Event Overview

A two-day Cantonese opera series presented by the Macao Cantonese Opera and Song Art Association, featuring two classic full-length dramas.

Performance Schedule & Synopses

Day 1: June 23, 2021

"Sui Palace: Ten Years of Dreams"

• Cast: Yang Yue (played by Xiao Yi), Princess Lechang (played by Zeng Hui), Xu Deyan (played by Sima De).
• Synopsis: During the Sui dynasty's conquest of Chen, Princess Lechang helps her husband, Xu Deyan, escape, breaking a mirror as a token for future recognition. She is spared by General Yang Yue, who mistakes her for his deceased wife. Ten years later in Chang'an, Xu discovers the princess has remarried. Yang Yue, acting righteously, pretends to mistreat Lechang to force her back to Xu. However, shamed by her perceived loss of virtue, Lechang chooses death to repay both men's kindness.

Day 2: June 24, 2021

"The Uncouth Husband and the Wilful Wife"

• Cast: Hong Tianbao (played by Sima Xiang), Jingniang (played by Wu Siming).
• Synopsis: The impoverished Hong Tianbao marries Jingniang, the daughter of Master Ge. Later, Jingniang discovers her father is using Tianbao to aid a treasonous plot. To protect him, she feigns infidelity, provoking Tianbao to write a letter of divorce. While leaving, Tianbao saves the emperor and is rewarded with a title. The couple reconciles, and Jingniang pleads for her father's pardon, leading to a happy reunion.

Key Information

• Duration: 150 minutes per performance, including a 15-minute intermission.
• Subtitles: Chinese.
• Age Restriction: Suitable for audiences aged 6 and above.

Public Health Guidelines (Cultural Affairs Bureau Venues)

• Audience may enter the venue and be seated 30 minutes before the performance starts.
• All attendees must wear their own mask, undergo temperature screening, and present a valid "Health Code" (green code for "Pass") to security personnel. Entry is permitted only for those with a temperature of 37°C or below and a valid green health code.