She becomes the betrothed of Lu Bu, and is given as a gift to Dong Zhou. He holds two different banquets, first for Lu Bu, and then for Dong Zhou, where Diao Chan sings and dances before each man. In order to get rid of the powerful warlord Dong Zhou and his godson General Lu Bu, who together control the young emperor and the country, interior minister Wang Yun hatches a plot wherein his enticing goddaughter, Diao Chan, will seduce both men. His chief protagonist is Diao Chan, one of the four legendary beauties of ancient China. Guo based his libretto on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of China's four great classical novels, set near the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 C.E.). At its heart, Feng Yi Ting is a true meeting of East and West. The man behind the theatrics is the equally eminent Canadian film and stage director Atom Egoyan. The music and libretto are by eminent Chinese composer Guo Wenjing. It lasts a brief 55 minutes, but is graced by extravagant theatrical values worthy of a much longer production. Luminato's premiere classical music event is the chamber opera Feng Yi Ting.

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