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China Weekend
from 9 to February 11, 2018
All programming

Le Pavillon aux pivoines

Shanghai Zhangjun Kunqu Art Center
Opera
Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique
Duration: about 1h45

Distribution

Shanghai Zhang Jun Kunqu Art Center
Zhang Jun, Liu Meng-mei (le héros)
Xu Sijia, Tu Li-niang, alias Belle (l’héroïne)
Yu Xingyue, Chun-hsiang, alias Fragrance (la confidente)
Li Hongliang, Meng-shen (la divinité des rêves)
Shen Yang, bangu (percussions)
Yao Qi, dizi (flûte de bambou)
Zhang Liang, sheng (orgue-à-bouche)
Bo Gao, luo (gongs)
Outside of Shanghai, kunqu opera continues to be practiced by a handful of exceptional singers, who are performing in Paris tonight for the first time. The famous tale of The Peony Pavilion (late sixteenth century) recounts the story of a young girl who dreams of a young man, falls in love with him, and gives herself to him before finally dying. But the young man in question attempts to bring her back to life...
Karina-Canellakis

Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique

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Getting here

Porte de Pantin station
Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
Tram 3B 

Address

221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris

To leave after this concert

navette bus