Nandu News Reporter Huang Lu When Western opera meets traditional Chinese culture, and when Western classics are performed in Shenzhen, what kind of sparks will collide? Last night, Shenzhen Opera and Dance Drama Theater joined hands with the world's top power, the Hamburg State Opera in Germany, to bring together many first-line artists to perform a new interpretation of the world classic masterpiece - the opera "Carmen" at the Shenzhen Poly Theater for its world premiere. The play not only inherits classics but is also good at innovation. On the basis of showing the world's top opera classics, the young, novel and energetic "Shenzhen creativity" has been added from the content presentation to the stage design, presenting a rich and colorful "Shenzhen flavor". The superb performance and the local elements perfectly integrated with the plot also made this first "Made in Shenzhen" production a great success, winning thunderous applause from the audience.
"Made in Shenzhen" brings together domestic and foreign literary and artistic forces
The Shenzhen version of "Carmen" is not only the first full-length opera in Shenzhen to co-produce, participate in and present a complete stage performance with a top international opera house, but also the first time in Shenzhen to cooperate with a top international opera house with a long history. An opera project with in-depth cooperation with the opera house. China and Germany jointly built a team of creative and starring actors, including outstanding artists from many countries around the world. They transcended cultural and geographical boundaries, organically integrated Chinese and Western cultures, and launched "Carmen" "Made in Shenzhen". The narrative of
Chinese narration is combined with the original French music, plus aesthetic inspiration drawn from the unique customs, language, colors and shapes of traditional Chinese culture and European culture, such as circles, shadow puppets, red flowers and fans and other Chinese cultural elements. It was put on the stage of "Carmen" for the first time, and bold innovations were made in various aspects such as character presentation, story progression, stage style, and service methods. It perfectly integrated tradition and modernity, West and East, forming a unique cultural fusion complex, and also It gives "Carmen" more room for imagination and expression. At the same time, the play strives to create an opera "Carmen" with a heroine that has "Shenzhen style" and a contemporary feel. Young, bright, enthusiastic and rich are Carmen’s character and the character of the city of Shenzhen.
Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theater tenor Ma Teng played the role of smuggler Raymond Dudo, and contributed one of the most difficult arias in the opera world. Ma Teng told reporters: "This is the first time I have played the role of Raimondado. The audience's most familiar impression of him should be the quintet. The difficulty of this aria is first of all to sing very quickly and clearly in the music. Singing the lyrics is called "guankou" in our traditional Chinese parlance; secondly, it is performed by five people interspersed together, some singing together, some singing separately, and the coordination must be perfect."
"Hamburg and Shenzhen For the first time, the opera "Carmen" jointly produced by the two cities has not only been a bridge and link for artistic exchange and cooperation since its birth, but also a symbol and symbol of long-term cultural high-quality development." Director Petra Dey Ta wrote in his "Director's Notes". This version of "Carmen" is based on the previous stage version of the script, retaining the basic plot and classic arias, while adding a first-person expression to "Carmen", giving contemporary audiences the opportunity to enter the world in "Carmen's" mind, and also Give "Carmen" a chance to stand up and speak for herself from long-held stereotypes. The audience can see Carmen of different ages and different time and space appearing in the play, which accurately relates to the thoughts and thoughts of women of different ages. The entire stage is gorgeous and gorgeous. The "Tarot" in Gypsy culture serves as a clue to the turning point of Carmen's fate. The lighting and shadows in the background of the stage also borrow the expression technique of traditional shadow puppets. This is the ingenuity of the artists, and it also reflects Shenzhen’s courage and ambition in inheriting classics and innovating creativity. The Carmen on this stage is French and Gypsy, but she is also a girl from Shenzhen.
In this international cooperation, from the dance drama "Wing Chun" and "Love You Deeply" created and arranged throughout the entire process by "Produced in Shenzhen" to the innovative arrangement of the opera "Carmen" by "Made in Shenzhen" together with the world's leading forces, Shenzhen literature and art has also demonstrated its outstanding innovative and inclusive and a high degree of cultural confidence.The Shenzhen version of "Carmen" not only adapts to the global background of advanced cultural construction, but also brings an audio-visual feast of innovative integration of Chinese and Western cultures to the audience in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It also provides opportunities for cultural exchanges and mutual artistic learning between the two countries. This opportunity allows "Voice of China" to stand on a world-class stage and tell the story of China, the Greater Bay Area, Guangdong and Shenzhen in a new way.
