Reboot for Butterfly Lovers

Fresh production marks 60 years of violinist Yu Lina's dedication to her craft, Zhang Kun reports in Shanghai.

This year, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the famous Chinese concerto Butterfly Lovers, a new musical theater production by the same name will be jointly created by the Yu Lina Violin Art Foundation and Hongqi, a subsidiary of leading Chinese auto brand FAW.

The project, which was announced in Shanghai on March 26, will premiere in Shanghai in November before moving to Ningbo, Zhejiang province, and then onto Beijing.