Guangzhou Grand Theater's original opera "Marco Polo" will be re-performed on May 3rd and 4th to spend the May Day holiday with the audience. Nandu reporters recently visited the Guangzhou Grand Theater to visit the crew and get a direct look at the rehearsal scene. Screenwriter Wei Jin told Nandu reporters that through character creation, Marco Polo can become a participant in Eastern and Western civilizations, not just a traveler.
2024 version of the opera "Marco Polo" rehearsal scene.
The legend of "Marco Polo" is restarted this year and will be re-performed on May 3rd and 4th. It interweaves music and drama to restore the story of Marco Polo's travels and the blending of Eastern and Western civilizations on the ancient Silk Road. Interoperability. Screenwriter Wei Jin believes that an opera related to the "Belt and Road Initiative" must write about the "community of a shared future for mankind", but how to write it and how to write it requires people to work hard. He told Nandu reporters that through characterization, Marco Polo can become a participant in Eastern and Western civilizations, not just a traveler.
The poetic, subtle and meaningful arias in the opera "Marco Polo" intoxicated countless audiences. There is a plot in the play about the defeat of the Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang was captured, Kublai Khan personally persuaded him to surrender, Wen Tianxiang died generously, and Marco Polo was deeply shocked.
Among them, Wen Tianxiang chanted after listening to his daughter's dream about him being escorted to the execution ground: "Perhaps, this is our fate/But I pray that one day, everyone will have human dignity/My own happiness will not cause others' misfortune/My own palace Don’t drive away other people’s eaves/The return of spring comes as scheduled/Flowers ring like firecrackers all over the branches/Peace becomes wine pulp, silk, boundless mulberry fields/Ah, one day, one day/Envy does not cause intrusion, fists do not encourage greed /Love your own country, and cherish other people’s hometowns/Let yourself have a future, and let others have a tomorrow.”
In Wei Jin’s view, “This is a team that wants to tell the world that there is a group of Orientals in the process of constant adjustment. , they don’t just remember being kind to others; they appreciate the kindness of others and cherish the kindness of others to themselves. "
" Five years ago, we brought this opera to Italy for performance, and through international exchanges. The format tells the story of China and demonstrates the friendly exchanges between China and Italy; in the future, we plan to bring this opera back to Italy for performance," said Chen Rui, producer of the opera "Marco Polo" and deputy general manager of the Guangzhou Grand Theater.
Writing/photography: Nandu reporter Liang Lingfei
