NCPA Opera Festival 2012
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Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Antonio Somma
Conductor: Lu Jia
Director: Hugo De Ana
Original Set Design: Hugo De Ana
Costume Design: Hugo De Ana
Lighting Design: Vinicio Cheli
Choreographer: Marco Pelle
The Un Ballo in Maschera is adapted based on the story of assassination for King Gustav III of Sweden in the 18th century. Through fictional odd story, the opera reveals Amelia's ambivalence when pursuing extramarital romantic love and safeguarding husband dignity, and rolls out the real high life of Italy in the 18th century. Un Ballo in Maschera, La forza del destino and Don Carlo are crowned as the three major masterpieces created by Verdi in his mid-life. Un Ballo in Maschera can be described as Verdi's most talented work in terms of music, which not only consists of many classical arias, but also achieves the culmination of the Romantic opera from the perspective of art. This work truly achieves grand and magnificent realm in view of drama contents and musical charm.
NCPA's production of Un Ballo in Maschera specially invites top production team headed by renowned opera director Hugo De Ana. Hugo often cooperates with La Scala, Rossini Opera House and Verona Opera House, who frequently presents himself in world-class opera houses. His stage sets and visual presentation are highly reputed in the circle, which are appreciated by the opera lovers all over the world.
In terms of cast, the internationally-renowned Chinese soprano He Hui will return to China and dedicate to this opera for the first time, who is a heavy weight making her opera debut in NCPA. In addition, world-class baritone Lado Ataneli and tenor Marius Marea will also join in NCPA's production. Chinese vocalists Liao Changyong and Dai Yuqiang also show the most luxurious 'dream team' of Chinese opera singers for all audiences.
Ricardo is preparing for a dancing party. He invites his good friend Renato's wife Amelia because he loves her. His servant Oscar warns Ricardo that someone will plot to murder. But Ricardo doesn't take mind and he even laughs at the prophecy of witch Ulrika.
At first, Ulrika secretly interviews with Amelia in her hut. Amelia needs a secret recipe to be able to forget Ricardo. Then, Ulrika tells Ricardo (who is disguised to request for fortune-telling) that he would die at the hands of a friend.
Amelia comes alone to the guillotine to search for forgetting grass at midnight and Ricardo follows her. Both express their love each other. At this point, Renato rushes to notify Ricardo to beware of the assassin. Renato also promises to lead masked Amelia to arrive at a safe place instead of Ricardo. However, the assassin forces Amelia to reveal her identity. Ashamed and angry Renato makes decision to jointly revenge with the assassin. In the Governor's dancing party, Renato assassinates Ricardo, but Ricardo feel remorseful for a long time, and gets ready to help Renato and Amelia jointly return to the United Kingdom. But the big mistake is still made. Before death, Renato proves that Amelia is innocent and forgives all people concerned.
The 90s of the last century saw him work in The Opera Bastille, National Theatre of Prague, Festival of Aix En Provance, Ravenna Festival, the Opera of Monte Carlo, Opera of Geneva, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Festival Baroque de Versailles, Opera Garnier in Paris, Easter Festival in Salzburg, Teatro Liceu in Barcelona, Atticus Theater in Athens, Ginza Saison Theater in Tokyo, Arena di Verona, Venice Biennale Theatre section, Theater of the axes of Brussels, Amsterdam Opera, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, National Theatre of Catalunya in Barcelona, Opera of Toulouse, Teatro Real Madrid, Metropolitan in New York and collaboration with P. L. Pizzi, Ezio Frigerio, Hugo de Ana, KM Gruber, Henning Brockaus, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, to name just a few.
