Dramatic consequences when women go to war
What does war mean to women? What would they do on the battlefront? And what would they need after returning from war? Pioneering Chinese theater director Li Liuyi and acclaimed composer Guo Wenjing have created a contemporary trilogy of three women fighters' stories to explore a woman's life in war.
In June, the world premiere of the trilogy Chinese Heroines was widely acclaimed when it opened the Holland Festival, the largest performing arts festival in the Netherlands. Now the Beijing Music Festival has invited it back to run at the Capital Theater tomorrow.
Each of the three heroines - Mu Guiying, Hua Mulan and Liang Hongyu - played an important role in Chinese history. In this trilogy, which is created in a style combining Western and traditional Chinese operas, they hold conversations with men who have played crucial roles in their lives.
