Shanghai Shanghai Opera House will perform its specialty during the Chinese Opera Culture Week
The 7th China Opera Culture Week will hold its home event from September 28th to October 4th at the Beijing Garden Expo.
Today, Ma Wen, a second level inspector of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, introduced at a press conference that the theme of this year's Chinese Opera Culture Week is "Mountain and Water Grand Theater Expo". Nearly 50 excellent theaters and art schools from 20 provinces across the country will bring more than 120 exciting performances.
In the "Gathering of Great Experts, Famous Troupes, Famous Drama Masters" section, in addition to major theaters in Beijing such as the National Peking Opera Theatre, China Academy of Drama, Beijing Peking Opera Theatre, Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre, China Pingju Theatre, Beijing Hebei Bangzi Opera Troupe, and Beijing Quju Opera Troupe, there will also be leading theaters in various genres such as Shanghai Opera Theatre, Shanxi Jin Opera Theatre, Sichuan Chuan Opera Theatre, and Gansu Longju Opera Theatre, all of which will present their specialties.
In the section of "Xiyun Garden · Local Garden Local Opera", in addition to various major opera genres such as Peking Opera, Pingju, Kunqu Opera, Hebei Bangzi, Yuju, Yue Opera, Huangmei Opera, there are also local characteristic opera genres such as Lvju, Jin Opera, Sichuan Opera, Shanghai Opera, Chu Opera, and Long Opera, as well as rare opera genres such as Haicheng Trumpet Opera, Lunan Five Major Tunes, Inner Mongolia Errentai, Han Diao Yanyan, Western Qin Opera, Dacheng Opera, and Liuqin Opera, which will be showcased in the breathtaking Chinese gardens of the Garden Expo, allowing audiences and tourists to immerse themselves in the beautiful scenery and excellent performances.
During this year's Chinese Opera Culture Week, renowned Chinese opera masters such as Shang Changrong, Li Yufu, Yang Shaochun, Yue Meiti, and Gu Wenyue will conduct in-depth interviews and other forms to immerse the audience in the style of the masters and experience the heritage and charm of Chinese opera art.
Audiences who are unable to reach the scene don't have to worry about missing out on the show. This year's Chinese Opera Culture Week will not only broadcast 16 exciting offline performances online on platforms such as "Chinese Opera", but also showcase 14 excellent plays, including Yu Opera "Suwu Shepherd" and Wu Opera "Gong Jinpao", making the week a cultural event shared by the whole nation.
In addition to showcasing famous artists, plays, and segments, this year's Chinese Opera Culture Week will also build a platform for young opera talents and promote the inheritance and development of opera art through professional academic salons, academic paper collection for young opera practitioners, excellent script collection, and the selection of popular stars in the Chinese Opera Culture Week.
In order to let more citizens and tourists appreciate the charm of opera, this opera culture week has a variety of activities, such as the resident performance of the garden version of "Flowers as a Medium", the performance of the original opera children's play "Play with Parents and Children Theater", the "Chuan Xi" expert class, the Dream Tang Garden Cross Talk Special Session, the China-Chic Art Festival, to realize that "every week is an opera week" and keep the opera stage open. In addition, in addition to setting up a main venue at the Beijing Garden Expo, this year's Chinese Opera Culture Week will also set up branch venues in cities such as Tancheng in Shandong and Xiamen in Fujian, allowing more audiences to experience the beauty of Chinese opera.
For opera fans, this year's Opera Culture Week is also a stage that cannot be missed. It is reported that this year's Opera Culture Week Opera Ticket Contest has achieved "zero threshold" opening for the first time. Participants are not limited to region, nationality, genre, or profession, and can register. According to statistics, children's athletes accounted for 46% of the total number of participants in this event, involving 20 genres, becoming a major highlight of this year's box office competition. The art of traditional Chinese opera is gaining more and more popularity among young people.