(Based on Su Tong’s novel Wives andConcubines/Adapted from Zhang Yimou’s movie of the same name)

Librettist/Director/Artistic Director:Zhang Yimou

Music by Qigang Chen

Choreographer: Xinpeng Wang

Stage Designer: Zeng Li

Costume Designer: Jérôme Kaplan

Lighting Designer: Zhang Yimou

World Premiere: May 2nd, 2001,Tianqiao Theater, Beijing