Last Friday, audiences at the Metropolitan Museum enjoyed an abridged version of a well-known piece of Kunqu, the oldest form of Chinese opera: ‘The Peony Pavilion’. From James R. Oestreich’s review at the New...
Kunqu or Kunqu Opera is one of the oldest extant forms of Chinese opera. Kunqu, with a 600-year history, is known as the “teacher” or “mother” of a hundred operas, because of its influence on other...
From VOA: Listen to O’Sullivan report Download file A classic love story from China has been captivating California audiences. The U.S. production of the opera “The Peony Pavilion” is a collaboration between a Taiwanese literary scholar and performers from Jiangsu Province, China. The Peony Pavilion is probably the most famous play written for the Kunju […]
From Xinhua News Agency via China Net: “The greatest contribution of The Youth Version of The Peony Pavilion(Áâ°‰∏π‰∫≠), which will leave an important chapter in the history of Kunqu Opera(ÊòÜÊõ≤), is to have won back young audience,” acclaimed Kunqu artist Wang Shiyu. Regarded as “the mother of all operas”, Kunqu has a long history of […]
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