Tran Huu Trang Cai Luong Theatre

A place that preserves the brilliant journey of southern Vietnamese cai luong opera

One of the most important national cai luong theatres in Ho Chi Minh City, it was founded in 1976 through the merger of three groups of cai luong artists: the Liberation Cai Luong Troupe, the Southern Cai Luong Troupe (returning from the North) and local artists. In 1998 the theatre was further merged with the City Performing Arts Troupe and took the official name it bears today, in memory of the playwright Tran Huu Trang, one of the towering figures of revolutionary cai luong. After several rounds of modernisation, the theatre still holds firm to its role as a meeting point for many generations of talented artists, from the grand masters of the cai luong world to promising young faces. Visiting here, the audience can enjoy classic productions that live on through time, immerse themselves in the sweet melodies and feel deeply the cultural and artistic depth that is characteristic of the land of Saigon.

English text: machine translation from the Localis platform — proper names kept in Vietnamese.