On November 2nd and 3rd, local time, the Chinese drama "Les Misérables" was staged at the French National People's Theater in Lyon, France. Many French artists, cultural scholars and important media representatives watched the performance. This trip to France coincides with the 6

2024-11-05 13:30:03 entertainment 5954℃

On November 2nd and 3rd, local time, the Chinese drama "Les Misérables" was staged at the French National People's Theater in Lyon, France. Many French artists, cultural scholars and important media representatives watched the performance. This trip to France coincides with the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. All performance tickets were sold out 2 months ago. Li Zhenping, Acting Consul General of China in Lyon, Marc Drouet, Director of Cultural Affairs of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, Victoria Cedric van Stevendale, Mayor of Leban and Vice President of Cultural Affairs of Lyon, watched the performance.

This play is supported by Chinese Dramatists Association and Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles. It is a high-quality creation project of the literary and artistic creation incubation platform "Looking to the East in Beijing" and a selected play in the 2023 National Drama Festival Season. It is jointly produced and produced by Yanghua Drama, the National People's Theater of France, and the Actors' Spring Theater Festival in Montpellier, France. It is inherited by Beijing Dongcheng District Culture and Tourism Bureau, Beijing Poly Theater Management Co., Ltd., and the Ministry of Education of China's excellent traditional culture. Jointly produced by the base (School of Art and Media, Beijing Normal University).

This "Les Misérables" was co-created by Chinese and French artists. Wang Keran serves as the artistic director and producer, Guo Wenpeng, Liu Ye, and Jean Varela serve as the producers. The director is Jean, director of the National People's Theater of France. Bellolini and Chinese director Zhang Rui. Although the performance was performed in Chinese by Chinese actors, the scene was enthusiastic and focused. The audience transcended language barriers and experienced the same Hugo and drama in the same space with the actors. The actors even used 5 curtain calls to express their gratitude to the French audience. thanks.

After the performance, Chinese actors and creative teams participated in a sharing session invited by the National People's Theater of France. Marc Drouet, director of cultural affairs of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, shared after watching the performance: "I had a wonderful night tonight. It is not an easy task to put Hugo's novel on the stage. It is done. The drama is even more difficult. This adaptation gives us a better understanding of Hugo’s perspective. I hope that next time, we can use the same form to interpret the works of Hugo or other writers. "

Mayor Villepinte, Lyon. Vice Chairman of Cultural Affairs Cedric van Stevendale said: “Although I have been mayor for four years, I never thought that one day I would see a Chinese drama performance or receive a drama from China. Team. This performance brought me a huge surprise. I didn’t expect that a foreign language could bring me such a huge move and shock. The actors’ performance also gave me a huge impact, allowing us to see human nature better. , and every audience member at the scene also had their own different emotions. "

Li Zhenping, the Acting Consul General of China in Lyon, shared the lines in the play: "The world is full of love and light, and we believe that this day will come." He also said: "This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. We are very happy that there are more and more cultural exchange activities like this. It is precisely because of this kind of mutual understanding and exchange that the people of our two countries can get closer and closer. Through today's performance, we can Feel the vitality of Sino-French relations!" Wang Keran, artistic director of

Yanghua Drama, shared at the event: "Today's performance proved that the simplest and most basic human emotions are consistent. Because of this consensus, Anna and I decided to do something This play invited our favorite director and a team of Chinese artists represented by Liu Ye. Because of this simple emotion, the French People's Theater broke all the rules and achieved a two-day stage performance and three days of performance (the first time). (Heaven is a media field), the simplest reason is that we believe in love and use our profession to express love.”

It is reported that the Central China version of “Les Miserables” will return to Beijing from November 9th to 11th after finishing its performance in France. The final performance was held at the National Center for the Performing Arts on the same day.