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Modern Peking Opera: The Heroes of Longtan

Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Studio Theatre, Shanghai, China
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Saturday 2 November 2024
7:15 PM

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Important Info
Type: Opera Chinese
City: Shanghai, China
Starts at: 19:15

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

A spy war Peking opera based on real historical events, and it is also a heroic song on the early covert front of the Chinese Communist Party.

Li Jianfei and Jiang Yihai, once passionate young men and classmates, reunited in Shanghai after ten years of separation. Their different beliefs and pursuits made one of them a member of the CCP's special operations department, while the other became a devil in the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

From the moment Li Jianfei was sent by the Party to infiltrate the Central Bureau of Investigation, the former friends and today's rivals have been fighting and fighting again and again. Facing the surveillance and probing of Jiang Yihai and the Central Bureau of Investigation agents, a group of red agents including Li Jianfei, Hu Zhaoxiong, and Long Ke have withstood the test of wisdom, humanity, and even life and death again and again. When the Party Central Committee faced a major crisis, they continued to pass on intelligence at the risk of their lives, guarding the "red flower seeds" at the critical moment, saving countless comrades and defending the Party Central Committee!

Screenwriter: Li Li, Zhang Yu
Director: Yang Xiaoqing

Cast:

Li Jianfei: Blue Sky
Jiang Yihai: Dong Hongsong
Ye Hua: Tian Hui
Zhang Lai: Sun Wei
Li Yun: Zheng Jiao
Hu Zhaoxiong: Guo Yi
Dragon Ke: Pan Zijian

Venue Info

Shanghai Oriental Art Center - Shanghai
Location   425 Dingxiang Lu, near Century Blvd

The Shanghai Oriental Art Center is one of the leading performance and cultural facilities in Shanghai. The five interconnected hemispherical halls or "petals" are shaped to resemble a butterfly orchid from above. They comprise the Entrance Hall, the Concert Hall, the Opera Hall, the Performance Hall, and the Exhibition Hall. The high-tech ceiling changes color during the night to reflect the nature of the performances inside. Located off Century Avenue in Pudong, the SHOAC was opened with a New Year's Eve concert in 2004 and officially opened on July 1, 2005.

Various cultural and musical performances are held in the center, beginning from the 2005 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Shanghai Concert. It's a regular venue for concert performances and its popular "Chinese Traditional Opera Series" hosts performances by the China National Opera, the Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company and Shanghai Kunqu Company, and the Shanghai Yueju Opera Troupe. The OAC's Saturday Brunch Concerts claim audiences of over 100 000 every year.

The building was designed by French architect Paul Andreu and the Huadong Architectural Design & Research Institute. The façades are mainly laminated glass incorporating perforated metal sheets. The dark granite floors and multi-layered glass screen walls aim to create a softly diffused forest floor effect. The separate "petals" of the construction are hung with large distinctly colored pebbles to differentiate them. The backstage facilities include an Orchestra Rehearsal Hall, Choir Rehearsal Hall, Dance Rehearsal Hall, and Integrated Rehearsal Hall.

Concert Hall
The Concert Hall has 1953 seats, a computer-controlled elevating stage, and an 88-diapason 5-layer organ by Austria's Rieger Pipe Organ. It houses 2 VIP and 7 regular dressing rooms.

Opera Hall
The Opera Hall has 1015 seats, divided into three areas and designed to recreate the intimate experience of Italian opera houses. The orchestra pit is 120 m2 and able to accommodate up to 100 musicians. The central stage provides computer-controlled side, ice, and ballet platforms in addition to the main large-scale platform. It houses 2 VIP and 15 common dressing rooms.

Performance Hall
The Performance Hall has 333 seats and is modeled on semicircular Roman theaters. Its performance floor is golden Swiss pearwood. It has 4 dressing rooms.

Exhibition Hall
The Exhibition Hall is located on the second floor of its petal of the Oriental Art Center. It covers 250 m2 and has 9.8-meter  high walls.

Other facilities
The venue also features ancillary public facilities, including the 100-seat Paris Shanghai French restaurant open daily for lunch and dinner, the 530-square-meter (5,700 sq ft) Café Salon Etoile and an adjacent gift store, and 11 piano training classrooms. The Shanghai Gallery of Antique Music Boxes and Automata is located at the SHOAC, displaying over 200 antique music boxes and European automata, including the oldest extant music box in the world, constructed in 1796 by Antoine Favre-Salomon.

Important Info
Type: Opera Chinese
City: Shanghai, China
Starts at: 19:15
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