In the new millennium, Vinicio Cheli continued to expand his collaboration with Ezio Frigerio, Hugo de Ana, F. Zeffirelli, V. Gergiev, Claudio Abbado, Nicola Joel, Quirino Conti, Mario Gas, in productions covering a vast realm of the opera repertoire. Last year, he set up La donna del lago.
of Rossini directed by Luis Pasqual with scenes by Ezio Frigerio and costumes by Franca Squarciapino; Boris Godunov of Teatro Regio di Torinon directed by Andrei Konchalovsky.In the beginning of 2011, he worked in Senso, a new opera of Teatro Massimo di Palermo directed, scenes and costumes by Hugo de Ana. Vinicio Cheli also taught theatrical lighting at the New Academy of Fine Arts in Milan and at the Professional School of La Scala.
International co-productions took him to Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, England, Norway and Japan in roles that have become the backbone of his repertoire in Bucharest: Rodolfo La Boheme, Il duca di Mantova Rigoletto, Ramiro La Cenerentola, Fenton Falstaff, Tebaldo I Capuleti ed I Montecchi, Edgardo Lucia di Lammermoor.
Recent successes include Verdi's Requiem with the Orquestra Sinfonica de Estado de Sao Paolo (OSESO), Brasil, under the baton of Claus Peter Flor; Alfredo La Traviata at Maribor (Slovene National Theatre) directed by Hugo de Ana, a role he also sings regularly in Bucharest; Macduff Macbeth, and Rodolfo in the inaugural production of the reopening of Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires. He is a frequent guest at the Mikhailovsky Theater and most recently appeared there as Rodolfo.
The world-famous tenor and maestro Pavarotti pleasantly took Mr.Dai as his first student from Asia after heard his singing; and an opera fan from Japan appraised him as 'the Pride of Chinese Opera'. Mr. Dai, along with Maria Guleghina and Samuel Ramey, has collaborated in Tosca at Royal Opera House, Convent Garden, being showered with praise and hailed by local media as 'a dazzling star on the stage.'
He Hui graduated from Xi'an Conservatory of Music. In 2000, she ranked 2nd in Domingo World Opera Competition. Two years later, she ranked 1st in Verdi International Vocal Competition, and presented herself in international opera stage since then. She has cooperated with world-renowned conductors and artists such as Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Orem, Domingo and Zeffirelli. In the past ten years, she served as protagonist in 15 operas, Madama Butterfly (about 90 times), Aida (about 80 times), Tosca (about 50 times), as well as Cavalleria Rusticana, Manon, Un Ballo in Maschera and Turandot. In April 2004, He Hui successfully presented a new production of Madama Butterfly in Vienna People's Opera, who was highly praised by local newspaper for 'her passionate emotions, wonderful voice and delicate interpretation'. In 2010, she won Opera Academy Awards. She is currently Professor of vocal music in Xi'an Conservatory of Music.
In 1996, she won the A. Isahakian Song Contest, the Austro-German Music Contest and in 1998 – 'Competizione Dell Opera' in Hamburg.
Since 1999, the soprano has been living in Germany and after various engagements in Europe she became a member of the ensemble at the State Opera in Stuttgart. Parts like Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, Elettra in Idomeneo, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Leonora in Il Trovatore, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Mimi in La Bohème, Butterfly and Norma ... emphasize her musical spectrum and her extraordinary dramatic talent.
She has sung with the festivals of Bregenz (Tosca and Aida), Baden-Baden, Ruhr Trienale, Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau, Prague Autumn, Notte Bianca-Reggio Calabria and Miskolc International Opera Festival. Her opera house appearances include Zurich Opera House (La Juive), Semperoper Dresden (Mimi / La Bohème), Palermo Teatro Politeama (Madama Butterfly), Vlaamse Opera Antwerpen (Madama Butterfly, Elisabeth / Don Carlos), Finland National Theatre Helsinki (Fiordiligi / Cosi fan tutte), New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv (La Juive), Mexico Bellas Artes (Tatiana / Eugene Onegin), Tokyo New National Opera (Madama Butterfly), State Opera Unter den Linden Berlin (Fiordiligi / Cosi fan tutte), Basel Opera (Norma), Bern Theatre (Maria / Mazeppa), Graz Opera (Madama Butterfly), State Opera Hamburg (Madama Butterfly), Aalto Theater Essen (Maddalena / Andrea Chenier, Manon Lescaut, Leonora / La Forza del Destino), Hannover Staatsoper (Madama Butterfly, Mimi/ La Bohème), Opera House Wiesbaden (Donna Elvira), Frankfurt Oper (Madama Butterfly), Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf (Suor Angelica, Madama Butterfly, Mimi/ La Bohème).
