| You and Me | |
| Genre: | Historical |
| Type: | Peking opera |
| Creatortitle1: | Playwright |
| Creatorname1: | Cai Fuchao |
| Creatortitle2: | Composer |
| Creatorname2: | Zhu Shaoyu |
| Creatortitle3: | Director |
| Creatorname3: | Zhang Yimou |
| Company: | NCPA |
| Premiere: | [1] |
You and Me is a modern Peking opera by composer Zhu Shaoyu. Staged by Zhang Yimou, directing his first Peking opera, the show premiered at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, China (NCPA) in 2013.[2] [3] A 2014 performance of the opera was released on DVD by NCPA Classics in China, and Accentus overseas.
Based on an episode from the Zuo zhuan, the play tells the true story of Duke Zhuang of Zheng and his mother Wu Jiang from the Spring and Autumn period.
| Role | Original | DVD | Other[4] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Ping | ||||
| Yang Naipeng | ||||
| Yuan Huiqin | ||||
| Duchess Zhuang (Duke Zhuang's wife) | Zhang Huifang | |||
| Xu Mengke | ||||
| Yingkaoshu's mother | Kang Jing | Zhai Mo | ||