Commissar PENG and his wife Doctor HONG will have to part with each other. Their duet I Do Not Know What to Say affectionately expresses reluctance to part and ardent expectation for victory of the revolution.
With aria Cold Night, Commissar PENG expresses infinite admiration and all sorts of feelings for the heroic soldiers, and highlights the revolutionary soldier's indomitable will.
In face of hardships and difficulties in striding over snow-capped mountains and grassland, the Red Army soldiers bravely move forward towards the great ideal.
In last moments of his life, the young soldier Pingyazi recalls the details of his career in the Red Army, and sings a song to regret for saying goodbye to the Red Army.
When crossing the grassland, Commissar PENG, who is shot on the shoulder, orders the soldiers to cut out bullet from his body with a knife. Commander ZENG sings the aria The Most Thorough Pain to the Bone.
The composer shows the course of the Red Army's Long March through the creative use of Tibetan Xianzi, Guizhou folk song and other folk music elements.
The whole opera ends with the grand chorus Long Live, the Long March. With unfolded storyline of all acts, the audiences not only understand the arduous the Long March 80 years ago, but also are moved by its spirit.
Commissar PENG and his wife Doctor HONG will have to part with each other. Their duet I Do Not Know What to Say affectionately expresses reluctance to part and ardent expectation for victory of the revolution.
With aria Cold Night, Commissar PENG expresses infinite admiration and all sorts of feelings for the heroic soldiers, and highlights the revolutionary soldier's indomitable will.
In face of hardships and difficulties in striding over snow-capped mountains and grassland, the Red Army soldiers bravely move forward towards the great ideal.
In last moments of his life, the young soldier Pingyazi recalls the details of his career in the Red Army, and sings a song to regret for saying goodbye to the Red Army.
When crossing the grassland, Commissar PENG, who is shot on the shoulder, orders the soldiers to cut out bullet from his body with a knife. Commander ZENG sings the aria The Most Thorough Pain to the Bone.
The composer shows the course of the Red Army's Long March through the creative use of Tibetan Xianzi, Guizhou folk song and other folk music elements.
The whole opera ends with the grand chorus Long Live, the Long March. With unfolded storyline of all acts, the audiences not only understand the arduous the Long March 80 years ago, but also are moved by its spirit.
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