The Armenian soprano has worked with such notable conductors as Daniel Oren, Carlo Rizzi, Nicola Luisotti, Robin Ticciati, Lothar Zagrosek, Muhai Tang, Stefan Soltesz, Alexander Joel, Helmut Rilling, Piergiorgio Morandi, Jose Cura, Jonathan Nott, Carlo Montanaro, Julian Kovatchev and challenging directors as Peter Konwitschny, Philipp Himmelmann, Graham Vick, Jossi Wieler, Tatjana Gürbaca, Monique Wagemakers, Michael Schulz, Dietrich Hilsdorf.
Her first CD recording with Puccini Arias and Duetts with famous Italian Tenor Giuseppe Giacomini was released by EMI Classics at 2009.
Future engagements include various concerts in Europe, Mimi – Semperoper Dresden; Jenufa– The New Israeli Opera; Amelia (Un ballo in maschera) – National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) – Beijing, China; Madama Butterfly– Aalto Theater Essen and Deutsche Oper am Rhein.
The Georgian baritone studied at the State Conservatory in his home city, Tiflis. In 1989 he debuted as Renato in Un Ballo in Maschera at the Tiflis National Theater. In 1991 he won First Prize and the Grand Prix at the International Francisco-Vinas Competition in Barcelona. His string of successes continued with first place awards in such competitions as the 'I Cestelli' vocal competition and the 15th Belvedere Competition in Vienna.
Lado Ataneli's international career began in 1996. Since then, he has regularly appeared in such roles as Scarpia, Sharpless, Tonio, Alfio, Gerard, Jago, Giorgio Germont, Jack Rance, Don Carlo Vargas, Renato, Simone Boccanegra, Amonasro, Rigoletto, Barnaba, Rodrigo and Conte di Luna at the Vienna State Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Hamburg State Opera and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. He is equally at home on stages in Zurich, Paris, London, Madrid, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York etc. as well.
Together with maestro Riccardo Muti, Lado Ataneli developed the role of Verdi's Macbeth; in 1997 this proved to be the baritone's superb, highly celebrated debut at the Scala in Milan. First appearances at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Gran Teatre Lissabon as Renato and his debut as Nabucco with James Conlon at the Opera National Paris, Bastille followed in the 1999/2000 season. Since then, Lado Ataneli has been asked to sing Nabucco time and time again, appearing successfully as the King of Babylon in subsequent years at the Vienna State Opera, in Hamburg, the Festival in Orange, in Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Bilbao, and in 2003 under the musical direction of James Levine at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In 2003, Lado Ataneli sang together with Plácido Domingo at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in Franco Zefirellis production of I Pagliacci. In the same year he sang the role of Barnaba in the complete edition of La Gioconda, again with Placido Domingo, and under the musical direction of Marcello Viotti. He has appeared in Italy as Giorgio Germont in Venice, the Grand Pretre De Dagon in Genoa and Scarpia in Trieste.
