


Working with a French arts group, the Festival d'Automne a Paris, it has assembled a cast from China and Chinese citizens living in the United States. This time, the production will not be done by a Chinese opera company, Lincoln Center said. The delay forced Lincoln Center to cancel the performance because it needed the sets, costumes and other help from China. The Lincoln Center first planned to produce the 20-hour "The Peony Pavilion," written by Tang Xianzu in 1598, at an arts festival last summer.īut Chinese officials derailed the production by insisting on viewing the entire opera, a Ming Dynasty masterpiece, before the sets and costumes would be shipped to New York. Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts said today it was reviving its plan to stage a 400-year-old Chinese opera but hoped to avoid a repeat of an earlier controversy by not relying on China for sets and costumes.Please respect the right of others to enjoy the performance. Anyone causing disturbances or obstruction may be asked to leave.Dress code? Business attire or evening wear, please.

