取材于苏童小说《妻妾成群》，根据张艺谋执导的同名电影改编

  编剧、导演、艺术总监：张艺谋

  制作人、总监制：赵汝蘅

  作    曲：陈其钢

  编    舞：王新鹏、王媛媛

  舞美设计：曾  力

  服装设计：热罗姆•卡普兰（法）

  灯光设计：张艺谋

  世界首演：中央芭蕾舞团，天桥剧场，2001年5月2日

  Based on Su Tong’s novel Wifes and Concubines, adapted from Zhang Yimou’s Movie of the same name

  Librettist/Director/Artistic Director: Zhang Yimou

  Producer: Zhao Ruheng

  Music by Qigang Chen

  Choreographers: XinPeng Wang (original) and Wang Yuanyuan

  Stage Designer: Zeng Li

  Costume Designer: Jerome Kaplan

  Lighting Designer: Zhang Yimou

  Premiered by The National Ballet of China, Beijing Tianqiao Theater, May2, 2001

  演出：中央芭蕾舞团

  演奏：中央芭蕾舞团交响乐团

  艺术总监：冯  英

  指挥：张艺、刘炬

  特邀演出：中国国家京剧院

  中国歌剧舞剧院民族乐团

  八大锤打击乐小组

  The National Ballet of China

  The National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra

  Artistic Director: Feng Ying

  Conductors: Zhang Yi and Liu Ju

  Guest Artists: China National Peking Opera Company

  Chinese Orchestra of China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater

  Ba Da Chui Percussions

  中国芭蕾舞剧《大红灯笼高高挂》

  故事梗概（张艺谋编写）

  序幕

  上个世纪二十年代。

  幽深的大宅院，老爷命人将红灯点亮。一个年轻的女孩被强行塞进花轿，她是老爷新娶的三太太。上轿前，她想起青梅竹马的恋人——戏班子里年轻的小生。

  第一幕

  迎亲的喜庆气氛中，大太太与二太太怀着复杂的心情接纳这位新人。

  洞房花烛夜，新来的三太太拼命抗争，但终于没能摆脱悲剧的命运。

  第二幕

  唱堂会，打麻将，老爷领着太太们终日消磨时光。

  新来的三太太利用短暂的机会与昔日恋人相会，两个年轻人的恋情被居心叵测的二太太发现了。

  第三幕

  年轻人继续偷偷相爱相会，二太太告密。老爷当场捉拿了这对大胆越轨的恋人。二太太想趁机恢复失去的宠爱，但老爷并不领情。二太太冲动之下，不顾家法，私自抢夺了象征老爷权势的点灯棒，将红灯笼点亮。愤怒的老爷命人将触动家法的二太太处死。

  尾声

  那对年轻的恋人与二太太同时被带到行刑现场，在死亡面前，他们尽释前嫌，以宽容和爱彼此紧紧拥抱。

  封建制度扼杀了年轻的生命和美丽的爱情。

  Raise the Red Lantern

  Ballet in Three Acts

  Synopsis

  by Zhang Yimou

  Prologue

  1920s，China. In a quiet courtyard, a young girl is forced into a bridal palanquin.  She is going to be the second concubine of the master of the house.  Before getting into the palanquin, she remembers her childhood lover – a young actor from a Peking Opera group (Xi Ban).

  Act I

  In the joyful atmosphere of the wedding, the wife and the first concubine of the master welcome the second concubine into the family with complex emotional undertones.  During the wedding night, despite her desperate resistance, the bride is finally overcome by her tragic destiny.

  Act II

  The master passes time with his wife and concubines by watching Peking Opera and playing mah-jong. The second concubine sneaks out for a while to meet her former lover, the young actor.  But their secret is discovered by the first concubine who has ulterior motives.

  Act III

  The two lovers continue their love affairs in secret. The first concubine tells the master about their affair.  The master catches the two lovers who bravely confess without hesitation.  The first concubine tries to use this occasion to renew her favor in the eyes of the master.  However, she received a heavy slap on the face instead.  Driven by depression, she grabs the lighting stick, which symbolizes the master’s power over his household and lights all the red lanterns hanging in her yard. In great fury, the master orders his minions to execute the first concubine who dares to break his house law.

  E pilogue

  The two lovers and the first concubine are taken to the execution ground.  Facing death, they forget their hostilities, and reconcile with each other.  In tolerance and affection, they embrace together.  Feudalism strangles their young life and beautiful love.