Garden of Love – Selected Scenes from Classic Chinese Yue Opera
Presented by Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Theatre
Founded in 1984, Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Theatre is China’s most celebrated all-female professional Yue opera company, acclaimed for its poetic grace, distinctive stage aesthetics, and rich cultural legacy. For this UK tour, Xiaobaihua presents The Garden of Love - a specially curated selection of Yue opera excerpts that explore the themes of longing, destiny, and eternal devotion through the most iconic love stories in Chinese literature.
1.Butterfly Lovers: Farewell at the Eighteenth Pavilion
Liang Shanbo: Wei Chunfang
Zhu Yingtai: Zhang Yiqing
2. Dream of the Red Chamber: Song of Burying Flowers
Jia Baoyu: Chen Lijun
Lin Daiyu: Zheng Xiao
Xue Baochai: Xu Hong
3. The Peony Pavilion: A Secret Tryst
Liu Mengmei: Li Xiaowen
Du Liniang: Xu Yena
4. Lu You and Tang Wan: Poems on the Wall
Lu You: Cai Zhefei
Tang Wan: Zhang Yiqing
Zhao Shicheng: Li Xiaowen
Madam Liu: Xie Chan
Xiaohong: Zheng Xiao
With interlude instrumentals:
Sheng (Chinese mouth organ)
Dizi (Chinese bamboo flute)
Pipa (Chinese lute)
This performance will be in Mandarin with Subtites