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A Village Teacher
''A Village Teacher'' (Chinese: 山村女教师) is a 2009 Chinese-language western-style opera by composer Hao Weiya to a libretto by Liu Heng. Liu is well known for the scripts to films like ''Ju Dou'', '' The Knot'', and ''Assembly''. The opera was announced as "the first realistic opera produced by the NCPA". The premiere was directed by Chen Xinyi Chen Xinyi (born January 2, 1998) is a Chinese competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer, swimming freestyle, butterfly and individual medley. Career At the 2014 Asian Games, she won gold medals in the 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre butterfly and 4 ... with stage designs by Gao Guangjian, conducted by Lü Jia. In September 2021, the opera was rearranged under the name ''Summer Rainbow'' (夏日彩虹) by NCPA. References Chinese western-style operas Operas 2009 operas Works by Liu Heng {{opera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Village Teacher (opera)
''A Village Teacher'' (Chinese: 山村女教师) is a 2009 Chinese-language western-style opera by composer Hao Weiya to a libretto by Liu Heng. Liu is well known for the scripts to films like ''Ju Dou'', '' The Knot'', and ''Assembly''. The opera was announced as "the first realistic opera produced by the NCPA". The premiere was directed by Chen Xinyi Chen Xinyi (born January 2, 1998) is a Chinese competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer, swimming freestyle, butterfly and individual medley. Career At the 2014 Asian Games, she won gold medals in the 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre butterfly and 4 ... with stage designs by Gao Guangjian, conducted by Lü Jia. In September 2021, the opera was rearranged under the name ''Summer Rainbow'' (夏日彩虹) by NCPA. References Chinese western-style operas Operas 2009 operas Works by Liu Heng {{opera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese-language Western-style Opera
Chinese contemporary classical opera (Chinese: 当今古典歌剧; ''dāngjīn gŭdiăn gējù''; "contemporary classical opera") is a musical art form drawing on western opera traditions - distinct from modern developments of traditional Chinese opera. One of the first western-style operas was ''The White Haired Girl'' (1940). Chinese-language western-style opera is to be distinguished the Revolutionary operas of the Cultural Revolution such as ''Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy'' which were mainly an adaption of Peking opera with socialist text and subjects, with some influence from Soviet musical theatre. The 1950s-70s saw several patriotic socialist operas, such as ''Red Guards on Honghu Lake'' (1956). Modern operas with a continuation of "realist" socialist elements include ''A Village Teacher'' (2009). China has several separate ''geju'' companies under the Ministry of Culture, parallel with the traditional Chinese opera companies. The most prestigious are the Beijing-based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hao Weiya
Hao Weiya (Chinese 郝维亚, born Xi'an) is a Chinese composer. His opera ''A Village Teacher'' (2009) was announced as the first "realistic" opera produced by the NCPA and CNOH. He also created a new end for the opera ''Turandot ''Turandot'' (; see below) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, posthumously completed by Franco Alfano in 1926, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. ''Turandot'' best-known aria is "Nessun dorma", whi ...'' of Giacomo Puccini in 2008, where he wrote a new aria for Princess Turandot. References People's Republic of China composers Living people Chinese male classical composers Chinese classical composers Chinese opera composers Musicians from Xi'an Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Male opera composers {{China-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Heng (writer)
Liu Heng (; born in May, 1954) is a Chinese writer. He is generally seen as a realist writer. He became a professional writer in the 1970s after having worked as a peasant farmer, a factory worker and a soldier, classes which have served as fodder for his stories and, not coincidentally, classes which Mao Zedong promoted as the audience for literature in his 194Talks At The Yenan Forum On Literature And Art "Dogshit Food" won the 1985-86 best short story award. "Fuxi Fuxi" won him the national Prize for Best Novelettes in 1987, and was the basis for the film ''Ju Dou''. His novel "Hēi de xuě" (Black Snow; 黑的雪), about the problems faced by a young juvenile delinquent upon his release from prison, was made into a feature film, and "Pínzuǐ Zhāng Dàmín dē xìngfú shēnghuó" (The Happy Life of Chatter-box Zhang Damin;) has been made into a television series in the same name. Early life Liu Heng was born in May, 1954 in Beijing. Liu's native place is Mentougou Distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ju Dou
''Ju Dou'' () is a 1990 film directed by Zhang Yimou and Yang Fengliang and starring Gong Li as the title character. It is notable for being printed in vivid Technicolor long after the process had been abandoned in the United States. It was also the first Chinese film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, in 1990. The film is a tragedy, focusing on the character of Ju Dou, a beautiful young woman who has been sold as a wife to Jinshan, an old cloth dyer. The film was banned for a few years in China, but the ban has since been lifted. The Chinese government gave permission for its viewing in July 1992. The story originates from the novel ''Fuxi, Fuxi'' (伏羲伏羲) by Liu Heng.Gateward, Frances K. ''Zhang Yimou: Interviews'' (Conversations with filmmakers series, ISSN 1556-1593). University Press of Mississippi, 2001. , 9781578062621. p159 Plot ''Ju Dou'' takes place in the early 20th century in rural China. Yang Tianqing (Li Baotian) is return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knot (2006 Film)
