"Big drama to see Beijing"! Starting this month, we will regularly release Beijing Performing Arts Information to the public every month, and the repertoire released will mainly be high-quality plays and public welfare performances that are currently on sale in major theaters and performing arts spaces.
The first batch of hundreds of performances were released, covering dramas, musicals, dance dramas, operas, children's dramas, concerts and other stage art types, not only with iconic performances such as the National Centre for the Performing Arts and the Capital Theatre, but also in small theaters and new artistic experiences in new performing arts spaces; there are both big plays and good plays created by municipal key literary and art academies and troupes, as well as good plays by private performance institutions. (Drama to see Beijing!) "Happy Twist" and more than 500 performances on stage)
Today, I will introduce you to the ten key plays in detail, you can learn more about it, and make arrangements for watching the performance in advance.
01
Beijing Peking Opera House newly edited modern Peking Opera "Li Dazhao"
When: April 14-15/ 19-20 / 23-24 / 26-28
Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts Taihu Theater, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Chang'an Grand Theatre, Daxing Theater
On April 28 this year, the 95th anniversary of Mr. Li Dazhao's heroic inauguration, the newly compiled modern Peking Opera "Li Dazhao" will have a public welfare performance tour. "Li Dazhao" clearly reproduces Comrade Li Dazhao's magnificent revolutionary career of "shouldering morality with iron shoulders and writing articles with clever hands" with the art form and poetic expression of Peking Opera, praises the group portraits of chinese communists represented by Comrade Li Dazhao who struggle for ideals and sacrifice for their faith, and carries forward the spiritual genealogy of Chinese communists represented by the great spirit of party building.
02
Beijing Peking Opera House Newly Edited Historical Peking Opera "Lady City"
When: April 8-9
Venue: Chang'an Grand Theatre
Do you know where "Lady City" is? Where did the name come from? The newly compiled historical Peking Opera "Lady City" tells the origin of the name. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Former Qin general Gong Pi led an army to attack Xiangyang, the right army protected Li Bo to rebel and surrendered to the enemy, the defending general Zhu Xu was lightly attacked and carelessly captured, and his mother Han Shi was ordered to take charge of the three armies. In the face of the Qin army's tiger and wolf division, Mrs. Han strategized to unite the people of Xiangyang City and join forces with the reinforcements to crush the Qin army in one fell swoop. The people remembered Mrs. Han for building a city to resist the enemy, and called this city wall "Lady City". The ancestors of Lady City have been passed down for more than 1600 years, and the statue of Mrs. Han, the protagonist of the story, has been standing in Xiangyang City, and has been deeply remembered and admired by generations of people. Beijing Opera House created a new historical Peking Opera "Lady City" this time, through the artistic interpretation of real history, let art return to life, fully reflecting the inheritance and pursuit of traditional culture.
03
Northern Kunqu Opera Theater Kunqu Opera "Peony Pavilion"
When: April 17/22
Venue: Auspicious Grand Theatre
The Ming Dynasty dramatist Tang Xianzu's book "Peony Pavilion", which has been published for more than 400 years, is the most outstanding classical drama in the history of Chinese theater. It tells the love story of Du Liniang, the daughter of Nan'an Taishou Du Bao, and Liu Mengmei, a Lingnan scholar. The Kunqu opera "Peony Pavilion" combines romantic love stories with gentle and melodious singing voices, and has become the most enduring classic play in Kuntan. This round of performances will be starred by Pan Xiaojia and Weng Jiahui of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre.
04
Beijing Renyi Drama "Thunderstorm"
When: April 2-3/5-10
Venue: Capitol Theatre
As long as Chinese drama is mentioned, the name Cao Yu will inevitably be mentioned. When he was in his 20s, he wrote "Thunderstorm", which reflected the long history of Chinese drama. In order to welcome the 70th anniversary of the establishment of beijing Renyi Academy, Wang Ban led Liu Zhiyang, Wu Shanshan, Jin Han and other young generation artists to star in the housekeeper drama "Thunderstorm" at the Capital Theater. 18 years ago, Wang Ban first played the role of the young master Zhou Ping, and now he plays Zhou Ping's father Zhou Puyuan. What is the difference between the new generation of "Thunderstorm" and how to inherit the classics of human art, the Capitol Theatre is waiting for your arrival.
05
National Centre for the Performing Arts Original National Opera "Ballad of the Canal"
When: April 14-17
Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts
In the name of the canal, go to the ten-year covenant. As the first original national opera launched by the National Centre for the Performing Arts, "Ballad of the Canal" gathers the most powerful front-line creative team in China, directed by the famous director Liao Xianghong, co-written by Huang Weiruo and Dong Ni, composed by the famous composer Yin Qing, and starring excellent singers such as Lei Jia, Wang Hongwei, Wang Li, and Sun Yan. The play takes the national singing method as the carrier and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal as the background of the story, and through describing the fate of the characters in the play such as Shui Honglian, Qin Xiaosheng, Guan Yanyan on the canal, showing the good and evil life and death witnessed by the canal, the righteousness and thin clouds, and praising the innocent love and the human love of self-denial. The opera Ballad of the Canal attracted a lot of attention after its premiere in June 2012. From 2012 to 2022, ten years have passed in a hurry, and many audiences have been obsessed with this national opera. Many singing sections in the play, such as "Canal Ballad", "Soybean White Rice Peanut", "Qin Sheng, are you okay? "The Afterlife Will Love You" and so on, for more and more audiences to love.