In 2005 he performed the title role in Simone Boccanegra at the Civic Opera San Diego and Monforte in I Vespri Siciliani at the Washington National Opera, celebrating the theatre's 50th anniversary and Placido Domingo's 10th anniversary as Director. After his enormous success he returned to Washington as Macbeth. He sang Don Carlo in Ernani at the Berlin Philharmonie, Rodrigo at the L.A. Opera and Tonio in I Pagliacci at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. During the 2007/2008 season he appeared as Macbeth at the Metropolitan, conducted by James Levine. In 2008 he sang his first Barnaba in La Gioconda at the Teatro Real in Madrid and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and made his debut as Athanael in Massenet's Thais at the Teatro Regio in Torino. Among his highlights of the last season were Puccini's Il Tabarro with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Macbeth at the Edinburgh Festival, his San Francisco Opera debut as Scarpia and the opening night of the new Dallas Opera House as Jago in Verdi's Otello. His recent successes included highly acclaimed performances of La Traviata in Berlin, his first Viennese Iago followed by I Pagliacci, again at the Vienna State Opera and Aida in Munich. In June 2010 he made his celebrated debut as Tomsky in Pique Dame at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. In September 2010 he opened with great success the new season at the Metropolitan Opera as Rigoletto. At the Gala-concert Domingo and his Georgian friends in November 2011 in Batumi (Georgia), he once again worked with Domingo.
His diary is also filled with numerous gala concerts that are broadcasted in television and radio. In 2007 he sang a solo gala concert at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In 2002, the 'Academy of Sciences of the Caucasian People' made Lado Ataneli a member of honor. In his home country Georgia he was honored with several awards for his artistic engagement throughout the world. In 2009 he founded the Tanadgoma Foundation to support young artists. Organized by the Foundation a first voice competition for the Lado Ataneli scholarship took place in Tiflis in March 2010.
In 2005, Lado Ataneli recorded his first solo CD Opera Arias with the Slovakisches Rundfunkorchester under the musical direction of Ivan Anguélov followed by a second operatic recital with the Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lodovico Zocche, released on the Naxos label in December 2009.
In the summer of 2011 the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili awarded Lado Ataneli for his great success at the major opera houses around the world and for his charity work in his home country Georgia with the Shota-Rustaveli State Prize - the highest honorary award of Georgia in the fields of literature, art and architecture. Also this summer, he was honored by the Writers' Union of Georgia for his successful career and his charity work in Georgia with the title 'Knight of Charity'.
Liao Changyong's footprints spread all over the world. He has cooperated with more than a dozen of world-renowned orchestras and opera masters such as Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Ruth Ann Swansm to perform successful operas and dozens of concerts. In 2002, New York Opera House Symphony Orchestra and Carnegie Hall awarded Liao Changyong with "Distinguished Artist Award", and specifically held his solo concert in Carnegie Hall. Afterwards, he cooperated with New York Opera House Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Opera, Washington National Opera, Royal Opera House (the Netherlands) and other organs to stage such operas as Attila, Il Pirata, Trovatore, Un Ballo In Maschera, La Traviata, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Don Carlo and Carmen. Liao Changyong is praised by local media as "the most outstanding artist". The New York Times and Opera Magazine speak highly of Liao Changyong's performance and singing.
Liao Changyong is Vice President of Chinese Musicians Association, Vice President of Shanghai Musicians Association and Dean of Vocal Music Department in Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
After her piano and vocal studies at the Conservatory of Gy?r she continued to study in Budapest and completed her vocal studies at the Music Academy "Franz Liszt". She won several singing competitions including Karlovy Vary in 1989 and in Rome 1997.
She made her debut as Ulrica in Verdi's Masked Ball at the Hungarian State Opera in 1992 of which she has been a member since graduating from the Academy of Music (1993). She has built great repertoire, her speciality is singing Verdi and Wagner heroine roles.
The important roles of her broad repertoire include Bartók Judit, Amneris, Azucena, Eboli, Ulrica, Erda and Waltraute. She has worked with other outstanding artist such as J. Carreras, E. Nesterenko, R. Bruson, A. Rost, L. Polgár and renowned conductors such as Jurij Szimonov, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Rico Saccani, Kobayashi Ken-Ichiro.
As recognition of her artistic performance she received prestigious awards such as Juventus, Székely and Liszt Prize.
Busy concert schedule takes her to Japan, Brazil and in almost all countries of Europe where she is regularly invited to perform masses and oratorios as well as operas.
This year she will sing Ferenc Erkel's Bánk bán - Gertrudis in Los Angeles, and the conductor will be Placido Domingo.
