One of China’s most spectacular opera companies comes to Liverpool next month.
Ten years after its last visit to the UK in 2005, the China National Peking Opera Company returns for a strictly limited tour, visiting The Auditorium at Liverpool Echo Arena from November 13 to 15, their only dates outside London.
Celebrated stars Yu Kuizhi and Li Shengsu feature in two masterpieces, Farewell My Concubine and the Warrior Women of Yang. The costumes and combination of dance, mime, music and drama aim at audiences of all ages.
The Peking Opera is a unique art form. To achieve the skill often requires lifelong dedication. Most of the artists have to train from a tender age before being an apprentice and learning from the masters.
The rarely seen Warrior Women of Yang is a story of grief, courage, patriotism and family loyalty. Farewell My Concubine is a renowned classical piece, a story of political unrest, love, sacrifice and honour.
All productions are presented with English surtitles.