Beijing National Grand Theater (NCPA) tickets 21 October 2024 - Peking Opera Classics Gala In Commemoration of the 130th Anniversary of MEI Lanfang's Birth | GoComGo.com

Peking Opera Classics Gala In Commemoration of the 130th Anniversary of MEI Lanfang's Birth

Beijing National Grand Theater (NCPA), Theatre, Beijing, China
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Important Info
Type: Concert
City: Beijing, China
Starts at: 19:30

E-tickets: Print at home or at the box office of the event if so specified. You will find more information in your booking confirmation email.

You can only select the category, and not the exact seats.
If you order 2 or 3 tickets: your seats will be next to each other.
If you order 4 or more tickets: your seats will be next to each other, or, if this is not possible, we will provide a combination of groups of seats (at least in pairs, for example 2+2 or 2+3).

Overview

2024 marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Mei Lanfang, the master of Peking Opera and the founder of Mei School, and the 90th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Mei Baojiu, the son of Mr. Mei Lanfang, the successor of Mei School and the former head of the Mei Lanfang Peking Opera Troupe of Beijing Peking Opera Theater. In order to commemorate the outstanding contributions made by two generations of Peking Opera masters to Chinese opera art, Beijing Peking Opera Theater has gathered contemporary Mei School art masters and newcomers from all over the country to grandly hold the "Mei Yun Liu Fang" national tour in 2024 to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Mei Lanfang and the 90th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Mei Baojiu. This is a concentrated display of Peking Opera Mei School art in the contemporary era, and it is also a practical action of Beijing Peking Opera Theater to actively implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's proposal of "focusing on continuing the Chinese cultural heritage and promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture".
The national tour of the "Mei Yun Liu Fang" project will be held in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Harbin, Nanjing, Wuhan, Jinan, Taizhou, Suzhou and other places throughout 2024, with a scale of more than 70 performances. At the same time, we invited brother troupes from Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hubei and other places to perform together, and received strong support from theaters such as the National Grand Theater, Chang'an Grand Theater, Shanghai Tianchan Yifu Stage, Tianjin Binhu Theater, and Jixiang Grand Theater.
The first performance of the national tour was grandly opened at Peking University on March 16. So far, 39 performances have been performed in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing and other places. The Meipai art of Peking Opera is dedicated to drama fans from all over the country, which has aroused strong heated discussions and achieved good social, economic and artistic benefits.

Hosts: Bao Fei, Liu Shuoyu

"Magu Offering Longevity" "Yao Chi received the order from the Holy Mother"

Singer: Liu Shuoyu
"The Heavenly Girl Scattering Flowers" "The Xumi Mountain outside the clouds is visible in the sky"

Singer: Xing Ying
"Locking the Five Dragons" "A command was given to tie them up outside the tent"

Singer: Wang Yingzheng
"Rainbow Pass" "Young General Bo Dang showed up in front of the battle"

Singer: Ma Na
"Phoenix Returns to the Nest" "Should have taken refuge with my mother in Gaojing"

Singer: Bai Jin
"Fighting Taiping" "Sigh that the hero lost his power and fell into the trap"
Singer: Ma Botong
"The Hate of Life and Death" "I hear the drums of the first watch again"
Singer: Zheng Xiao
"Xie Yaohuan" "Xie Yaohuan has been in the palace for nine years"
Singer: Dou Xiaoxuan
"Huo Xiaoyu" "Huo Xiaoyu's lotus cup is filled with yellow rattan wine"
Singer: Chang Qiuyue
"The Phoenix Returns to the Nest" "I received a strict order from my parents a few days ago"
Singer: Li Hongyan
"Fishing for Golden Toads" "Tell Zhang Yi, my son, to listen to his mother's teachings"

