Contemporary kunqu “The Moon over the River on A Spring Night” was created and successfully premiered in 2015, and has been touring the country for the past ten years, receiving wide acclaim from both inside and outside the industry, creating a ‘hard-to-find’ situation for theatre performances, and has been commented on by the media as ‘the best of the kunqu in this era! It has been commented by the media as ‘the best look of Kunqu in this era’.

 

 

 

“The Moon over the River on A Spring Night,” a Kunqu Opera starring and produced by Zhang Jun, is making a return to Shanghai Oriental Art Center on April 4 and 5.

 

The creation of the opera was inspired by Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ruoxu (AD 670-730), whose signature work “The Moon over the River on A Spring Night” is rated as one of the most influential poems of his time.

 

The opera tells a story about Zhang’s affection for a young lady, and hence his unusual experiences in the real and nether world.