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The Flower Girl
Event Details
Time: May 31, 2012 at 6pm to June 1, 2012 at 10pm
Location: Grand Theatre
City/Town: Changchun
Event Type: opera
Organized By: The Grand Theatre
Latest Activity: Jun 1, 2012
Event Description
Well-known and very popular North Korean opera The Flower Girl is on at the Grand Theatre tonight (May 31st)and tomorrow night (June 1st), by the Sea of Blood Opera Company listed No.1 in DPRK! its the debut show and will then begin its tour in 15 other cities in China
The Flower Girl (Korean: 꽃파는 처녀; RR: Kkot Pa-neun Cheo-nyeo) is a North Korean revolutionary genre theatrical performance, supposedly written by Kim Il-Sung himself according to official North Korean sources[1][2]. The performance is considered as one of the "Five Great Revolutionary Operas" (Korean: 5대 혁명가극), a group of classical, revolution-themed opera repertoires well received within North Korea[1][3][4]. It was also made into a novel.[5][6] A film adaption of the opera starring Hong Yong-hee was made in 1972
According to Kim Il-sung's personal memoirs, he personally created the ideas and foundation for the play himself whilst in a Jilin prison during the 1930s[2][5]. The first section of his 1992 memoir With the Century (Chinese: 与世纪同行), entitled "Anti-Japanese Revolution"
I do not know prices or availability of tickets ot actual time of performance
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Comment by Richard Roman on June 1, 2012 at 15:32
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Seems as if no one is interested in North Krean Opera - John the peacemaker - where art thou?
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