poetry and singing.
Date: through October 31, 7:30pm
Venue: Shengli Theater 279 Yan'an Rd
Tickets: 80-280 yuan
How to get there: Take buses K92, K12, K188, K900, K801, K105, K59 and K55 to Shengli Theater stop.
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