“Red Cliff” Europe Tour, 2012
Large-scale historical drama Chibi, or Red Cliff visits Europe.
Tour Information:
Burgtheater Wien：
29 June, Red Cliff, Cast by Yu Kuizhi, Li Shengsu and Li Hongtu
30 June, Red Cliff, Cast by Zhang Jianfeng, Dou Xiaoxuan and Li Hongtu
1 July, Red Cliff, Cast by Yu Kuizhi, Li Shengsu and Li Hongtu
2 July, Peking Opera Gala (“At the Cross Roads”, “Autumn River”, “Farewell My Concubine” and “Presenting a Pearl on Rainbow Bridge”)
Hungarian State Opera House Budapest：
4 July, Red Cliff, Cast by Yu Kuizhi, Li Shengsu and Li Hongtu
5 July, Red Cliff, Cast by Zhang Jianfeng, Dou Xiaoxuan and Li Hongtu
National Theatre Prague：
9 July, Red Cliff, Cast by Zhang Jianfeng, Dou Xiaoxuan and Li Hongtu
10 July, Red Cliff, Cast by Zhang Jianfeng, Dou Xiaoxuan and Li Hongtu
It’s not her favorite opera, but Fern already bought her ticket – it cost 13.000 HUF. Bertrand will kill me but I’ll see the performance with the “secondary” cast. I’m a bit sad that they didn’t hire Jin Xiquan for the youngster cast as it’s customary, but that’s OK, Li Hongtu will suit the taste of the European audience better.
Wang Yue as Cao Cao, Du Zhe as Lu Su are for my liking. But…
I…have to…meet… Zhu Qiang. 
How much does a parlor maid outfit cost?
You can download the full opera here.
(addition)
Li Shengsu has this habit of posting photos on which everyone makes a funny face…
Li Hongtu, Du Zhe, Yu Kuizhi rehearse Red Cliff
m_croche said,
June 22, 2012 at 4:25 am
Have fun! You’re sure to have a blast…
Bertrand said,
June 22, 2012 at 1:23 pm
I’m jealous.
Meisiluosi said,
June 24, 2012 at 9:51 pm
Got my ticket!
Fern said,
June 24, 2012 at 10:35 pm
Cool! Maybe we get photos from Prague then? :D
Meisiluosi said,
June 25, 2012 at 11:46 am
I’ll be sitting pretty far from the stage and my camera is a cheap one. So probably no decent photos from me, though I might try to take a few shots…:-)
Fern said,
June 25, 2012 at 12:43 pm
I’ll have a good seat, but here in the Opera House it’s often not allowed to take photos, so that they can sell their little booklets about the performance. But I’m not sure about this show, we’ll see.
Meisiluosi said,
June 25, 2012 at 9:56 pm
Might be the same case in our National Theatre (taking photos forbidden).
*sigh*
And I’ll have a hard time suppressing the urge to shout “Hao!” or at least clap during the performance…
Fern said,
June 26, 2012 at 11:49 am
I just read an article about the Budapest show, it said “During the performance, comments of R.P. (famous Hungarian actor) will help the audience to understand the story.”
I hope this means the guy tells the story between acts, and won’t continuously chit-chat like “Now Zhuge Liang enters…”, otherwise I’ll get a complete nervous breakdown. o_O
Geza said,
July 8, 2012 at 2:30 am
I saw Li Shengsu and Yu Kuizhi (among others) perform here in Los Angeles. The tickets and information for the theatre stated no pictures or flash during the performance, but you could see flashes during the performance and all the Chinese were taking pictures and video. Nobody stopped them! Just like in China! You can not throw out everybody!