Classic Kunqu and Peking Operas, with their exciting dramas and fascinating aesthetics, have sustained through time and space to become cultural classics. The Jingkun Theatre, in collaboration with the Shandong Peking Opera Theatre and the Yantai Culture and Arts Centre, has selected representative Peking Opera and Kunqu; excerpts which cover a variety of performing styles. Besides appreciating the provocative interpretation of the shrewish You Sanjie, the heroic demeanour of Liu Jinding and the charming innocence of Chen Xiuying, audiences will be impressed by Mi Heng’s uncompromised denouncement of Cao Cao, the affectionate love tale between Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei, and how Xu Shiying teaming up with the heroes of Liangshan to capture Gao Deng. This operatic journey is a showcase of meticulously crafted characters performed with fascinating literary and martial arts skills!
Classics Revisited – Highlights of Peking Opera and Kunqu
22 – 23/8 (FRI – SAT) 7:30pm
Classics Revisited – Highlights of Peking Opera and Kunqu
Due to programme change, please note that Wandering in the Garden and The Interrupted Dream from The Peony Pavilion will be performed instead of At the Lake from The Legend of the White Snake in the performance on 23 August. Thank you for your attention.
22/8 (FRI) 7:30pm
The Incident at Bright Sun Mansion and Feigning Drunk, Encounter on the Road, Receiving the Betrothal Gifts, Looking Forward to the Wedding, Withdrawal from the Engagement from You Sanjie
23/8 (SAT) 7:30pm
The Teahouse from The Iron Bow Story, Liu Jinding Crashes Four Gates, Beating the Drum and Chastising Cao Cao and Wandering in the Garden and The Interrupted Dream from The Peony Pavilion
Main Cast: Tang Yuen-ha, Cai Zhengren (Special Guest),
Li Chunyu, Sun Jialiang, Hu Yulong, Cheung Ching-man
Meet-the-Artists: Pre-performance Talk
AC2, Level 4, Administration Building, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
The performance will run for about 2.5 hours including a 15-minute intermission.
Programme offerings differ by date. With Chinese and English surtitles.
Presented by: China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Hong Kong Member Association
In association with: China Theatre Association Hong Kong Member Branch, Jingkun Theatre
Supported by: Department of Publicity, Culture and Sports of Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong S.A.R.