Mao Weitao, a three-time winner of the China Theatre Plum Blossom Award returns to the Hong Kong stage after 10 years, headlining the Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe’s latest Yue opera production, Su Shi. The brand new work is a stage adaptation of the life of Song dynasty scholar Su Shi, one of the most celebrated […]
In 1983, one year before its official establishment, the Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe visited Hong Kong and created a headline-making cultural event by staging Birthday Celebration by Five Daughters. The following year, the now fully-fledged troupe toured the same opera within Zhejiang Province to wide acclaim and an eponymous screen adaption was subsequently released nationwide. Ever since […]
The Butterfly Lovers is a classic Chinese legend with countless stage and screen adaptations. Adding to its enduring legacy is an award-winning production by the Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe that retells the tragic romance with a modern sensibility. Premiering in 2006 as part of the centennial celebration of Yue opera after seven years of development, The […]