![]() ![]() ''Their stature in the kunqu repertoire is like La Boheme or La Traviata,'' she says. ![]() ''Even if the cultural code is somewhat alien to Western audiences, the stories are universal.''īoth works belong to the best of the kunqu opera tradition, says Dr Joanna Lee, a musicologist and cultural adviser who worked on the Broadway production of the comedy Chinglish. ''What's great about kunqu opera is the stories are very easy to understand,'' Bertels says. These productions of the The Peony Pavilion and The Jade Hairpin have been pared back to about 2½ hours and will be performed with English surtitles.Īnd both operas tell straightforward stories of love battling adversity in the form of class, failed exams and the lord of the underworld. Operagoers worried about watching a marathon sung in Mandarin can breathe easy.
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