Young artists deliver commanding Kunqu Opera performance
The day before he heads to a war, an undefeated commander named Qi has a dream in which he loses a battle and dies. When he wakes up, Qi bids farewell to his wife and gets ready to go and fight. While gaining successive victories, Qi decides to celebrate, despite the fact that there is a final battle waiting for him. When he gets drunk and falls asleep in his tent, Qi's army is ambushed by the enemy and he is killed just as his dream predicted.
This is the story that has inspired the latest Kunqu Opera production, titled A Commander's Introspection, performed and produced by the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre.
It was premiered on Friday during the Festival OFF d'Avignon, the biggest performing arts showcase in France that forms part of the Avignon Festival, an annual arts festival held in the eponymous French city every summer.
