Kunqu Nanke Dream

Updated : 2013-08-08 By : Source : chinadaily.com.cn

Kunqu Nanke Dream

 

Featured/Xiaming Shi, Wen Shan

Jiangsu Province Kunqu Opera Theatre

Time: 2013-08-10 19:30

ADD: Opera House

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Performance Information

In the Tang Dynasty lived a court official named of Chun Yufen. He once fell asleep as Monk Qixuan was teaching. In his dream, Chun entered into a world inhabited by ants. There he married a princess, Yaofang, and was appointed magistrate of Nanke. For two decades under Chun’s rule, people lived well and the princess gave birth to two sons and two daughters. Eventually the princess died during an enemy attack, and Chun eventually returned to his home. Only then did Chun realize it was all a dream. In the end, he became a monk himself.

PROGRAM

Nanke Dream (Part One)

Prologue Buddhist teachings

Scene 1 Tree Kingdom

Scene 2 Heroic Spirit

Scene 3 Love

Scene 4 Entering into the Dream

Scene 5 Enemy Attack

Scene 6 Frolick with the Moon

Scene 7 Flowers

Scene 8 Pavilion

 

Nanke Dream (Part Two)

Scene 1 Leading the Charge

Scene 2 Counterattack

Scene 3 Death of the Yaofang

Scene 4 Butterflies

Scene 5 Doubt and Fear

Scene 6 Sent Away

Scene 7 Finding a Resting Place

Scene 8 The End of Love