Xinmin Evening News (reporter Zhu Guang) Soprano He Hui was jointly awarded the honor of "Artist of the Year" by the Shanghai Opera House and the Shanghai Grand Theatre yesterday, and gave back to the audience on the spot - for the first time, she will open her "Hehui Opera Vocal Art Class" around "Turandot" to the public, and sell 30 audit places at a low price of 80 yuan a ticket to see how she guides the actors to perform this Puccini classic opera.
Photo: The Vocal Arts Class of Hehui Opera will be open to the public
The world-renowned soprano singer Hehui has a good relationship with the Shanghai Opera House and the Shanghai Grand Theatre. In 2017, Xu Zhong served as the director of the Shanghai Opera House and directed the first opera "Aida" performed at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, with Hehui as the heroine. As early as more than 20 years ago, the first heroine of Hehui's opera career, Aida, also collaborated with the artists of the opera house and performed in the Grand Theater. Last year, the Shanghai Opera House's 2021 autumn and winter performance season and the Shanghai Grand Theatre's 2021-2022 performance season opening dramas "Country Knight" and "Clown" were played by Hehui as two protagonists in a row. In 2019, the Opera House invited Hehui to star "Turandot" to travel to the Middle East to open the 2019-2022 performance season of Dubai Opera. On February 18 and 19 this year, "Turandot" will once again appear on the stage of the Shanghai Grand Theatre, unveiling a new performance of the Shanghai Opera House in 2022.
Pictured: Hehui at the press conference Xinmin Evening News reporter Wang Kai photographed (the same below)
Opera fans are relatively small among all music fans. The Shanghai Grand Opera House is about to be completed, and the Shanghai Grand Theatre and the Shangyin Opera House are also high-end and professional performance venues. Let more citizens feel the charm of opera has become the unshirkable responsibility of opera artists to popularize art. He Hui, who is loved by Shanghai audiences, took the lead in taking this step, so that more audiences can enjoy her master class and analyze the art of opera appreciation. Yesterday, Hehui did a master class appreciation demonstration. She made a continuous comment on Zhao Lili's singing of "Master, You Listen to Me", "Princess Your Cold Heart", the trio "My Hometown is in Hunan" sung by Tao Kuo, Zheng Yao and Wu Botao, played by Ping, Pang and Peng, and "Wake Up, Liu'er" sung by Timur actor Yu Yang.
Illustration: Hehui used "Turandot" as an example to conduct on-site guidance and comments
In the coming week, Hehui will conduct professional instruction for the characters and choral actors in the play through 13 open classes around her most familiar, best and favorite "Turandot", some of which will be taught live and open to the public.
As the opening drama of the 2022 Opera House, "Turandot" is still performed by Xu Zhong, and Hehui joins hands with tenor singer Han Peng and soprano singer Zhao Lili to perform with opera house artists.