''Rickshaw Boy'' or ''Camel Xiangzi'' () is a 2014
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 ...
by
Guo Wenjing
Guo Wenjing (born 1 February 1956, in Chongqing) is a Chinese composer and educator.
Guo Wenjing is a contemporary Chinese composer. Unlike many Chinese composers who have studied and lived in other countries, he has only studied in Beijing. He ...
to a libretto by
Xu Ying
Xu Ying (徐瑛, born 1962) is a Chinese librettist.
His traditional Beijing opera librettos include Hunchback Prime Minister Liu (2002), Sun Wu the Strategist (2002), Cai Wenji (2003). He wrote the libretto for Bun Ching Lam's chamber opera Wen ...
after
Lao She
Shu Qingchun (3 February 189924 August 1966), known by his pen name Lao She, was a Chinese novelist and dramatist. He was one of the most significant figures of 20th-century Chinese literature, and is best known for his novel ''Rickshaw Boy'' a ...
's ''
Rickshaw Boy
''Rickshaw Boy'' or ''Camel Xiangzi'' () is a novel by the Chinese author Lao She about the life of a fictional Beijing rickshaw man. It is considered a classic of 20th-century Chinese literature.
History
Lao She began the novel in spring, 1 ...
''. It was premiered at the
NCPA, 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 P ...
in June 2014. NCPA Classics released both a DVD recording of the opera, and also a separate making-of documentary entitled ''Xiángzi de yǒngtàn'' (Xiangzi's chant) in 2017.
[祥子的咏叹——国家大剧院原创歌剧《骆驼祥子》创排纪实 The Making of Rickshaw Boy NCPA 2017]
References
2014 operas
Chinese western-style operas
Operas set in the Republic of China (1912–1949)
Operas
Operas based on novels
Operas by Guo Wenjing
Beijing in fiction
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