French director Christophe Thiry was very successful in adapting Nguyen Du's work for a musical.
The audience in Hanoi was very excited and impressed by the characters of the epic poem who spoke French and sang Opera.
In the musical, the main character, Kieu, is performed by a number of artists of different nationalities. This represents women in the world who suffer. Nguyen Du's Tale of Kieu has been translated into more than 20 languages and is cherished for its creativity, independent thinking, and distillation of Vietnamese culture, as well as its inspiration for people, especially women, to seek their true happiness.
