CLASSIC TALES GET A REBOOT

Chinese opera series features two Kunqu works updated for contemporary audiences, Zhang Kun reports from Shanghai.

Pai Hsien-yung, a renowned writer and scholar from Taiwan will be presenting two new Kunqu opera productions, The White Silk Robe and The Story of Golden Lotus in Shanghai. According to Pai, while The White Silk Robe is "a grave tragedy of humanity", The Story of Golden Lotus is about a beautiful woman's journey through deception and despair.

The 81-year-old is the producer for both plays which completed a successful tour of Taiwan in January.