(Famous Chinese Peking Opera "Farewell My Concubine" is being staged at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York)

“Farewell My Concubine”, a famous Chinese Peking Opera, was highly praised by an American audience after being staged at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the evening of Sept. 15, local time, thepaper.cn reported.

The opera was arranged in a Chinese style courtyard in the Museum, giving the Western audience an authentic oriental experience with Chinese opera and a Chinese atmosphere.

The distance between the stage and the audience is very close, which gave us a close look at the detailed movements of the actors, said a professor who teaches at New York University.

This is a great piece, a female in New York’s literature and art circle commented. I like the make-up and the sword dance of the heroine, but I most like the traditional music rebounded in the courtyard, said the artiste.

The second show in the Museum will be streamed live for billions online around the globe, said Dr. Zhixin Jason Sun, Curator of Department of Asian Culture, Metropolitan Museum of Art. The video recordings will be permanently housed by the Museum.

It is a prelude to Chinese-foreign cooperation and a good example of crossover cooperation between museums, artists, and film directors, said the founder of Hong & Mei, a culture company committed to reviving Peking Opera.