Named a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, Kun Opera is one of the world oldest extant music drama traditions. This April Southern California audiences will have the rare opportunity to watch master artists from China perform classics from the Kun Opera repertoire, and hear experts discuss the tradition’s historical roots and its continued creative relevance on the world stage.

Performance by artists from the Jiangsu Kun Opera Company
with introduction by acclaimed theatre and opera director Peter Sellars

April 17, 7:30 PM, Tuesday
Location: UCLA Schoenberg Hall

Excerpts include: The comic opera “Mountain Gate” (山门), “Union in the Shades” (幽媾), and
a scene from the Kun opera masterpiece “Peony Pavilion”(牡丹亭)
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Presented by the UCLA Confucius Institute and the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology