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A Conversation with Tan Dun: A New "Peony Pavilion" in an Old Context

Program information

Composer Tan Dun and Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Curator in Charge of Asian Art, discuss Tan Dun's new version of Peony Pavilion which was staged in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Astor Court. Inspired by Chinese gardens and previous versions of the Chinese opera, Tan Dun's restaged the classic kunqu opera by condensing it into four acts and presenting it within the confines of the Astor Court, a replica of a Chinese Garden.

This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Chinese Garden: Pavilions, Studios, Retreats, on view August 18, 2012–January 6, 2013.

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Jar

Period:: Middle Western–Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period
Date:: 9th–6th century B.C.
Culture:: China
Medium:: Near-stoneware with impressed decoration
Dimensions:: H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Diane and Oscar Schafer, 1986
Accession Number:: 1986.97.2

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