Hao Weiya (Chinese 郝维亚, born

Xi'an Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by #Name, other names, is the list of capitals in China, capital of Shaanxi, Shaanxi Province. A Sub-provincial division#Sub-provincial municipalities, sub-provincial city o ...

) is a Chinese composer. His opera ''

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 op ...

'' (2009) was announced as the first "realistic" opera produced by the NCPA and

CNOH The China National Opera House (CNOH) or China Central Opera (中央歌剧院) is a State-run opera company based in Beijing, China, and under the Chinese Ministry of Culture. CNOH consists of an opera troupe, a choir, a symphony orchestra and a ...

. 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.

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