''The Chinese Orphan'' (Chinese: 赵氏孤儿) is a 2011

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 ...

by woman composer

Lei Lei 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 operas to librettos by ...

to a libretto 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 ...

. The plot is 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 premiere was at Beijing's NCPA in 2011. The international premiere was at the

Hong Kong Cultural Centre The Hong Kong Cultural Centre () is a multipurpose performance facility in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Located at Salisbury Road, it was built by the former Urban Council and, since 2000, has been administered by the Leisure and Cultural Servi ...

Grand Theatre in March 2012. A documentary relating to the commissioning of the opera and with excerpts from rehearsals was one of the first releases of the NCPA's own in house audio and video company in 2017.雪里的梅花国家大剧院原创歌剧《赵氏孤儿》创排纪实 NCPA 2017

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Chinese western-style operas Operas set in imperial China Operas 2011 operas The Orphan of Zhao Operas by Lei Lei Works by Zou Jingzhi {{opera-stub