Appreciating the opera were senior party and state officials, officials of ministries and national institutions, creators, artistes, journalists and editors in the field of culture and art and media and working people in the city.

Present on invitation were the ambassador and staff members of the Chinese embassy here and Chinese guests.

The performers made refined and perfect artistic representation and presented beautiful melodies with peculiar folk singing method and pangchang and attractive dances and brilliant stage decor, mesmerizing the audience.

The audience expressed profound thanks to General Secretary Kim Jong Il for having made sure that the opera, which was created and completed in the DPRK in the 1960s at the initiative of President Kim Il Sung and under his meticulous guidance, was reproduced as the best masterpiece on the occasion of the "year of the DPRK-China friendship" to beautifully cultivate the flower garden of the DPRK-China friendship provided by the leaders of the elder generation of the two countries.

They spoke high praises of the remarkable talents and skills of the artistes of the new generation who have been trained under the care of the Workers' Party of Korea, keenly realizing once again the might of the Juche-based arts of tremendous potential.