Recently, the Guangzhou Grand Theater celebrated the 14th anniversary of its opening. Coinciding with the Year of the Dragon, the Guangzhou Grand Theater adopts the theme of "Fourteen·River", which means that with the posture of "luma", it will grow together with the city, promote the prosperity and development of literary and artistic undertakings, and continue to bring refreshing artistic achievements to the audience. .
Two original plays of the Guangzhou Grand Theater - the opera "Marco Polo" and the Cantonese version of the musical "The Lion" are presented to celebrate the theater. A series of online and offline art activities are open to the audience, including exhibitions, salons, and meetings. Meetings, lectures, commemorative check-ins, etc. attracted many domestic and foreign audiences to celebrate together.
Two original plays tell the story of the Bay Area
2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Italy, and is also the 700th anniversary of the death of Marco Polo. To this end, the Guangzhou Grand Theater revived the original opera "Marco Polo" and performed it on May 3rd and 4th, kicking off the 14th anniversary celebrations with the humanistic style of the Silk Road. Nearly 200 people attended A large performance team reproduced this beautiful epic masterpiece.
Since its premiere in May 2018, Guangzhou Grand Theater’s original opera "Marco Polo" has toured Beijing, Quanzhou, and Milan and Genoa in Italy. It is currently in its fourth round of performances. An art salon and an exhibition of intangible cultural heritage works were also held during the opera performance. Chinese and foreign friends can cross mountains and rivers, touch history, feel the blend of Chinese and Western cultures, and pay tribute to the spirit of pioneers in the exhibited art works.
From a magnificent legendary epic to a Bay Area story full of Lingnan style, starting from May 9, the Cantonese version of the musical "The Young Lion" being performed at the Guangzhou Grand Theater is also full of attractions.
is the first musical from the Mainland to be invited to participate in the Hong Kong Arts Festival. The play tells the story of an ordinary young man who went through ups and downs to learn skills from a teacher, dance a lion head, and participate in a lion dance competition in pursuit of his dream. A group of powerful creative and starring actors join forces to interpret local stories in Cantonese, making the audience feel more intimate and face the extraordinary charm of the culture of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
It is reported that the Cantonese version of the musical "Lion" will continue to be performed until May 14th.
Guangzhou Grand Theater’s 14th Anniversary Journal is released
On this occasion, the Guangzhou Grand Theater released its 14th Anniversary Journal, writing an artistic chapter of the city with the audience.
In the past year, new business formats, new models and new scenes have continued to emerge in the performing arts industry, showing a trend of high-quality development. As the trend of cultural and tourism integration gradually emerges, its driving role in the economy and industry will further increase. Various regions have introduced plans and policies related to developing performing arts and creating a "performing capital", which are promoting the further prosperity and development of the performing arts industry.
The 14th Anniversary Journal of the Guangzhou Grand Theater sorted out the performances and industry events in 2023, invited multiple contributors to write articles, brought together the different views of creators, experts in the entertainment industry, academia, and viewers, paid attention to industry trends, announced annual data, and conveyed Industry information and preview of exciting performances in 2024.
According to statistics, the Guangzhou Grand Theater will hold a total of 380 performances and tours in 2023. In the past 14 years, it has held a total of 3,722 performances, received more than 1,900 Chinese and foreign art troupes, and more than 48,000 artists; it has held a total of 2,768 art activities, with offline participation The number of visitors exceeded 985,000, and the number of online participants reached 150 million; a total of 21,231 young talents in chorus, ballet, instrumental music and other fields have been cultivated; more than 6 million people visited the Guangzhou Grand Theater to visit, communicate, participate in activities and watch performances.
Currently, the e-book of the 14th Anniversary Journal of the Guangzhou Grand Theater has been released simultaneously online, and physical book access channels are open to peers in the industry to extensively exchange artistic views with readers and help the high-quality development of the performing arts industry.
Invite the audience to celebrate, enjoy and travel together
It is reported that since April, the Guangzhou Grand Theater has taken the opportunity of its 14th anniversary to launch a series of artistic activities, inviting the audience to participate together, and celebrate, enjoy and travel together. Feel the excitement of the urban art paradise during the tour.
's 5g live broadcast program "Roaming Classics" air onsite celebration special focusing on the opera "Marco Polo" invited Qian Junping, conductor of the opera "Marco Polo", and music critic Zhao Yimin to "talk" about the opera "Marco Polo" East and West in Marco Polo.A meet-and-greet with the leading actors in the musical "The Young Lion" attracted many online and offline fans to take the lead in experiencing the highlights of the Cantonese version; there was also a pre-performance listening session with the main creators to help the audience get into the show quickly; Guangdong's provincial non-profit Lion Dance Festival The inheritance inheritor Zhao Weibin led the eye-dotting ceremony, and the Chinese intangible cultural heritage brand Zhao Jiashi team brought a lion dance flash mob...
Theater also took measures such as limited commemorative medal check-ins, gifts for theater loyal fans, marathon discounts for popular plays, and full discount coupons. Give great benefits to the audience. In addition, starting from May 9, the "Four Frames of Theater Life Photo Camera" next to the sloping column space pool of the Guangzhou Grand Theater has officially opened. A variety of Guangzhou Grand Theater-themed photo frames and play-themed photo frames are available for the audience to choose from. Record wonderful memories about the theater in a "tidal" way.
Text/Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Reporter Zhang Suqin
Editor/Qiao Ying
