On October 1st, 2018, the fifth round of the NCPA opera The Red Guards on Honghu Lake, a Chinese revolutionary opera classic, raised its curtain to celebrate the 69th Anniversary of the PRC's founding.
With the background projection of the magnificent Honghu Lake, the elegant and fair-sounding melody and the heroic images, stage director ZHANG Jigang led the creative team to impress the audience with memorable stage manifestation.
First rehearsed in 1958, opera The Red Guards on Honghu Lake was premiered at the Hongshan Assembly Hall of Hubei Province in 1959 to celebrate the tenth National Day of China. After that it was staged in Beijing and became a “hit song” nationwide.
In 2012, the NCPA partnered up with Hubei Opera & Dance Theatre, the copyright owner of The Red Guards on Honghu Lake, in producing a new production, which has been performed for four rounds until now.
On the basis of respecting the original work, the new production showcases more rigorous opera structure, more clear-cut drama skeleton and orchestration with more modern elements, which have attracted more young audiences.
Along with the melodious prelude, glistening ripples of Honghu Lake shone at the whole stage. The entire stage was like a huge ship. Four members of Red Guards put forth their strength to pull the cable, and the sail slowly rose up. This ship, recalling the victory of Chinese revolution, “set sail” again.
Soprano WANG Qingshuang vividly sang heroine HAN Ying with a sense of depth. Tenor WANG Kai played the tough role of unyielding LIU Chuang with powerful voice.
By highlighting major arias such as Defending the Soviet and Defending Our Hometown and Song of the Red Guards on Honghu Lake, China NCPA Chorus embodied a passionate atmosphere with steady and bolding singing.
On October 1st, 2018, the fifth round of the NCPA opera The Red Guards on Honghu Lake, a Chinese revolutionary opera classic, raised its curtain to celebrate the 69th Anniversary of the PRC's founding.
With the background projection of the magnificent Honghu Lake, the elegant and fair-sounding melody and the heroic images, stage director ZHANG Jigang led the creative team to impress the audience with memorable stage manifestation.
First rehearsed in 1958, opera The Red Guards on Honghu Lake was premiered at the Hongshan Assembly Hall of Hubei Province in 1959 to celebrate the tenth National Day of China. After that it was staged in Beijing and became a “hit song” nationwide.
In 2012, the NCPA partnered up with Hubei Opera & Dance Theatre, the copyright owner of The Red Guards on Honghu Lake, in producing a new production, which has been performed for four rounds until now.
On the basis of respecting the original work, the new production showcases more rigorous opera structure, more clear-cut drama skeleton and orchestration with more modern elements, which have attracted more young audiences.
Along with the melodious prelude, glistening ripples of Honghu Lake shone at the whole stage. The entire stage was like a huge ship. Four members of Red Guards put forth their strength to pull the cable, and the sail slowly rose up. This ship, recalling the victory of Chinese revolution, “set sail” again.
Soprano WANG Qingshuang vividly sang heroine HAN Ying with a sense of depth. Tenor WANG Kai played the tough role of unyielding LIU Chuang with powerful voice.
By highlighting major arias such as Defending the Soviet and Defending Our Hometown and Song of the Red Guards on Honghu Lake, China NCPA Chorus embodied a passionate atmosphere with steady and bolding singing.
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