Lei Lei (雷蕾) is a Chinese classical composer. She is best known for her music for TV dramas such as ''Plainclothes Policeman'', ''Aspiration'', and ''The Yellow Storm''. She has written two

Chinese-language western-style opera Chinese contemporary classical opera (Chinese: 当今古典歌剧; ''dāngjīn gŭdiăn gējù''; "contemporary classical opera") is a musical art form drawing on western opera traditions - distinct from modern developments of traditional Chinese o ...

s to librettos by

Zou Jingzhi Zou Jingzhi (邹静之, 1952) is a Chinese playwright. He has written the librettos for two Chinese-language western-style operas by woman composer Lei Lei: Xi Shi (opera) based on the story of Xi Shi, and ''The Chinese Orphan'' (2011) based on th ...

Xi Shi (opera) ''Xi Shi'' is a 2009 Chinese-language western-style opera by woman composer Lei Lei to a libretto by Zou Jingzhi. The plot is based on the story of Xi Shi Xi Shi (Hsi Shih; , ) was, according to legends, one of the renowned Four Beauties of anc ...

(2009) based on the story of

Xi Shi Xi Shi (Hsi Shih; , ) was, according to legends, one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China. She was said to have lived during the end of the Spring and Autumn period in Zhuji, the capital of the ancient State of Yue. In traditional st ...

and ''

The Chinese Orphan ''The Chinese Orphan'' (Chinese: 赵氏孤儿) is a 2011 Chinese-language western-style opera by woman composer Lei Lei to a libretto by Zou Jingzhi. The plot is based on the story The Orphan of Zhao ''The Orphan of Zhao'' is a Chinese play fro ...

'' (2011) based on the story

The Orphan of Zhao ''The Orphan of Zhao'' is a Chinese play from the Yuan era, attributed to the 13th-century dramatist Ji Junxiang (紀君祥). The play has as its full name ''The Great Revenge of the Orphan of Zhao''. The play is classified in the ''zaju'' genre ...

. The premieres of both were at Beijing's NCPA.

Works

Visitors on the Icy Mountain (opera) ''Visitors on The Icy Mountain'' is a Chinese contemporary classical opera Chinese contemporary classical opera (Chinese: 当今古典歌剧; ''dāngjīn gŭdiăn gējù''; "contemporary classical opera") is a musical art form drawing on western op ...

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