''The Knot'' () is a 2006 Chinese film directed by Yin Li. It was China's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated. It won the Best Film in the 2007 Golden Rooster Awards, and was named Outstanding Film by the 2008 Hundred Flowers Awards. Plot They fell in love; Chen Qiushui was 20. Wang Biyun was 18. When Qiushui fled Taiwan after the 228 Massacre, Biyun gave him a gold engagement ring and they promised to meet again. Qiushui served as an army doctor during the Korean War, where he met Wang Jindi, a nurse from Shanghai who fell in love with him instantly. Years had gone by, Qiushui married Jindi and settled in Tibet. While in Taiwan, Biyun buried Qiushui's mother and continued to pray for his return. Flashback to modern time, Biyun is living in New York. Her niece played by Isabella Leong, a writer, has travelled to Tibet to find out what happened to Qiushui. Through the pictures she sends back via intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assembly (film)
''Assembly'' is a 2007 war film written by Liu Heng and directed by Feng Xiaogang. A co-production between China, Hong Kong and South Korea, the film stars Zhang Hanyu, Deng Chao, Yuan Wenkang, Tang Yan, Wang Baoqiang, Liao Fan, Hu Jun, Ren Quan and Li Naiwen. The film, ostensibly portraying an anti-war theme, was first released on 20 December 2007. It won the 2008 Hundred Flowers Awards and the 2009 Golden Rooster Awards for Best Film. Plot In 1948, during the Huaihai Campaign of the Chinese Civil War, Captain Gu Zidi leads the 9th Company of the 139th Regiment of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to capture a town controlled by the Republic of China Armed Forces (CNAF), then known as the National Revolutionary Army (NRA), during which they sustain heavy casualties from intense enemy firepower. Angered by the death of his political commissar, Gu attempts to execute the CNAF soldiers who surrendered. As a result, he is thrown in jail for three days by his superior, Colonel L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Xinyi
Chen Xinyi (born January 2, 1998) is a Chinese competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer, swimming freestyle, butterfly and individual medley. Career At the 2014 Asian Games, she won gold medals in the 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre butterfly and 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Failed doping test While swimming for the Chinese national team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Xinyi tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide, a banned substance. Following this, she was suspended from competition in the 2016 Summer Olympics by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The FINA, International Swimming Federation Doping Panel decided to impose on her a period of two years’ ineligibility, from August 11, 2016 to August 10, 2018 for her first anti-doping rule violation. Personal bests (long course) References External links Chen Xinyi's Weibo {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Xinyi 1998 births Living people Swimmers from Shanghai Chinese female medley swimmers Chinese female freestyle swimmers Chinese fema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gao Guangjian
Gao , or Gawgaw/Kawkaw, is a city in Mali and the capital of the Gao Region. The city is located on the River Niger, east-southeast of Timbuktu on the left bank at the junction with the Tilemsi valley. For much of its history Gao was an important commercial centre involved in the trans-Saharan trade. In the 9th century external Arabic writers described Gao as an important regional power, and by the end of the 10th century, the local ruler was said to be a Muslim. Towards the end of the 13th century Gao became part of the Mali Empire, but in first half of the 15th century the town regained its independence and with the conquests of Sunni Ali (ruled 1464–1492) it became the capital of the Songhai Empire. The Empire collapsed after the Moroccan invasion in 1591 and the invaders chose to make Timbuktu their capital. By the time of Heinrich Barth's visit in 1854, Gao had declined to become an impoverished village with 300 huts constructed from matting. In 2009, the urban commune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lü Jia (conductor)
Lü Jia (; born 1964 in Shanghai) is a Chinese-born Italian conductor. In 1991, when he was only 26, he was appointed as the Music Director of the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi and from 1991 to 1995 he was also principal conductor. In 1999, he became the principal conductor and director of the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (until 2005). In 2007 he conducted "La gazza ladra" by Gioachino Rossini at Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and it was released as a DVD from Dynamic. In 2008, he became music director of the Macao Orchestra. He is currently the chief conductor of the China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra The China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra () is a Chinese orchestra based in Beijing. It is the resident orchestra of the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) located in the Xicheng District of Beijing. The NCPA Orche .... References Italian male conductors (music) 1964 births Living people Musicians from Shanghai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Centre For The Performing Arts (China)
The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) (), and colloquially described as The Giant Egg (巨蛋), is an arts centre containing an opera house in the Xicheng District of Beijing, People's Republic of China. Designed by French architect Paul Andreu, the NCPA opened in 2007 and is the largest theatre complex in Asia. The NCPA is semi-spherical in appearance, with a long axis length of 212.20 meters in the east-west direction, a short axis length of 143.64 meters in the north-south direction, a height of 46.285 meters, an area of 119,900 square meters, and a total construction area of approximately 165,000 square meters, including 105,000 square meters of main buildings and 60,000 square meters of underground, auxiliary facilities, with a total cost of 3.067 billion yuan. The centre contains an opera hall, music hall, theater and art exhibition halls, restaurants, audio shops, and other supporting facilities. Architecture Construction The exterior of the NCPA is a steel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Western-style Operas
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