2011 Daily Events

The Palace of Eternal Youth 【長生殿】 by the Shangai Kunju Troupe

Meyer Auditorium, Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC

June 18, 2011, 2:00 pm
Performs scenes from the Kunqu Classic: Palace of Eternal Youth

Scene 2: The Pledge of Love《Dinqing 定情》
Scene 19: Complaints in the Pavilion《Xuge 絮閣》
Scene 24: Startled by the Rebellion《Jingbian 驚變》
Scene 25: Jade Burial《Maiyu 埋玉》

The Palace of Eternal Youth: The Pledge of Love

Changshengdian, Act 2: Dinqing 長生殿：定情

Meyer Auditorium, Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC
June 18, 2011, 2:00 pm

May our love be as close and as enduring,
May the phoenixes never be parted,
May the box never be divided,
May our love be long-lasting!

惟愿取恩情似坚金
钗不单分盒永完
惟愿取恩情美滿
地久天長

The Palace of Eternal Youth: Complaints in the Pavilion Xuge

Changshengdian, Act 19: Xuge 長生殿：絮閣

Meyer Auditorium, Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC
June 18, 2011, 2:00 pm

It is all my fault and
I beg you not to be angry
Angry and pouting,
you are doubly charming,

总朕错  请莫恼
见了你颦眉泪眼 越样生娇.

The Palace of Eternal Youth: Startled by the Rebellion

Changshengdian, Act 24: Jingbian 長生殿：驚變

Meyer Auditorium, Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC
June 18, 2011, 2:00 pm

The Palace of Eternal Youth: Jade Burial

Changshengdian, Act 25: Maiyu 長生殿：埋玉

Meyer Auditorium, Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC
June 18, 2011, 2:00 pm

Kunqu Music Theater by the Shangai Kunju Troupe

Sackler Gallery, Level I, Washington, DC,  June 19, 2011

“Longing for Worldly Pleasures” from Records of an Evil Sea

Niehaiji: Sifan 孽海記: 思凡

by Qian Yi 錢熠

Sackler Gallery Level I, Washington, DC,
June 19, 2011, 1:00 pm

Borrowing the Magic Fan from Journey to the West 西遊記: 借扇

by Gu Haohao and Zhao Lei, Shanghai Kunju Troupe

Sackler Gallery Level 1, Washington, DC
June 19, 2011, 1:00 pm

“The Messenger” from Romance of the West Chamber 西廂記：下書

by Wu shuan, Miao Bin, and Lin Yan, Shanghai Kunju Troupe

Sackler Gallery Level I, Washington, DC,
June 19, 2011, 3:00 pm