Sanqu & Drama · LT304

Chuanqi Drama

Grand multi-scene classical opera scripts featuring elegant Kunqu music.

3works

2dynasties

3authors

Ming

1368–16441 works
  1. The Peony Pavilion: Interrupted DreamTang XianzuBehold how dazzling purples and brilliant crimsons bloom everywhere, yet all are abandoned thus to broken wells and crumbling walls! Fine seasons and splendid scenes—what can one do against cruel time? Joyous hearts and delightful events—in whose courtyard do they dwell? Morning flights, evening rolls, rosy clouds over jade pavilions; drizzling rain, fluttering breeze, painted barges across misty waves. Sheltered maidens behind brocade screens hold this radiant springtime far too cheap!

Qing

1636–19122 works
  1. The Palace of Eternal Youth: Ballad SingingHong ShengEndless to sing are the dreams of imperial rise and fall; limitless to pluck are the sorrows and joys of parting and union! Caught unawares in declining years by turbulent chaos, stranded on desperate paths grieving over life's trials.
  2. The Peach Blossom Fan: Lament for JiangnanKong ShangrenBehold him raising vermilion towers, behold him feasting noble guests, behold his towering mansions crash to ruins! Upon these piles of moss-grown emerald tiles, I once slept romantic dreams, drinking my fill of fifty years of dynastic rise and fall.