''Xi Shi'' is a 2009

Chinese-language western-style opera Chinese contemporary classical opera () is a Chinese-language musical art form drawing on western opera traditions - distinct from modern developments of traditional Chinese opera. One of the first western-style operas was '' The White Haired Gir ...

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 ...

. The plot is based on the story of

Xi Shi Xi Shi (Hsi Shih; , ), also known by the nickname Xizi, was one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China. She was said to have lived in a small Yue village (today part of Zhuji, a county-level city in Shaoxing, Zhejiang) during the end of ...

. The premiere was at Beijing's

NCPA NCPA may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * National Centre for the Performing Arts (China) * National Centre for the Performing Arts (India) Other uses * Northern California Power Agency * National Center for Policy Analysis * Nationa ...

. NCPA Original Opera Xi Shi
"It is the first original opera produced by National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), which adopts Western opera to interpret the ancient legends about beauty Xi Shi in a brand new way, recreating grand view of the war between the .."

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Chinese western-style operas Operas set in imperial China Operas 2009 operas Operas by Lei Lei Works by Zou Jingzhi {{opera-stub