The 4th China Opera Festival, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the People's Government of Shandong Province, will open in Jinan on October 13. During the opera festival, 24 outstanding opera works will be organized to be performed in 7 cities of Yantai, Jinan, Qingdao, Zibo, Weifang, Linyi and Dezhou in Shandong Province. The reporter learned from the Provincial Performing Arts Group that the operas "Honghu Red Guards" and "Angel Diaries" created and performed by hubei opera and dance theaters in hubei province were selected and will be exhibited in Shandong.
The Chinese Opera Festival is a national-level artistic event in the field of opera in China, which is held every three years. Since 2011, it has been held in Fujian, Hubei and Jiangsu for three sessions. A total of 24 outstanding plays were shortlisted for the 4th China Opera Festival, of which 18 were newly created plays and 6 were classic plays. Classic repertoire includes "White Haired Girl", "Little Two Black Marriage", "Sister Jiang", "Honghu Red Guard", "Concentric Knot", "La Traviata", etc., and the newly created repertoire includes the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's "Chinese National Opera Inheritance and Development Project" key support plays such as "Yimeng Mountain", "Red Boat", "Road", "Half Red Army Quilt", "Angel Diary", and excellent plays newly created in recent years such as "Under the Ginkgo Tree", "Zhou Enlai", "Red Stream Surging", etc.
The reporter learned that in the shortlist of this year, Hubei Opera and Dance Theater is the only provincial literary and art academy troupe in the country that has been shortlisted for 2 works (1 classic repertoire and 1 newly created play). Among them, "Honghu Red Guard" has been recognized as a landmark classic of Chinese national opera, and has been performed more than 3,000 times for more than 60 years. "Angel Diary" began to be created during the anti-epidemic period in 2020, and premiered in October of that year, creating a new record of Chinese opera that "the event of the year occurred, the creation was carried out that year, and the stage was presented that year", which is considered to be an epic work reflecting the spirit of China's fight against the epidemic. It has been widely acclaimed since its premiere last year, showing the strength of Hubei opera art.
According to reports, at present, the cast and crew of the academy are stepping up rehearsals, and in late October, these two operas will make a wonderful appearance at this year's China Opera Festival, singing in Qingdao and Yantai, Shandong.
(Source: Hubei Daily reporter Nong Xinyu)
【Editor: Dai Rong】