Opera "Madame Butterfly", musical "Phantom of the Opera", pianist Lang Lang, tenor Kaufman, Bolshoi Ballet, Monte Carlo Ballet, London Philharmonic Orchestra... On August 7, Shanghai University The theater has announced the 2024-25 performance season, with 71 stages and 514 performances, gathering big names and shining stars.
"To feel, to live, to love", Shanghai Grand Theater's new performance season takes "AI Theater Style" as its theme, hoping to rethink the relationship between art and technology, art and individuals, art and life based on stage art.
New performance season poster
Old friends and new friends come to the appointment, don’t miss top10
In the new performance season, the Shanghai Grand Theater follows the tradition and selects the "top 10 not to be missed" program list, led by masters and celebrities, covering opera, symphony, ballet, musical, Solo concert.
Opera "Madama Butterfly"
London Philharmonic Orchestra
It is the Shanghai Grand Theater's practice to open the new performance season with an opera. From August 9th to 11th, the opera "Madame Butterfly" jointly produced by the Shanghai Opera House, the Royal Opera House, and the Shanghai Grand Theater made its grand debut. Xu Zhong conducted Chinese and foreign singers and the Shanghai Opera House Chorus and Symphony Orchestra. Presenting Puccini's masterpieces. This is the Chinese premiere of this production and the second appearance of the opera "Madama Butterfly" after 60 years away from the Shanghai stage.
The "New Three Tenors" will achieve air-to-air dialogue at the Shanghai Grand Theater. Following two consecutive visits by Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez, German tenor Jonas Kaufmann will partner with pianist Helmut Deutsch in March next year. The themes of love, hope, peace and farewell are narrated; next June, Mexican tenor Rolando Villazon will join hands with French harpist Xavier de Mestre to focus on Latin American songs and folk songs. The "Latin Serenade" concert was performed.
Before and after the New Year, there are many famous artists and groups bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new: In January next year, pianist Lang Lang will return to a familiar stage to relive the romance at the fingertips with the audience in a solo concert; at the end of this year, from Nearly twenty principals from the Paris Philharmonic Hall and the Orchester de Paris will join forces with the Shanghai Opera House Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Xu Zhong, to present two New Year concerts, including the French romantic opera "Romeo and Juliet" ( Semi-stage version), German and French Romantic Light Opera Highlights Concert; early next year, the London Philharmonic Orchestra will join hands with conductor Paavo Järvi and cellist Julia Hagen to present classical masterpieces full of festive atmosphere.
Bolshoi Ballet's "Spartacus"
Monte Carlo Ballet's "The Taming of the Shrew"
In terms of dance, in October, the Bolshoi Ballet will visit with a super lineup of more than 200 people, bringing 2 It is the only stop in China to set up the "Tuanzhen Dance Code": the ballet "Spartacus" is a great business card. It has been hailed as a masterpiece of neoclassicism since its birth and will be premiered in Shanghai. Performance; "Ballet Essence" will bring together MODA's repertoire since its birth in 1773, including dance sequences from "Swan Lake", "Don Quixote", "Sleeping Beauty" and "Romeo and Juliet".
The Monte Carlo Ballet is known as "influencing the history of ballet art in the 20th century". Following "Romeo and Juliet", "Cinderella" and "Sleeping Beauty", in November, the dance company will present Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" on pointe under the leadership of artistic director and choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot. 》, achieved its premiere in China.
In addition, the Shanghai Grand Theater's "Oriental Stage Aesthetics" series dance drama "White Snake" 2.0 will be upgraded and presented in February and March next year. The drama, with Tan Yuanyuan as the artistic director, is a powerful attempt to express the "renewed" Chinese story internationally. .
The musical "Phantom of the Opera"
The musical "Phantom of the Opera"
Drama also has major presentations. At the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, the musical "Phantom of the Opera" left a startling glimpse, which made people fascinated. 20 years ago, the original English version of "The Phantom of the Opera" was performed at the Shanghai Grand Theater for hundreds of performances, leaving countless highlight moments. In August, this musical will return to its old location and perform for 58 consecutive performances, creating another wave of popularity.This is also the classic version that Cameron Mackintosh and the British Really Good Group have continued since 1986.
disassembles AI, and the five major sections are colorful.
’s new performance season is based on the theme of “AI Theater Style”. In the dismantling of AI, the Shanghai Grand Theater believes that ai = artificial intelligence, which can also be understood as ai = art&i, ai = "love" in Chinese.
