VietNamNet Bridge – Co Sao (Ms. Sao), Vietnam’s first opera by late musician Do Nhuan in 1965 returns to the stage on November 24-25 at 8 p.m. at the Opera House in Hanoi to mark his 90th birthday and the 55th anniversary of Vietnam’s Association of Musicians.



Musician Do Hong Quan is music director for his father’s opera Co Sao.


The musical will be mixed by his son Do Hong Quan with the participation of Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and Vietnam National Opera and Ballet under the baton of Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji.

Co Sao is a large-scale opera with 36 acts divided into three scenes, combining dance moves and traditional music. It was first performed in Hanoi on September 2, 1965. It tells the story of a Thai ethnic minority girl who is isolated by her neighbors in Son La mountainous province to live in a forest as they think she is a ghost.

She is recruited by a pro-French organization to work as a dancer to entertain colonialists. However, she is then enlightened by the communists to join in the revolution.

Nhuan (1922-1991) was born in Thai Hoc Commune, Cam Binh District in Hai Duong Province. He left his hometown as a child to live with his father in Haiphong. He was the first general secretary of Vietnam’s Association of Musicians from 1958 to 1983. He was imprisoned in Son La prison from 1943-1945 by the French.

Tickets are priced at VND200,000, VND350,000 and VND500,000 at the Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. For further information, contact 0913 489 858 or 0983 067 996.

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