In 2008 she debuted in La Traviata, in the theatres of Padua, Rovigo and Bassano del Grappa, hence obtaining extremely positive feedback from the critics.
In 2009 she debuted in La Vedova Allegra in Padua.
Recently she performed in the role of Nannetta in Falstaff, directed by Franco Zeffirelli at the Opera of Rome, for Un Ballo in Maschera in Salerno and in Macerata, Gilda in Rigoletto for la Fenice in Venice, in Bassano del Grappa, Padova and Rovigo.
In Venice she also sang Violetta in La Traviata, role that she'll sing again in Venice, as in Amsterdam and in Modena, Piacenza and Bolzano.
Luan Yitian was Liu in NCPA's production of Turandot.
Luan Yitian, a soprano who studied in Germany, graduated from the Music Academy Detmold. She acquired her master's degree of music with distinction (highest full mark). Later, She receives the diploma of the 'Konzertexamen Gesang' (doctoral's degree) at the Music Academy Cologne with distinction (again highest full mark). She has played many major roles in multiple operas, including Mimì in La Bohème, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Liu in Turandot, and Violettain in La Traviata, etc. Luan Yitian has appeared on the stage of Theater Bonn, Landestheater Detmold, Eutiner Festspiele, Markgraefliches Opernhaus Bayreuth, as well as other famous theaters. She participated in the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium, the 46th International Singing Contest Francisco Vinas in Barcelona, and was shortlisted as a finalist at the 'International Singing Competition Turandot' in Verona, and won the first prize at the '29th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition', the most authoritative international competition, in Vienna in the discipline Operetta, becoming the first Asian singer to win the honor. Meanwhile, she also obtained the 'Chambre Professionnelle des Directeurs d'Opéra Paris' special prize.
In 2008 he was admitted to the Department of voice and opera of the Central Conservatory of Music and studied under the famous bass-baritone, Prof. Zhao Dengying.
In 2009 he sang The Song of Utopia and played Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro in the opening night of the first Beijing International Comic Opera Season in 2010. In the same year, he was invited by the Opera Troupe of the PLA General Political Department to join the tour of the opera True Daughter of the Party in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui Province in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the CPC, in which he played Seventh Uncle.
Liu Songhu, a baritone and an associate professor of the Academy of Opera, Peking University, had been the resident solo of Nurnberg State Opera and visiting lecturer of Nurnberg Academy of Music. So far, he has starred in over 500 operas, with The Fall of The House of Usher been elected as the annual 'Best Opera' by the German Ministry of Culture. In addition, he won a series of awards at German 'New Voice' International Voice Competition, Toulouse International Voice Competition and other competitions. In 2007, he, as the first Chinese singer, won the top award at the Germany 'La Voce' International Artistic Songs Competition.
Since 2006 he became solo singer in Theater Ulm and has sung many important roles such as Figaro from Le nozze di Figaro, Sarastro from The Magic Flute, Banco from Macbeth, etc., which brought him critical acclaim in German as well as opera performing experience. He has also been invited to sing in concerts and operas around Europe.
The Chorus presented its debut performance in NCPA Opera Festival 2010, and has taken part in and gained critical acclaim from the performances of NCPA's Xi Shi, Carmen, La Traviata, L'elisir d'amore, Turandot, A Village Teacher, Tosca, Die Fledermaus, and The Chinese Orphan. As NCPA's resident chorus, it took part in Turandot (NCPA version) on the tour to Seoul Arts Center in January 2011 and gained high praise.
The Chorus has offered a great number of performances including Road to Revive, To the Music (debut), Roam About the Classics, To Our Motherland-- NCPA Chorus Concert for the Army Day, Arias of Love, Beethoven's ninth symphony, and Mahler's second symphony.