Corresponding to this, the section division of the new performance season is more digital, divided into five themed sections: "Focus on the common denominator", "360° longitude and latitude", "River points, lines and planes", "Future without vectors" and "24-frame mirror".
Monte Carlo Ballet's "The Taming of the Shrew"
The "Focus on Common Denominator" section brings together a number of classic works and famous troupes to present the greatest common denominator of artistic beauty, including the opera "Madama Butterfly" and the musical "Phantom of the Opera" , Bolshoi Ballet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lang Lang, Jonas Kaufman, Rolando Villazon, etc.
Violinist Sarah Zhang
The "Longitude and Latitude 360°" section collects international performing arts styles and presents international art polyhedrons.
In October, "Ten Years of Memories·World Ballet Stars Gathering" led by ballet prince Roberto Poire brought together 12 top ballet dancers to stage a ballet feast; in November, 8-year-old Zubin Mehta Violinist Sarah Zhang, who is invited to perform with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, will fly on the bowstrings; in February next year, Lamming Kalemro will return in person to lead the "Musical Stars Reunion Concert", bringing together London's West End and Broadway's hottest musical star performs version 2.0.
The drama "The Protagonist"
The ballet "Lilies"
"Rivers, Points, Lines and Surfaces" focuses on works with Chinese national characteristics and Chinese national spirit.
In October, the stage play "Image of Jingchu" directed by Yang Liping and music director Tan Dun premiered in Shanghai, with Qu Yuan as the main character, "resurrecting" the distant Chu culture; in November, the Shaanxi People's Art Theater will perform the drama "Book of Life" , presents a variety of life under the tide of the times; in April next year, the nine-person "Republic of China Intellectuals Series" drama "Before the Court" will "open" again; in July next year, the Shanghai Ballet will perform an adaptation of Ru Zhijuan's novel, directed by The ballet "Lilies" written by Wang Anyi will premiere in China.
In the stage play "The Cherry Orchard"
in the drama "Hamlet"
"Future Without Vectors", many young artists and new works show their potential.
html In August, Georgian director Gocha Kapanadze led a Chinese-Georgian team to perform a new interpretation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" for its world premiere; in August, director Li Xing's dance theater "Train Station" used the body to interpret people on the train. Staying, meeting, leaving, and moving forward on the station; in April next year, the stage play "The Cherry Orchard" directed by Tuminas and starring Jin Xing will explore great texts with poetic beauty; in addition, "Piano Hermit" Christian Blake Xiao, the post-2000s rising piano star Guo Ziyao, the third runner-up of the Chopin International Piano Competition Liu Juan, and the third runner-up of the Menuhin International Violin Competition Tan Yunjing will also appear in the "One Person's Classical" series.
Pianist Christian Blackshaw
The "24-Frame Mirror" section focuses on a number of stage works transformed from film, television, and literary IP.
The Chinese original musical "The Pianist" is based on the novel of the same name by Italian novelist Alessandro Barrico; the musical "Infernal Affairs" is adapted from the Hong Kong movie of the same name, which will awaken many people's youthful memories; Shanghai Opera House It will also bring the premiere of the neoclassical Chinese opera "Meng Hua Lu".
Pop-up store opens, activating artistic energy
This spring, the four water features of the Shanghai Grand Theater have been magnificently upgraded, and one of the "different spaces" will finally be unveiled.
html On August 9, on the occasion of the premiere of the opening opera "Madame Butterfly", an "AI theater-style" themed interactive pop-up store will be opened here, free and open to the public. The scene includes a three-dimensional puzzle piece specially designed for the performance season, an interactive voting game for theater people, and a "theatre role card" test.
Pop-up store
In addition, the Shanghai Grand Theater has also prepared an "ai data package", including the new performance season program book, the opening opera "Madama Butterfly" acrylic commemorative ticket stub, DIY desktop three-dimensional puzzle, collage poem set, and thumbnail cards Passport with stamp. A series of peripheral materials are waiting for those who are destined.
In line with the new performance season, the Shanghai Grand Theater has newly planned a series of cultural and creative products with the theme of "Four Seasons". Inspired by Italian composer Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", using porcelain clay as material and musical instruments as shapes, the "Four Seasons·Cup" ".
Performance Season Program Book Material Package
