On October 17, the "2019 National Grand Theater International Opera Film Exhibition Guangzhou Station" opened at the Liede igc store in Guangzhou Paragon Cinemas. The event is hosted by the National Centre for the Performing Arts and co-organized by Guangzhou Paragon Cinema. Subsequently, China's first 4K panoramic sound opera film "The Dawn Here is Quiet", produced by the National Centre for the Performing Arts, kicked off the festival. It is reported that the current film festival (Guangzhou Station) will screen 14 opera films at the Liede igc store and Tianhuan store in Guangzhou Paragon Studios from October 17th to November 3rd. Chinese and foreign classic operas and famous artists will appear on the big screen. Serve a very charming opera feast.
Text/Guangzhou Daily All-Media Reporter Huang An
Photography/Guangzhou Daily All-Media Reporter Wang Weixuan (except stills)
A gathering of excellent works. Audiences watch operas in the cinema. 14 operas and films from 7 world-renowned cultural and artistic institutions, including the Royal Opera House of the United Kingdom, the Royal Opera House of Madrid in Spain, and the Royal Opera House in Turin, Italy, will be exhibited. During the film festival, there will also be many opera-themed events such as artist meetings and special lectures.
The works of this film exhibition include "The Dawn Here is Quiet", "Rose Knight", "The Merry Widow" and "Long March" produced by the National Centre for the Performing Arts, the 3D version of "Cao Cao and Yang Xiu" produced by the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater, as well as the world's top songs The outstanding works of the theater include "The Troubadour", "La Traviata", "Tosca" and "The Wedding of Figaro" produced by the Metropolitan Opera, and "André Chenier" produced by the Royal Opera House. The Barber of Seville, "Luisa Fernanda" and "Aida" produced by the Royal Opera House in Madrid, Spain, and "Artist Career" produced by the Royal Opera House in Turin, Italy. The audience can watch the opera in the cinema and get a new experience. The
National Centre for the Performing Arts founded the International Opera and Film Exhibition in 2016. It has now successfully held 3 sessions. It has attracted 40 films from 8 world-renowned theaters. It has toured 15 cities across the country and showed more than 750 shows, benefiting the audience with public fare Nearly 100,000 people. Ma Rongguo, director of the National Centre for the Performing Arts of the National Centre for the Performing Arts of the National Centre for the Performing Arts of the National Centre for the Performing Arts of the National Centre for the Performing Arts of China, said that the successful holding of the film festival has not only built a platform for world opera exchanges, but also an important manifestation of Chinese cultural confidence.
The opening film "The Dawn Here is Quiet" awakens the audience's memory
On that night, the opening film "The Dawn Here is Quiet" met with the audience. "The Dawn Here is Quiet" is an original Chinese opera produced by the National Centre for the Performing Arts to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the "World Anti-Fascist War". The original author is the famous writer Boris Lvovich Vasilyev. The novel combines romanticism and realism to tell the story of several female soldiers fighting against the German invaders, praising their loyal and optimistic character And the spirit of sacrifice. In 2018, the National Centre for the Performing Arts adopted the most advanced 4K ultra-high-definition and panoramic sound technology to create China's first 4K panoramic sound opera movie. Film director Teng Junjie of
said that opera and film are two different arts, with different expressions. In the process of making opera into an opera film, the main creative must be adjusted. For example, the performance of an opera needs to be delivered to the last row of audiences without a microphone. It needs fullness or even a little exaggeration, but the performance of a movie needs to be closed and performed: "The movie has close-ups and close-ups. The artist's performance must be controlled to be more effective. Charismatic. As Master Mei Lanfang once said, the performance should be kept in the heart." After watching the film at
, the audience Ms. Chen said that she was born in the 1950s, and "The Dawn Here is Quiet" awakened her for a long time. Memories of youth. Opera fan Mr. Ma said that there are many well-known classic arias in the play. The arias "You can hear my call", "Dawn is coming", "I know what love is", and the chorus "Russia, My Hometown". Very nice. Wang Hongyao, the lead actor of
"The Dawn Here is Quiet", said that he was very pleased to be able to bring "Dawn" back to the screening in Guangzhou. As an associate professor of the Department of Vocal Music and Opera at Xinghai Conservatory of Music, Wang Hongyao has been carrying on the art of opera in teaching positions. She hopes that this film festival will give young students more opportunities to get in touch with opera art. She said: “I have heard the voice. Many students used to fly far away to watch the performances of their teachers at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. Not everyone can go. It’s a good thing for the children to have this opportunity to go into the theater today. Everyone is very supportive and interested in this festival.Buying tickets rushed over from the university town. "
, the main creator of the interview, don’t worry too much about the opera being too cold.
is the third time that the National Grand Theater International Opera Film Festival has entered Guangzhou. Talking about the reasons for choosing Guangzhou again, Ma Rongguo, director of the National Center for the Performing Arts, said: "Guangzhou audience is right. The appreciation of art is impressive. "In addition to film screenings, this year’s International Opera and Film Festival will also enter the Xinghai Conservatory of Music and host a series of themed activities such as master classes. Through the combination of screening + art popularization activities + master classes, opera is a relatively niche group. Teng Junjie, director of
, urged the audience not to worry too much about the coldness of the opera: “If an opera movie is filmed well enough to fly close to the ground, the audience will definitely accept and appreciate it. You see that there are so many young people coming to the exhibition in Guangzhou, I am very happy. This is the vitality of this city, and it also proves that Guangzhou has done a good job in art inheritance! "
Teng Junjie said that the cost of making opera films is not much, but the benefits produced are no worse than commercial films, and they have tenacious vitality. The ultimate goal is to hope that the audience can understand the art of opera through films, and then return to the theater: "That This kind of breathing performance is irreplaceable for other art forms. At the
scene, Tang Jianping, the composer of "The Dawn Here is Quiet", believes that opera cannot be simply divided into niche or masses. "White Haired Girl" is well-known and not a niche, but compared to other popular art, opera is indeed still Relatively niche. However, even if it is a niche, opera must build a bridge between the author and the audience. As long as it can move people's hearts, it is a good work.