06
National Centre for the Performing Arts Drama "The Count of Monte Cristo"
When: April 23-30
In 1846, the French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas completed the serial creation of his novel The Count of Monte Cristo. The twists and turns of the plot, the happy and vengeful characters, the clear and clear structure, and the strange scenes made this work famous as soon as it came out, becoming a classic masterpiece in Dumas's novels. Now this classic that has crossed the era has once again appeared on the stage, performed at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. As early as 2014, the National Centre for the Performing Arts incorporated "The Count of Monte Cristo" into the stage production plan. In order to put this 19th-century masterpiece on the stage, screenwriter Yu Rongjun, director Wang Xiaoying, stage designer Liu Kedong, lighting design Xing Xin, costume designer Carla Riketty, multimedia design Hu Tianji and a number of outstanding creative talents at home and abroad gathered at the National Centre for the Performing Arts; famous actors Yu Yang, Sun Li, Wang Weiguo and other actors of the National Centre for the Performing Arts actors and actresses of the National Centre for the Performing Arts played on the same stage, leading the audience into the spiritual world of the Count of Monte Cristo.
07
National Peking Opera "The Haunting of the Heavenly Palace"
When: April 17
"The Great Haunting of The Heavenly Palace" is a traditional Chinese Peking Opera repertoire and a representative work of Peking Opera Monkey Opera. It is based on the fifth and sixth episodes of Journey to the West, and the story is well known in China. In addition to being staged in China, the National Peking Theatre has entered dozens of countries around the world with "The Haunting of the Heavenly Palace" and is deeply loved by people around the world. The image of the "Monkey King" has also become a business card of traditional Chinese culture. In 2019, the National Centre for the Performing Arts rehearsed this classic drama, and in this performance, Zhu Lingyu, a post-90s martial arts actor, starred as monkey king Sun Wukong.
08
Ballet of China "Dunhuang"
When: April 27-28
When it comes to Dunhuang at the beginning of the "Silk Road", many people may think of the desert Gobi and the gorgeous murals of the Mogao Grottoes, but the story of the "Dunhuang people" who have adhered to and dedicated themselves to Dunhuang for generations of Dunhuang and Dunhuang art is little known. The ballet "Dunhuang" created by the Central Ballet of China breaks through the boundaries, cleverly starts from the perspective of generations of Dunhuang people who have adhered to and dedicated themselves to Dunhuang art, and uses exquisite ballet movements to create a flowing and flexible flying beauty, leading the audience to travel through the treasures of the desert. In the intersection of ancient and modern, experience the ideals, beliefs and persistence of Dunhuang people with the inheritance of brush strokes and paintings in front of the heavy murals of stone carvings and axes.
09
Original dance drama "Cao Xueqin"
When: April 20-25
Venue: Haidian Theatre
The dance drama "Cao Xueqin" created by the Propaganda Department of the Haidian District Party Committee and the Zhongguancun International Dance Center presented Cao Xueqin's unusual life to the audience through four chapters: knowing Jinghua, worrying about air labor, dreaming like a grand view, and only standing for eternity. Cao Xueqin lived and created "Dream of the Red Chamber" in the "Three Mountains and Five Gardens" area of Haidian, and for hundreds of years, there have been many legends about Cao Xueqin and "Dream of the Red Chamber" in the Haidian Xiangshan and Baijialan areas. The dance drama "Cao Xueqin" presents not only the great beauty of "Dream of the Red Chamber", but also the great love of Cao Xueqin. The dance drama leads us into Cao Xueqin's life, into his emotions, into his spiritual world, into the literary peak "Dream of the Red Chamber", and appreciates the influence and vitality of China's excellent traditional culture penetrating historical time and space. The whole play firmly grasps the word "love", dances with beautiful dance steps to dance out the clutch sorrow and joy of Cao Xueqin's life, and presents great love and great beauty in the great dream of great compassion.
10
Happy Twist Drama "Seven Square Meters"
When: April 3-5/30
Venue: Geological Auditorium Theatre
"Seven Square Meters" tells the story of a group of young people living in the basement of Beijing in 2002 who struggle for their dreams. "Seven Square Meters" wraps the warm inside in the cloak of hemp laughter. Just the right feelings, unexpected jokes, so that the nostalgic warm drama to remove the heavy shackles, more belongs to the green years of ease and vitality. I believe that this story from 20 years ago can resonate with the audience through time and space.
Source: Beijing News Broadcasting