The Chinese Opera Festival will premiere new Cantonese opera A Love Poem Stained with Blood in June.

Written by Sun Kim-long, this adaptation is based on The Peach Blossom Fan by Kong Shangren of the early Qing period.

Through the love story of a scholar, Hou Chaozong and a courtesan, Li Xiangjun, the play traces the decline of the Ming period.

The cast features both renowned Cantonese opera veterans and rising stars, including Sun Kim-long, Nam Fung, Yuen Siu-fai, Tang Mi-ling, Lui Hung-kwong, Johnson Yuen and Chan Kei-ting.

Presented by the Leisure & Cultural Services Department, the show is one of the highlights of the 10th Chinese Opera Festival and the 30th anniversary of the Cultural Centre.

It will be staged at 7.30pm on June 21 and 22 at the Cultural Centre, and at 2.30pm on June 30 at Tuen Mun Town Hall. There will be Chinese and English subtitles. 

Tickets are available at URBTIX.

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