9月4日至10日,’96全国昆曲新剧目观摩演出在京举行。中共中央政治局常委、国务院副总理朱镕基,全国政协常委荣高棠以及文化部领导和千余名观众出席开幕式并观看了首场演出。本次昆曲新剧目观摩演出是继1994年全国昆曲青年演员调演之后的又一次大规模的昆曲会演活动。全国仅有的北方昆曲剧院、上海昆剧团、江苏省昆剧院、江苏省苏昆剧团、 September 4 to 10, ’96 National Kunqu Opera repertoire performances held in Beijing. Zhu Rongji, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice premier of the State Council, Rong Gaotang, a standing member of the CPPCC National Committee, leaders of the Ministry of Culture and over a thousand viewers attended the opening ceremony and watched the first performance. The Kunqu Opera rehearsal performance is the second large-scale Kunqu opera performance following the 1994 national opera performance of young Kunqu opera actors. The only northern Kunqu Opera Theater in the country, Shanghai Kun Opera Troupe, Kunqu Opera Theater in Jiangsu Province, Su Kun Opera Troupe in Jiangsu Province,