Authentic opera Marco Polo rehearsed and revived in Guangdong

GUANGZHOU, China, Could 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The opera “Marco Polo” landed on the Guangzhou Opera Home from Could third to 4th. Practically 200 Chinese language and overseas pals spectated the efficiency. This three-act opera, sung in Chinese language, permits the viewers to study the historical past and carry ahead the friendship between China and Italy.

Born in Italy within the thirteenth century, Marco Polo got here as soon as to China. His journey guide, The Travels of Marco Polo, detailed what he noticed and heard in China, setting off the primary “China fever” in historical past within the West. The opera Marco Polo is the results of East-West cooperation and the fusion of Chinese language and Western cultures. The main artistic group of the play got here from all around the world. The scriptwriter is Chinese language modern poet Wei Jin and the composer is Enjott Schneider President of German Composers Affiliation DKV. It premiered on the Guangzhou Opera Home in 2018, was directed by Kasper Holten, former Director of Opera at Royal Opera Home Covent Backyard in London. After that, it has visited Quanzhou and returned to its “hometown” Italy for performing, which attracted nice consideration from all around the world.

This 12 months marks the twentieth anniversary of the China-Italy Complete Strategic Partnership in addition to the 700th loss of life anniversary of Marco Polo. The opera Marco Polo was revived by Shi Jingfu, director of the China Nationwide Opera Home. Gianluca Zoppa, an Italian scriptwriter, producer, director, and actor who has lived in Guangdong for a very long time, stated after watching the efficiency, “This play not solely conforms to the aesthetics of Western audiences, but additionally opens up their creativeness of the East.” A Chinese language spectator Tracy and her Venezuelan boyfriend Rei felt significantly touched after watching the efficiency, she stated: “The opera tells the story of the substitute of the 2 dynasties primarily based on the love story of Mark Polo and Chuan Yun, however really represents the collision of various cultures. The opera additionally displays the love story of her relationship together with her boyfriend, which could be very intense, so it additionally triggers deeper pondering and resonance.”

Earlier than the opening of the opera on the night of Could 4th, the “Sharing Salon to An Encounter with Marco Polo” hosted by the GDToday was held on the Guangzhou Opera Home. As a supporting exercise for the revival of the opera Marco Polo, practically 200 representatives of the Consulates Common and Chambers of Commerce from 29 nations, Chinese language and overseas pals had been invited to speak about Sino-foreign cultural exchanges and study from one another’s civilizations.

The Salon exhibited the well-known portray “Marco Polo’s Reverie” by the well-known Italian painter Sandro Trotti and the work of Guangdong artist Wang Shaoqiang, who’s collaborating in La Biennale di Venezia in Italy. A variety of representatives from China and Italy shared their views on Marco Polo in addition to China–Italy exchanges and cooperation.

“Each China and Italy have a protracted historical past and cultural heritage. The exchanges and cooperation within the cultural side will certainly improve the friendship between the 2 peoples.” Italian Consul Common in Guangzhou, Mr. Valerio De Parolis, stated in an interview with the reporter of GDToday.

Guangdong is among the vital beginning factors of the Maritime Silk Highway, and has been a serious middle of East-West commerce and cultural exchanges since historic instances.

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