Come to Shenzhen to educate talents and join hands with famous troupes to build a "profound army of literature and art"
The Hamburg State Opera in Germany was founded in 1678. It is one of the most prestigious theaters in the world and has been rated twice by the European professional magazine "Opera World" "Opera House of the Year". Musicians such as Wagner, Verdi, Handel, etc. all created their glory here. The famous Spanish soprano Montescrate Cabaye went to the world from here, and Domingo, one of the world's three great tenors, completed his career here. World premiere of the opera "Tosca".
When Germany's Hamburg State Opera came to Shenzhen to create a new version of the opera "Carmen" with Shenzhen, its creative and starring team can be described as "luxury", laying a solid foundation for the success of the play and setting a good example for the cultivation of literary and artistic talents in Shenzhen. set a new benchmark. The entire play also fully highlights the meaning of "union". In terms of the creative team, George Dennon, director of the Staatstheater Hamburg, Germany, serves as the artistic director, Petra Deita, the opera director of Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy, directs, and the famous international conductor Vladimir Canta serves as the conductor. . In terms of the cast, the heroine Carmen is played by mezzo-soprano Ginger Costa-Jackson, who is active at the Metropolitan Opera House in the United States and has performed more than 90 times, while Don Jose is played by the world's top opera tenor Norman Rhine. Hart plays the role of Chinese tenor Ma Teng, young baritone singers Li Geng and Wang Shi, and soprano Ruan Hongping. Excellent Chinese and foreign artists perform on the same stage with the Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theater Opera Troupe and Chorus, and the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Serves as the live band accompaniment, and specially invites the Shenzhen Concert Hall "Little Golden Tree" multi-ethnic children's choir to jointly perform. The dedicated cooperation of
elites and big names also gives Shenzhen the opportunity to cooperate with world-class opera houses and artists, participate in every link, continuously accumulate experience, and build a strong "literary and artistic deep army". As George Dannon, President of the Hamburg State Opera and Artistic Director of the Shenzhen version of Carmen, said, “Through the Shenzhen version of Carmen, we will gradually produce a series of high-quality operas in Shenzhen. These operas are no longer just Internationally imported finished products are combined with local cultural creations to create a unique version that belongs to Shenzhen. We jointly developed and produced a diverse repertoire that combines new and old operas. For this special city, we adhere to such an innovative and open And it’s a very challenging road!"
Through the co-production and performance of the Shenzhen version of "Carmen", Shenzhen will not only get a play or a performance, but a transformation of young talents in the field of Shenzhen opera, and even more, Shenzhen's cultural industry A jump in energy level. The young actors of the Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theater constantly consulted foreign experts during rehearsal breaks, and the foreign experts took the trouble to explain it to the actors over and over again, and led them to practice it in rehearsals. The Hamburg State Opera's excellent repertoire creation, actor management, talent training and other excellent experiences have also taken root in Shenzhen and are gradually localized. They are continuously understood and absorbed by the Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theater and even the entire Shenzhen literary and artistic circles, and used for future development. It has quickly cultivated Shenzhen's opera production team and performance level, and cultivated artistic talents with an international vision. At the same time, we will continue to promote the upgrading of Shenzhen's cultural industry and promote the formation of a matching opera creation industry chain.
Lu Jia, music and artistic director and chief conductor of the National Center for the Performing Arts, said that Shenzhen's "Carmen" has set an example for the future of the world for the younger generation and has become a cornerstone of Shenzhen's future opera prosperity.
The famous composer and conductor Tan Dun also expressed that he was proud of "Carmen" produced in Shenzhen, which gave the world's opera classics Chinese wings.Opera is the most complete, largest and most extensive art collection in music, and it is also the highest expression of a nation's original music. The birth of the Chinese and Western versions of "Carmen" in Shenzhen makes me convinced that Shenzhen will be able to Let’s work together to become the future center of Chinese opera art!
The Shenzhen version of "Carmen" is jointly produced by the Propaganda Department of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Municipal Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau. It is jointly produced and performed by the Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theater and the Hamburg State Opera in Germany. It is funded by the Shenzhen Publicity and Cultural Development Special Fund.
picture provided by Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theater.
