On the afternoon of March 11th, the Closing Concert of NCPA GUAN Zhijing Young Artist Program was held at the Concert Hall of the Beijing Performing Arts Centre. After 15 days of intensive training, the 17 students delivered a remarkable performance of excerpts from four renowned Chinese and foreign operas: NCPA Operas LAN Huahua and Visitors on the Snow Mountain, Puccini’s La Bohème and Bizet’s Carmen. Their performance received thunderous applause and acclaim from the audience, marking a perfect conclusion to the Programme.
The concert watched by WANG Ning, President of the NCPA, MA Rongguo, Vice President of the NCPA, LI Jin, a leader of the NCPA and Director of the NCPA Art Creation Centre, renowned composer LEI Lei, famous librettists YI Ming and ZHAO Daming, the programme initiator GUAN Zhijing and mentors from the NCPA Resident Singers. The students were congratulated on their leap-forward progress. LEI Lei, the composer of the opera Visitors on the Snow Mountain, the librettist YI Ming, and ZHAO Daming, the librettist of the opera LAN Huahua, praised the young opera talents for their achievements and encouraged them to start anew with the programme, shine on the global opera stages in the future and make the voice of Chinese opera heard by more.
Students perform NCPA Opera
LAN Huahua
Student performs NCPA Opera
Visitors on the Snow Mountain
Students perform Puccini’s
La Bohème
Students perform Bizet’s
Carmen
The programme was launched with the aim of fostering outstanding Chinese opera talents by leveraging the NCPA’s strengths in opera production and talent development. It seeks to help young artists bridge the gap between academic vocal training and full-stage performances. The Closing Concert allows the students to immerse themselves in the experience of opera stage performance. The students made full use of the stage of the BPAC and recreated iconic scenes from the operas.
Following the performance, bass singer GUAN Zhijing, the programme initiator, mentor and concert director, took to the stage to present graduation certificates to the students. Together with the students, he performed Applause Resounded, expressing heartfelt gratitude to everyone who supported and participated in the programme.
Bass Singer GUAN Zhijing and students perform
Applause Resounded
17 students of the programme
We extend our congratulations to the 17 students:
Sopranos: QI Manhan, LIU Fangfei, LIU Tongwei, GONG Yihuan, LUO Chuyan
Tenors: ZHENG Zipei, ZHU Rui, XU Bowen
Alto: WANG Ruiwen
Baritones: XUE Wencong, XIN Wenpeng
Bass-baritones: LUO Weibin, GUO Yiyi
Bass: CHEN Yi’ang
Opera Music Directors: SUN Heng, WEI Ziling, YANG Bolun
Photo by GONG Xuedong
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