Since the moment the Central Opera House was established, it has owned its own theater and realized the dream of generations of opera singers on the occasion of the theater. This dream has finally come true in the hands of this generation of operas. These days, people passing by the East Second Ring Road in downtown Beijing stumble upon a tall and majestic art building rising from the ground, attracting countless attention. This is the exclusive theater of the Central Opera House, a new cultural landmark in the capital Beijing and the dream home of generations of opera singers.
On April 20, the Central Opera House held a press conference to officially announce that the theater, which has been completed after seven years of hard work, will be put into use, and on May 1, it will launch the first "Performance Month" with a wonderful collection of famous artists.
Founded in 1952 under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Central Opera House is currently the largest national art academy in the Asia-Pacific region with the largest strength, talent advantage and influence, and this year coincides with the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Central Opera House. In the course of 70 years of development, the theater has won more than 100 national awards such as the national "Five One Project Award", the Wenhua Grand Prize, the Wenhua New Repertory Award, the Wenhua Performance Award, etc., created more than 100 world classic operas such as "Turandot" and "La Traviata", and created dozens of excellent original operas such as "Manas", "Xiao Hong" and "Road".
However, for 70 years from 1952 to the present, generations of opera singers at the Central Opera House have always had a regret that they have never had their own exclusive theater. Fortunately, 7 years ago, in 2015, with the strong support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Central Opera Theater finally broke ground. After 7 years of hard work for more than 2,000 days and nights, an art building with a unique personality and unique style that is unique in the industry has been born in the core area of Beijing, which means that the city of Beijing, the capital of culture, has set up a new cultural landmark. At the press conference, Liu Yunzhi, president of the Central Opera House, could not suppress his mood: "Today, I stand here with an excited heart, standing for us opera people for decades is the only opera theater in China that is comparable to the world-class theater, please speak out for the debut of our theater and the opening performance month that will soon open, on behalf of the opera house, I would like to thank everyone for their strong support for our work." ”
According to reports, the Central Opera House Theater is about 138 meters long from east to west, about 56 meters wide from north to south, with a total height of 47.2 meters and a total construction area of 41,000 square meters. The theater design takes "phoenix" as the core intention to interpret the theme of architectural connotation, and the design of the "phoenix" element controls the aesthetic form of the entire building, environment and indoor space. Among them, the 18 28-meter-high columns outside the entrance hall of the theater have different twisting angles, just like the sense of flexible twisting of the tail feathers of the phoenix; the very agile oval audience hall spirals out, like the musical light sprinkled when the phoenix takes off. The tone of the theater is dominated by the golden yellow color matching the phoenix, and the color combination of the golden yellow and red intertwined inside is more in line with the concept of integrating Chinese cultural elements with European classical architectural styles. With a total height of 6.5 meters and a diameter of 4.5 meters, the magnificent and exquisite dome chandelier, coupled with the splendid four walls of gorgeous interiors, makes it very ritualistic to watch the opera. Although the theater has a small density of seats and the total number of spectators is small, the design is designed to increase the comfort of each audience.
The Theater of the Central Opera House, which has the most perfect structure, applies a large number of new means to create multiple industry firsts. The orchestra pit of more than 150 square meters can easily realize the performance of 120 people, which can perfectly accommodate the symphony orchestra of the Wagner Opera Grand Orchestra, which is a professional opera theater with the largest orchestra pool in the country; the box design of the fourth to sixth floors reflects the cultural exchange concept of opera performance to serve the different aesthetic needs of the public, and realizes the standard docking with the international top opera house, becoming the only building + box opera house in China.
Since there have been sporadic news about this new theater on the Internet recently, the press conference on the 20th has aroused strong attention from various mainstream media in China. On that day, nearly 50 media gathered here to explore many topics of interest to explore in advance before the "Performance Month" was launched. At the press conference, the representatives of the construction party involved in the construction of the new theater emotionally told the hardships and difficulties of the 7 Spring and Autumn Periods, the actor representative and soprano singer You Hongfei truly expressed the excitement of the opera singers who finally had a home on behalf of the opera house artists, and Zheng Qichao, secretary of the Party Committee of the Central Opera House, introduced the construction process of the Central Opera House Theater to the media in detail.
On May 1st, the opening concert will be held at the New Theatre, followed by a month-long opening ceremony. According to President Liu Yunzhi, 10 performances of 3 operas were arranged during the performance month, and the Chinese and foreign operas "Turandot" and "Road" were double-opened. "La Traviata" was the first Western opera introduced by the opera house and was performed as a closing performance. The three operas are concentrated in one month, fully demonstrating the advantages of the Central Opera House in terms of decades of repertoire accumulation, creation and talent. The opening performance month also arranged six sets of concerts with opera characteristics, including "Chinese Opera Aria Night - Starting from Yan'an", "From Rossini to Puccini Aria and Re-singing Concert", "Central Opera House 'Voice of Love' Anti-epidemic Theme Concert", "Loving the Party for the People - Welcoming the 20th National Congress of the Party and Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong's Speech at the Yan'an Literary and Art Forum", "Central Opera House Classic Re-singing And Opera Concert" and "Central Opera Opera Treasure Concert". In addition, the Performance Month also invited the National Ballet of China and the China Symphony Orchestra to perform the world's classic ballet "Swan Lake" and the "Ode to Joy" symphonic choral concert respectively, bringing the audience an unparalleled artistic enjoyment of stage art.
As an important cultural landmark in Beijing, the Central Opera House Theater will undertake the glorious task of carrying forward the core values of socialism, enriching the people's spiritual and cultural life, and displaying China's excellent culture to the outside world, and is the people's stage, the window of the world, and the highland of art, and shoulders the heavy responsibility of telling Chinese stories to the world with literature and art, displaying Chinese style, and highlighting Chinese cultural self-confidence. The Central Opera House Theater will reflect the people's nature, artistry and internationality in terms of institutional positioning, and at the same time, with the help of the advantages of the courtyard occasion, create as many peak original opera works that the people like to hear, and strive to achieve "world-class opera house; the highest opera hall in the country; the leader of the popularization and dissemination of opera art; the exchange platform of Chinese and foreign opera; and the gathering of opera talents in the highest possible time. "And so on five visions.