We will promote the tour of Jingliu Opera's "Old Blue Sky", and showcase the performances of award-winning actors from Magnolia, attracting 1.28 million online viewers. The theater | New Stories in the Old Village | Online
On June 7th, the three-week performance of the award-winning actors at the 31st Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performance Art Award came to an end. From May 23rd to June 7th, 10 exciting plays were staged in turns, attracting 11550 theater audiences. A total of 1280189 online viewers participated in 4 live broadcasts, fulfilling the promise and oath of the Magnolia Drama Award that originates from the people, serves the people, and belongs to the people.
The "Exhibition and Performance of Award Winning Actors" is a new mechanism and measure launched by the Organizing Committee of the Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performance Art Award under the leadership and support of the Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department since the 31st edition. Kunqu opera "Peony Pavilion", Beijing opera "Spring Grass Breaks through the Hall", Zhanwan City ", dance drama" Deep Memory ", acrobatic drama" Hua Die ", drama" Home with Nine Phoenix "," Abyss ", Yue opera" Liang Zhu ", comedy drama" Chen Huansheng's Eating Problem ", Yu opera" New Stories in the Old Village ", etc. have been performed in multiple theaters in Shanghai, including Wanping Theater, Yihai Theater, Cultural Square, Tianchan Yifu Stage, Daning Theater, and Poly Grand Theater. Four different styles of word-of-mouth dramas, including "Chen Huansheng's Eating Problem," "Home with Nine Phoenixes," "Deep Memory," and "New Stories in the Old Village," were broadcasted online for public welfare. The re exhibition of Yu Opera in Shanghai not only attracted a large number of Henan native viewers to the theater, but also attracted active participation from Henan online platforms, making it lively both online and offline.
The performances have actively responded to the requirements of the organizing committee, and a large number of public welfare tickets have been allocated to the Municipal Model Worker Association, Municipal Volunteer Association, retired senior experts and scholars, and a large number of theater enthusiasts, achieving both public welfare and market benefits.
On May 23rd, the performance of the award-winning actors at the 31st Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performance Art Award began. That night, Zhang Yiqing, the winner of the Best Actor Award at the Magnolia Drama Awards, and the Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe presented "Butterfly Lovers" to the Shanghai audience. The performance received a warm response and the actors took many farewell calls. On the evening of May 31st, inside the Poly Grand Theatre, the actors performed passionately, and the audience was in high spirits, receiving warm applause and cheers. Actor Wan Zhenghong won the Best Actor Award at the 31st White Magnolia Drama Awards for her role as "Huang Yulan" in the modern Yu opera "New Stories in Old Villages". She said, "As the first 'Magnolia' award-winning actress in Xinxiang, I cherish this opportunity to showcase Henan Yu Opera in Shanghai. I am proud to have the opportunity to showcase its unique charm again in this metropolis, and it is my wish to let the audience in Shanghai and across the country understand and enjoy Yu Opera."
Zhang Jiachun won the Best Actor Award at the 31st Magnolia Drama Awards for her role as a matchmaker in the Beijing Opera "Red Lady". The Beijing Opera "Spring Grass Rushing into the Hall" she presented to Shanghai audiences is a classic preserved play of the National Peking Opera Academy. "Thank you to the organizing committee for their trust and strong support, which has given us such a good opportunity and platform to showcase.".
The Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performance Art Award is based on the exploration and recognition of outstanding performing talents in national drama, and also incorporates the comprehensive cultivation of talents as an important activity purpose. It is planned to cooperate with the Shanghai International Art Festival Center in the second half of 2023 to establish an advanced training class for the Shanghai Magnolia Drama Award using the art resources and platform of the festival.
The Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performance Art Award will also promote the creation of more excellent works. Young actress Yin Chunyuan won the Best New supporting role Award for Liu Zi's "Old Green Sky". This is an anti-corruption and clean official drama that borrows from the past and praises the present. It is a masterpiece carefully crafted by the Shandong Liuzi Opera Art Protection and Inheritance Center. Under the promotion of the Office of the Organizing Committee for the Magnolia Drama Award, the Shandong Liuzi Opera Art Protection and Inheritance Center will work together with the Shanghai Peking Opera Theatre to create a joint innovative Beijing Liuzhou opera program, which is planned to be unveiled during this year's Shanghai International Art Festival in China. This cooperation aims to promote in-depth exchanges between Shanghai and Shandong cultures and arts, adding new vitality to the inheritance and development of excellent traditional Chinese culture. The newly created Jingliu Opera "Old Blue Sky" plans to tour in Shanghai, Shandong, Beijing and other places, allowing the fragrance of "Magnolia" to soar for thousands of miles.