Singer: Kang Jing
"Mu Guiying Takes Command" "The whole family is excited after hearing the news from the border"
Singer: Zhang Xinyue
"Flying Tiger Mountain" "An Jingsi was born with a weak fate"
Singer: Bao Fei
"Fan Jin Zhongju" "I heard the call of Ah Niu again"
Singer: Zhang Jianfeng
"Xi Shi" "Thinking of the spring breeze blowing through Zhuluo Village"
Singer: Wang Yan
"Tai Zhen Wai Zhuan" "Hearing the palace maid's request in front of the palace"
Singer: Wang Yi
"Three Niangs Teaching Her Son" "Wang Chun'e was overjoyed when she heard a word"
Singer: Zhang Huifang
"Su Wu Shepherding Sheep" "I sigh that Su Wu was trapped in the desert "Sea of ​​Bitterness"
Singer: Zhu Qiang
"Brave Farewell" "The noble spirit rises to the sky"
Singer: Li Hongtu
"Zhulianzhai" "There were three great sages in the past"
Singer: Du Zhenjie
"Xi Shi" "The wind blows through the water palace and the autumn air is tight"
Singer: Hu Wengeb
"Mu Guiying Takes Command" "Three cannon shots are like thunder"
Singer: Wei Haimin

*The above content (including performance time, lineup, program and performance ticket price, etc.) may be changed, subject to the final performance, for reference only.

Venue Info

Beijing National Grand Theater (NCPA) - Beijing
Location   2 W Chang'an Ave

The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) is an arts centre containing an opera house in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The Centre, an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 5,452 people in three halls and is almost 12,000 m² in size. It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Construction started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.

The exterior of the theater is a titanium-accented glass dome that is completely surrounded by a man-made lake. It is said to look like an egg floating on water, or a water drop. It was designed as an iconic feature, something that would be immediately recognizable.

The dome measures 212 meters in east–west direction, 144 meters in north–south direction, and is 46 meters high. The main entrance is at the north side. Guests arrive in the building after walking through a hallway that goes underneath the lake. The titanium shell is broken by a glass curtain in north–south direction that gradually widens from top to bottom.

The location, immediately to the west of Tiananmen Square and the Great Hall of the People, and near the Forbidden City, combined with the theatre's futuristic design, created considerable controversy. Paul Andreu countered that although there is indeed value in ancient traditional Chinese architecture, Beijing must also include modern architecture, as the capital of the country and an international city of great importance. His design, with large open space, water, trees, was specially designed to complement the red walls of ancient buildings and the Great Hall of the People, in order to melt into the surroundings as opposed to standing out against them.

Internally, there are three major performance halls:

The Opera Hall is used for operas, ballet, and dances and seats 2,416 people.
The Music Hall is used for concerts and recitals and seats 2,017 people.
The Theatre Hall is used for plays and the Beijing opera. It has 1,040 seats.
The NCPA also distributes filmed and recorded performances of its concerts, plays and operas through the in-house label NCPA Classics, established in 2016.

The initial planned cost of the theatre was 2.688 billion yuan. When the construction had completed, the total cost rose to more than CNY3.2 billion. The major cause of the cost increase was a delay for reevaluation and subsequent minor changes as a precaution after a Paris airport terminal building collapsed. The cost has been a major source of controversy because many believed that it is nearly impossible to recover the investment. When the cost is averaged out, each seat is worth about half a million CNY. The Chinese government answered that the theater is not a for profit venture.

The government sanctioned study completed in 2004 by the Research Academy of Economic & Social Development of the Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, of the upkeep costs of the building were publicized in domestic Chinese media:

The water and electricity bills and the cleaning cost for the external surface would be at least tens of millions CNY, and with another maintenance cost, the total could easily exceed one billion CNY. Therefore, at least 80 percent of the annual operational costs must be subsidized by the government for at least the first three years after the opening, and for the rest of its operational life, at least 60 percent of the annual operational cost must be subsidized by the government.

The director of the art committee of the National Centre for the Performing Arts and the standing committee member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Mr Wu Zuqiang (吴祖强) and the publicist / deputy director of the National Centre for the Performing Arts Mr Deng (邓一江) have announced that 70 percent of the tickets would be sold at low price for ordinary citizens, while 10% of the tickets would be sold at relatively expensive prices for separate market segments, and the 60% of annual operating cost needed to be subsidized by the government would be divided between the central government and the Beijing municipal government.

Important Info
Type: Concert
City: Beijing, China
Starts at: 19:30
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