Opera The Dawns Here Are Quiet is a Chinese opera commission produced by the NCPA in commemoration of the 70^th anniversary of the world’s victory of the Anti-Fascist War. The opera has been adapted from a novel of the same title written by the writer Boris Vasilyev, telling a story about several female soldiers resisting the German invaders in World War II, eulogizing their faithful and optimistic character as well as spirit of sacrifice. Since its premiere in 2015, the opera has been put on stage for three rounds in 17 performances, touching the hearts of so many Chinese audience members.

In September 2018, the NCPA made an exchange tour to Russia with its opera commission The Dawns Here Are Quiet, to which local audiences had enthusiastically responded, with all tickets sold out in just a short time. The passionate feedback from Russian audiences proved the charm of the “Chinese opera commission”once again.

In 2018, the NCPA invited director TENG Junjie and his team from Radio and Television Shanghai to produce the opera into a film with the most advanced 4K and Dolby Atmos technology, aiming to bring the audience immersive viewing experiences. This is the first time for NCPA to cooperate with Radio and Television Shanghai. The opera film The Dawns Here Are Quiet started a national tour on the occasion of the 70^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russiais of landmark significance.

On February 17^th, 4K Dolby-Atmos opera film The Dawns Here Are Quiet was screened at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, the first stop of this film’s national tour after its premiere in Beijing. Before film projection, composer TANG Jianping, stage director WANG Xiaoying, film director TENG Junjie, and main performers, including ZHANG Yang, XU Xiaoying and LIU Lian, came on the stage to participate in the conversational interactions with a mass of passionate viewers. Afterwards, an audience of over 1,000 saw the opera film together.

To deepen cooperation, a signing ceremony was held at the Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre on February 18^th to mark the centre a base for the NCPA opera film screening.From then on, the Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre would become the NCPA’s first all-the-year opera film screening base in China and would continue to show high-quality opera films for audiences from Shanghai and Jiangsu.


The NCPA started to produce opera films in 2013, making itself China’s first performing art institution committed to making opera films. Thus far, the NCPA has produced nearly 30 Chinese opera commissions and classic Western (Peking) operas, including The Long March, Jinsha River, Rickshaw Boy, You and Me, Turandot and Aida. By attending international film festivals, such as the Beijing International Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival and Chinese American Film Festival, and holding featured brand activities, such as the “International Opera Film Exhibition” and “Opera Film Projection on Campus”, the NCPA has shown Peking Opera and ballet films for over1400 times in the cinemas, theatres and colleges in 19 cities, and held more than 100 activities, including audience-artist meetings, opera appreciations and expert talks, benefiting nearly 300 thousand viewers.