The 2024 Guangzhou Arts Season opens, and 60 outstanding domestic and foreign plays will be staged
Yangcheng Evening News reporters Huang Zhouhui and Liang Shanyin, and reporters Suiwen Guangxuan and Yao Hui reported: On the night of the 9th, the Cantonese version of the musical “The Young Lion” was performed at the Guangzhou Grand Theatre, kicking off the Guangzhou 2024 Season of Arts. This art season will last until September 1. With the theme of “Watching Good Dramas in Guangzhou”, it is divided into four major chapters: “Surging Art Trends”, “Colorful Arts”, “Gathering of Famous Artists” and “Earning Sounds”, covering Opera, musicals, plays, dance plays, concerts, acrobatics, opera and other types, 60 excellent plays were performed for a total of 140 times.
This art season is sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, jointly organized by China International Culture Group Co., Ltd., organized by China Performing Theater Development Co., Ltd. , executed by the Guangzhou Grand Theatre. The opening performance is the mainland premiere of the Cantonese version of the musical “The Lion”; the closing performance is the Russian Vakhtangov Theater play “War and Peace” directed by the famous director Rimas Tuminas evenings.
This art season has carefully selected a series of representative Chinese literary and artistic works, such as: Kunqu Opera “1699 · Peach Blossom Fan” with Plum Blossom Award winners Shi Xiaming and Shan Wen, which not only upholds the exquisite elegance of Nankun , but also It skillfully integrates Eastern and Western artistic concepts and finds a balance between retro and modernity; the dance drama “Mulan” directed by Zhou Liya and Han Zhen, the “Twin Stars of Chinese Dance”, combines Chinese folk dance with modern stage technology; The combination reinterprets this popular story.
This art season also presented outstanding artists and groups from 15 countries including Germany and Russia, allowing the general public to easily appreciate art treasures from around the world “at their doorstep”. Among them, the original English version of the “burning” musical “School of Rock” created by musical giant Andrew Lloyd Webber, and the drama “None Survived” adapted from the crime novel best-selling mystery novel master Agatha Christie, the stage. The drama “The Life and Times of Michael K” adapted from the novel of the same name by the famous South African writer and Nobel Prize winner JM Coetzee will all be launched on the Yangcheng stage.
Guangzhou’s local literary and art companies will also focus on performing high-quality literary and artistic works created and produced in recent years in this art season. Among them, the Cantonese Opera Theater will stage the key Cantonese operas “Double Embroidery” and the Cantonese opera “The Loyal Soul” created and organized by the whole theater Guangzhou Ballet Theater will once again join hands with the choreographer The famous Korean Liu Bingxian to practice the world classical ballet “Sleep” in a new production “Beauty”; the Guangdong Music and Art Troupe presented the Guangdong music and instrumental poem “Dragon Race to Win the Gold” and the new folk art theater “Drinking Tea at Leisure”; the original opera “The Wedding on the Execution Ground” jointly produced by Guangzhou Grand Theater and South China University of Technology, Pay tribute to the heroic model figures Zhou Wenyong and Chen Tiejun who made outstanding contributions to the founding of New China.
As the opening performance of the 2024 Guangzhou Arts Season, the Cantonese version of the musical “Lion” has attracted much attention. On May 9, the atmosphere in the performance of the play was very warm, with constant applause and applause.
“I have watched the Mandarin version of “The Young Lion” before and have been looking forward to the Cantonese version.” Mr became an important symbol of Lingnan culture, and performing stage art in Cantonese can better spread Cantonese and Lingnan culture.”
Editor: Wu Jiahong
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