Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The 2024 New Year's Opera Gala was held at the National Centre for the Performing Arts on the evening of Dec. 29. Party and state leaders Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng, etc., gathered together with people from all walks of life in the capital to perform together to welcome the arrival of the New Year.
At night, the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) is full of warmth, laughter, and laughter. At about 19:50, the party and state leaders came to the party site, shook hands and exchanged greetings with the old artists who came to perform, and the audience burst into warm applause.
The heroes of the pear garden celebrate the new year, and the string songs sing the praises of the new journey. The enthusiastic opera instrumental ensemble "Welcoming Spring" kicked off the whole party. Excerpts from new works such as Peking Opera "Swinging Lake Boat", Taizhou Random Bullet "My Fanglin Village", Gaojia Opera "The Bride of Waitou", etc., are rooted in the fertile soil of life, echo the pulse of the times, and tell the high-spirited Chinese story and the happy life of the peoplePeking Opera "Flower Gun", "Red Lady", "Shilang Visits the Mother", "Chisang Town" and Yue Opera "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" and other classic singing passages are full of charm, showing the profundity and heritage of Chinese operaExcerpts from Kunqu opera "Single Knife Society", Qin Dialect, Huangmei Opera, Sichuan Opera "Sister Jiang", Peking Opera "Shajiabang" and other excerpts are exquisitely arranged, leading the audience to understand the heroic righteousness and the feelings of family and country through the stories of characters in different historical periodsThe children's Peking Opera performances "Kowloon Cup", "Dingjun Mountain" and martial arts opera "Heroic Heroes" have their own characteristics, highlighting the passing on of the torch and vitality of traditional arts. "In the new era, the five-star shines in the ...... of the EastThe opera song "Light of Culture" pushed the atmosphere of the party to the climax, singing the lofty ambition of the majority of opera workers to adhere to the guidance of first-class cultural thought, strengthen cultural self-confidence, and devote themselves to building a cultural power. The wonderful performances of the artists won the applause and warm applause of the audience.
The whole party gathered famous artists, excellent traditional repertoire and new masterpieces, showing the prosperity of the inheritance and development of opera art in the new era, and singing the triumphant song of the times on a new journey of chasing dreams.
In Beijing, members of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Communist Party of China, some leading comrades of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, state councilors, and some leading comrades of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and responsible comrades of relevant departments performed in Beijing.
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