Women Generals of the Yangs is a Beijing Opera by Du Mingxin to a Chinese libretto, based on the Yangju Opera ''Commanding the troops at 100 years old''. First performance: China Peking Opera Company, 1960.
It is set during the Northern Song Dynasty at a time of war with the Western Xia. When the Song commander Yang Zongbao dies, his 100-year-old grandmother She Taijun and her grand daughter-in-law Mu Guiying rally the troops.
Composer Du Mingxin produced a symphonic version for the China Philharmonic Orchestra, consisting of an overture, three and an epilogue. This was the first symphonic work commissioned for the young CPO.
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