Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington, D.C.    June 13, 2008

presents three episodes from classic Kunqu plays

  • "The Fortune Teller" from Fifteen Strings of Cash
    《十五貫 : 訪鼠測字》
    Performed by     Ji Zhenhua (計鎮華) and Liu Yilong (劉異龍) from the Shanghai Kunqu Troupe.

  • "Kneeling by the Pond" from The Roar of the Lioness
    《獅吼記 : 跪池》
    Performed by Liang Guyin (梁谷音) with Ji Zhenhua (計鎮華) and     Wen Yuhang (溫宇航)

  • "Sweeping under a Pine Tree" from The Lute Song
    《琵琶記: 掃松》
    Performed by Ji Zhenhua (計鎮華) and Liu Yilong (劉異龍) from the Shanghai Kunqu Troupe.

Professor David Rolston, Director of the Language Program and Chair of the Language Program Committee in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. will introduce the program and provide a brief background of the plays to be performed.

Free tickets (limit four per person) are available in advance through Ticketmaster beginning 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 2, (202) 397-7328, or at Ticketmaster walk-up locations. Tickets (limit two per person) are also available at the Meyer Auditorium one hour before show-time, on a first-come, first-served basis.

This program is made possible in part with funds from the New York Chinese Opera Society.

Program details.

Friday, June 13, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Meyer Auditorium, Freer and Sackler Galleries
1100 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
 
 
Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington, D.C.    June 14, 2008

presents three episodes from Kunqu plays

  • "The Lotus Song"
    《繡襦記∶蓮花》
    Performed by Wang Taiqi (王泰祺) and Yang Ling (楊玲) of the New York Kunqu Troupe

  • "The Marriage Proposal and The Response" from The Butterfly Dream
    《蝴蝶夢 : 說親回話》
    Performed by  Liang Guyin (梁谷音), and Liu Yilong (劉異龍) from the Shanghai Kunqu Troupe.

  • "The Sorrowful Witness" from The Massacre of Thousands of Loyalists
    《千忠戮 : 慘睹 》
    Performed by Kunqu artist Wen Yuhang (溫宇航) with guest performers     Ji Zhenhua (計鎮華) and Liu Yilong (劉異龍) from the Shanghai Kunqu Troupe.

Professor David Rolston, Director of the Language Program and Chair of the Language Program Committee in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. will introduce the program and provide a brief background of the plays to be performed.

Free tickets (limit four per person) are available in advance through Ticketmaster beginning 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 2, (202) 397-7328, or at Ticketmaster walk-up locations. Tickets (limit two per person) are also available at the Meyer Auditorium one hour before show-time, on a first-come, first-served basis.

This program is made possible in part with funds from the New York Chinese Opera Society.

Program details.

Saturday, June 14, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
Meyer Auditorium, Freer and Sackler Galleries
1100 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC