''Farewell My Concubine'' (Chinese: 歌剧《霸王别姬》, ''geju "Bawang bie ji"'') is a Chinese-language western-style opera composed by choral conductor and composer Xiao Bai (萧白), to a libretto by Wang Jian (王健) for

China National Opera House The China National Opera House (CNOH) or China Central Opera (中央歌剧院) is a State-run opera company based in Beijing, China, and under the Chinese Ministry of Culture. CNOH consists of an opera troupe, a choir, a symphony orchestra and a ...

which toured America with the opera in 2008. The opera is unrelated to the soundtrack to Chen Kaige's '' Farewell My Concubine'', which was composed by Zhao Jiping.Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture - Page 1012 Edward L. Davis - 2012 Among his most famous film scores are those for Raise the Red Lantern (1991), To Live (1993) and Farewell My Concubine (1993). He is also a noted composer for the concert stage. Son of the painter Zhao Wangyun, Zhao Jiping was trained

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Chinese western-style operas Operas set in imperial China Operas 2008 operas {{opera-stub