Shanghai Opera Singers Yang Zanxi and Wu Zhou performed excerpts from "Romeo and Juliet" on the balcony of the West Hall of the Shanghai Concert Hall. Photographed by Ye Chenliang, a reporter of this newspaper
As one of the characteristic brands of the big world of performing arts, yesterday afternoon, the "'Walking into' New Scene of Performing Arts - Balcony Opera" presented by the "Art Tree Project" premiered at the Shanghai Concert Hall. This immersive opera performance, created and performed by artists from the Shanghai Opera House, selects classic passages from opera works such as La Traviata, Romeo and Juliet, and Jani Skiki. Under the premise of strictly implementing the epidemic prevention requirements, the event made full use of the architectural space of the concert hall, so that the building could be read and listened to in one step, one scene and one play.
Shanghai Opera House soprano Song Qian performed excerpts from "La Traviata" in the North Hall of the Shanghai Concert Hall.
Pushing the door through the north hall of the concert hall, the golden carved dome and the rotating escalator of white jade are like the entrance to the tunnel of time, transporting the audience back to the home of Violetta, the socialite of Paris more than 100 years ago. On the second floor cloister, she sang one of the most famous arias of la Traviata, "He may be the one I longed to meet," and her gorgeous, rounded voice ran straight through the hall, between each column. At the end of the song, in a corner of the west balcony of the concert hall, Romeo and Juliet are making a deep confession, a classic duet "Go!" I forgive you for "swinging back in the gut." At this time, Violetta also walked out of the concert hall and sang "Drinking Song" on the square. In the south hall of the concert hall, another pair of "lovers" experienced a will storm, they were Laureta and Linuccio in the one-act opera "Jani Skiki". The actors performed a realistic farce of family, love and money, in which the classic songs "My Dear Daddy" and "Florence is like a blossoming tree" are unforgettable.
The "Balcony Opera" is about an hour and a half long, creating an immersive viewing experience with the actors for the audience. How to perfectly integrate the architecture of the concert hall with the opera scene is a problem in front of the director Motor. "In the end, we made a bold decision not to build a real scene, completely with the help of the internal structure and decoration of the concert hall, and even the lighting used natural lighting as much as possible, using natural carving methods to enhance the audience's immersive experience." After the premiere, the Shanghai Opera House will also polish and upgrade the "Balcony Opera", and as an performing arts brand that popularizes and promotes the art of opera, it will meet more audiences. In the future, the Shanghai Grand Theatre Art Center will continue to integrate resources from all parties, tap the creative potential, and create new models, new products and new scenes for performing arts.
Author: Jiang Fang
Editor: Fan Jing