The Chorus has cooperated with top artists like directors Francesca Zambello and Giancarlo del Monaco; conductors Lorin Maazel, Lu Jia, and Li Xincao; singers Inva Mula, Juan Pons,Brandon Jovanovich, Dai Yuqiang, Warren Mok, Zhang Yalun, Zhang Liping, Sun Xiuwei, and Liang Ning. Its over-one-hundred performances have taken an active role in the further development of NCPA.
China NCPA Orchestra was established in March 2010. As the orchestra in residence of the National Centre for the Performing Arts of China, the orchestra performs regularly in NCPA's busy schedule of operas, ballets and concerts to great acclaim. Maestro Lu Jia is the orchestra's Principal Conductor. One of the founders of the orchestra, NCPA's Music Artistic Director, Maestro Chen Zuohuang is honored as the orchestra's Laureate Conductor. The orchestra also engages Singaporean conductor Joshua Kang Ming Tan as the Resident Conductor. The orchestra performs more than a dozen operas and ballets every year, together with about 30 symphonic concerts by the name of China NCPA Concert Hall Orchestra.
China NCPA Orchestra keeps an international standard for its arts quality and management. The musicians are from various countries and regions, and most of them have experience from working or studying in Europe or North America. Many artists have worked with this orchestra, including Maestro Lorin Maazel, Maestro Christoph Eschenbach, and soloists such as Stephen Kovacevich, Wang Yuja, Han-Na Chang, Leo Nucci, etc. Maestro Lorin Maazel has appeared with the orchestra in several operas and concerts, in his view it is 'an excellent, hard-working orchestra with great passion.' The orchestra keeps close working relationships with Maestro Maazel and Maestro Eschenbach.
In 2011, China NCPA Orchestra has won acclaim for its performances in NCPA's new productions of Tosca, The Barber of Seville, Die Fledermaus, and a newly composed opera The Chinese Orphan. At the same time, the orchestra was also deeply involved in NCPA's 2011 Gustav Mahler Cycle. Under the batons of maestros including Christoph Eschenbach, Yoel Levi and Jun Maerkl, the orchestra performed Mahler's Symphonies No. 1, 2, 3, 8 and 10. In this year the orchestra has also performed two concerts of contemporary music, with works from Takemitsu, Giya Kancheli, and a group of young Chinese composers. Mr. Kancheli himself attended the concert featuring his work.
Devoted to educational and outreach activities, China NCPA Orchestra has presented a series of Weekend Matinee Concerts since its establishment. With specially selected repertoire, performances of high quality and extremely low ticket prices, these concerts have won great acclaim from both audience and critics.
In the coming year 2012, China NCPA Orchestra will perform in NCPA's productions of The Flying Dutchman and Lohengrin. A notable list of artists including Maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Roger Norrington, Yan Pascal Tortelier, and Rudolf Buchbinder will perform with the orchestra for the first time, and Maestro Christoph Eschenbach will also return to give multiple concerts. Various tours are also under preparation currently.
NCPA aims to build a world-class orchestra with operation and management conforming to global practices while incorporating Chinese characteristics.
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Dedicated to the staging of epic operas, ballets and dance dramas, the golden Opera House is considered the centerpiece of the NCPA. Its main tone is golden color, which looks glamorous and splendid. In the auditorium are the stalls and three higher levels of balconies, which can seat an audience of 2,207, including the venue of SRO. It is equipped with a modern stage that can be moved up/down/backward/forward or rotated, a ballet stage that can slant, and a rising orchestra pit for the triple winds orchestra. All the cutting-edge staging mechanism provides artists with enormous possibilities of creative performance.
Dedicated to the staging of epic operas, ballets and dance dramas, the golden Opera House is considered the centerpiece of the NCPA. Its main tone is golden color, which looks glamorous and splendid. In the auditorium are the stalls and three higher levels of balconies, which can seat an audience of 2,207, including the venue of SRO. It is equipped with a modern stage that can be moved up/down/backward/forward or rotated, a ballet stage that can slant, and a rising orchestra pit for the triple winds orchestra. All the cutting-edge staging mechanism provides artists with enormous possibilities of creative performance.