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Lei Lei
Lei Lei (雷蕾) is a Chinese classical composer. She is best known for her music for TV dramas such as ''Plainclothes Policeman'', ''Aspiration'', and ''The Yellow Storm''. She has written two Chinese-language western-style operas to librettos by Zou Jingzhi: Xi Shi (opera) (2009) based on the story of Xi Shi and ''The Chinese Orphan'' (2011) based on the story The Orphan of Zhao. The premieres of both were at Beijing's NCPA. Works *Visitors on the Icy Mountain (opera) ''Visitors on The Icy Mountain'' is a Chinese contemporary classical 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 op ... References People's Republic of China composers Living people Chinese women classical composers Chinese opera composers Chinese classical composers Women opera composers Year of birth missing (living people) {{China-composer-stub ...
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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 ...
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Zou Jingzhi
Zou Jingzhi (邹静之, 1952) is a Chinese playwright. He has written the librettos for two Chinese-language western-style operas by woman composer Lei Lei: Xi Shi (opera) based on the story of Xi Shi, and ''The Chinese Orphan'' (2011) based on the story The Orphan of Zhao. The premiere of both operas was at Beijing's NCPA. Filmography * '' Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles'' (2005) (screenplay) * ''The 601st Phone Call'' (2006) (writer) * ''My Kingdom'' (2011) (screenplay) * '' The Grandmaster'' (2013) (screenplay) * '' Coming Home'' (2014) (screenplay) * ''Xuanzang Xuanzang (, ; 602–664), born Chen Hui / Chen Yi (), also known as Hiuen Tsang, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making contributions to Chinese Buddhism, the travelogue of ...'' (2015) (screenplay) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zou, Jingzhi Chinese dramatists and playwrights 1952 births Living people 20th-century C ...
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Xi Shi (opera)
''Xi Shi'' is a 2009 Chinese-language western-style opera by woman composer Lei Lei to a libretto by Zou Jingzhi. The plot is based on the story of Xi Shi Xi Shi (Hsi Shih; , ) was, according to legends, one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China. She was said to have lived during the end of the Spring and Autumn period in Zhuji, the capital of the ancient State of Yue. In traditional st .... The premiere was at Beijing's NCPA. NCPA Original Opera Xi Shi
"It is the first original opera produced by National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), which adopts Western opera to interpret the ancient legends about beauty Xi Shi in a brand new way, recreating grand view of the war between the .."


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Xi Shi
Xi Shi (Hsi Shih; , ) was, according to legends, one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China. She was said to have lived during the end of the Spring and Autumn period in Zhuji, the capital of the ancient State of Yue. In traditional stories, Xi Shi was named Shi Yiguang (施夷光). She was discovered by the Yue minister Fan Li and given to King Fuchai of Wu by King Goujian of Yue in a sexpionage operation which successfully brought down the State of Wu in 473 BC. This account first appeared in ''Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue'' published five centuries after the conquest, and is completely absent in earlier works such as '' Guoyu'', '' Zuo zhuan'', and ''Records of the Grand Historian''. Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diao Chan and Yang Guifei are known as the “Four Beauties in Ancient China”, among which Xi Shi is the first. Appearance Xi Shi's beauty was said to be so extreme that while leaning over a balcony to look at the fish in the pond, the fish would be so ...
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The Chinese Orphan
''The Chinese Orphan'' (Chinese: 赵氏孤儿) is a 2011 Chinese-language western-style opera by woman composer Lei Lei to a libretto by Zou Jingzhi. The plot is based on the story The Orphan of Zhao ''The Orphan of Zhao'' is a Chinese play from the Yuan era, attributed to the 13th-century dramatist Ji Junxiang (紀君祥). The play has as its full name ''The Great Revenge of the Orphan of Zhao''. The play is classified in the ''zaju'' genre .... The premiere was at Beijing's NCPA in 2011. The international premiere was at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre in March 2012. A documentary relating to the commissioning of the opera and with excerpts from rehearsals was one of the first releases of the NCPA's own in house audio and video company in 2017.雪里的梅花 国家大剧院原创歌剧《赵氏孤儿》创排纪实 NCPA 2017 References Chinese western-style operas Operas 2011 operas The Orphan of Zhao Operas by Lei Lei Works by Zou Jingzhi {{opera- ...
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The Orphan Of Zhao
''The Orphan of Zhao'' is a Chinese play from the Yuan era, attributed to the 13th-century dramatist Ji Junxiang (紀君祥). The play has as its full name ''The Great Revenge of the Orphan of Zhao''. The play is classified in the ''zaju'' genre of dramas. It revolves around the central theme of revenge.. The play is divided in six parts, comprising five acts (折 ''zhe'') and a wedge (楔子 ''xiezi''), which may be an interlude or—as it is in this case—a prologue. It contains both dialogue and songs. The story of ''The Orphan of Zhao'' takes place during the Spring and Autumn period. The protagonists are General Han Jue in the first act, the retired Minister Gongsun Chujiu (公孙杵臼) in the second and third act, and the Zhao orphan in the final two acts. ''The Orphan of Zhao'' was the first Chinese play to be known in Europe. Background Until Ji Junxiang's play in the 13th century, the story appeared in prose form as historical narrative. After Ji's play, stage drama ...
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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 ...
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Visitors On The Icy Mountain (opera)
''Visitors on The Icy Mountain'' is a Chinese contemporary classical 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 ... composed by Lei Lei after the plot and songs of the 1963 film of the same name.CHNCP国家大剧院原创歌剧《冰山上的来客》巡演专题纪录片《冰山万里情》亮相央视 2016/09/07/ref> References {{Opera-stub Operas 2014 operas Chinese western-style operas ...
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People's Republic Of China Composers
People's, branded as ''People's Viennaline'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH'', is an Austrian airline headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport in Switzerland. History Founded as People's Viennaline in 2010, the first revenue flight of the company took place on 27 March 2011. For several years, People's only operated a single scheduled route between its homebase and Vienna. However, the route network has since been expanded with some seasonal and charter services. In November 2016, People's inaugurated the world's shortest international jet route (and, after St. Maarten-Anguilla, second shortest international route overall). The flight from St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, Switzerland, to Friedrichshafen Airport, Germany, took only eight minutes of flight over Lake Constance and could have been booked individually. The airline faced severe criticism for this service fr ...
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