''Fang Zhimin'' is a Western-style Chinese opera by composer to a
libretto by Feng Baiming and Feng Bilie based on the life of communist martyr
Fang Zhimin
Fang Zhimin (, Wade–Giles: Fang Chih Min; August 21, 1899 – August 6, 1935) was a Chinese communist military and political leader.
Life
Born in a poor peasant household in Yixian, Jiangxi Province, Fang joined the Chinese Communist Party in ...
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["The NCPA opera commission ''Fang Zhimin'' welcomes national day"]
NCPA, 30 September 2016 It was premiered on 28 September 2015.
The opera was the ninth opera commission for the Chinese
National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA). The NCPA released a making-of DVD featuring the
dress rehearsal
A rehearsal is an activity in the performing arts that occurs as preparation for a performance in music, theatre, dance and related arts, such as opera, musical theatre and film production. It is undertaken as a form of practising, to ensure t ...
to the production in 2017. A concert performance at the NCPA in Beijing in December 2015 was conducted by
Lü Jia.
"NCPA Opera Commission ''Fang Zhimin''"
laviezine.com, 17 December 2015
References
2015 operas
Chinese western-style operas
Operas based on real people
Operas
Jiangxi in fiction
Propaganda in China
Cultural depictions of Chinese men
Libretti by Feng Baiming and Feng Bilie
Operas set in the Republic of China (1912–1949)
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