Shaoxing Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe is bringing their legacy production of Mu Guiying Takes Command to Wanping Theatre. This classic tale of loyalty, courage, and battlefield brilliance stars award-winning performers Chen Wenting, Tu Shaohua, and Lou Huiqin. It’s Yue Opera at its most stirring, staged by one of the genre’s most celebrated troupes.

The legacy production of Mu Guiying Takes Command revives one of the most iconic stories from the Yang Family Generals cycle. During the Northern Song dynasty, the Liao general Xiao Tianzuo invades with a powerful army, laying the Tianmen Battle Array at Jiulongyu. General Yang Yanzhao leads the Song forces but loses military provisions to the heroine Mu Guiying. When Yang Zongbao is sent to retrieve them, he is captured by Mu Guiying and eventually marries her.

Recognizing her loyalty and extraordinary military talent, Yang Yanzhao persuades Mu Guiying to join the Song army. She accepts the mantle of leadership, overcomes the schemes of the treacherous court official Wang Qin, and ultimately commands the army to a decisive victory over the Tianmen Battle Array.

Creative Team

• Playwright: Lu Jichun
• Directors: Shi Jingshan, Wang Huanying
• Composers: Gu Dachang, Jin Liang, Li Wanmin
• Stage Design: Lu Yunfeng, Ye Ruifang
• Lighting Design: Wang Shiqing

Cast

• Mu Guiying — Chen Wenting
• Yang Zongbao — Tu Shaohua
• Yang Yanzhao — Lou Huiqin

Performer Profiles

Chen Wenting

Student of Wu Suying; Top 10 Hua Dan in the “Yuenü Zhengfeng” national TV challenge; Winner of the Zhejiang Drama Award · Golden Osmanthus Performance Award; Shaoxing Youth Yue Opera Competition Outstanding Performance Award; Shaoxing Drama Festival First Prize.

Tu Shaohua 

Winner of the New Talent Award in the first “Yuenü Zhengfeng” competition; Outstanding Award in Zhejiang’s Xin Song Plan Competition; Gold Medal at Shaoxing Opera Excerpt Competition.

Lou Huiqin

Winner of Second Prize at Shaoxing Drama Festival; Silver Prize at Shaoxing Opera Excerpt Competition.

About Shaoxing Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe

Founded in 1986, the Shaoxing Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe has become a cultural “golden name card” of Shaoxing. With nearly four decades of development, the troupe is known for its vibrant ensemble, balance of literary and martial performance, and rigorous artistic standards.

They have toured widely across Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai, as well as Austria, Italy, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The troupe has produced generations of outstanding performers, including multiple winners of the prestigious Plum Blossom Award, such as Wu Fenghua, Wu Suying, Chen Fei, and Zhang Lin. The company’s repertoire includes celebrated works like A Coin as Governor, Li Huiniang, The Orphan of Zhao, and The Orphan of the House of Zhao, many of which have won national drama awards.