China News Service, Quanzhou, July 1st (Reporter Sun Hong) Zheng Xiaoying, the first female female opera symphony conductor in New China, performed the "Salute to the Most Beautiful Retrograde in the City" Charity Symphony Concert on the evening of June 30 in Fujian Quanzhou Grand Theater The performance paid tribute to the workers on the front line of epidemic prevention and control. It is reported that this is also the first performance resumed by Quanzhou Grand Theater since the epidemic.
The “Salute to the Most Beautiful Retrogrades in the City” public welfare symphony concert was performed by the Symphony Orchestra of Xiamen Song and Dance Theatre. Sun Hongshe
The concert that night was performed by the Xiamen Song and Dance Theater Symphony Orchestra. The 91-year-old Zheng Xiaoying took the baton in his hand and moved freely.
Zheng Xiaoying used to be the chief conductor of the Central Opera House and the director of the Conducting Department of the Central Conservatory of Music. Now he is the artistic director of the Zheng Xiaoying Opera Art Center. Her passionate and soothing commanding style has been welcomed by countless fans at home and abroad, and her performance style of speaking and acting is praised by the media as the "Zheng Xiaoying Model", affecting several generations of peers, students and audiences.
Before the performance, Zheng Xiaoying (right) shared the highlights of the concert. Sun Hongshe
Zheng Xiaoying introduced that this concert selected cheerful repertoires such as "Festival Overture" to pay tribute to the "most beautiful retrogrades in the city" such as medical staff, police and security. This year coincides with the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, so I chose the prelude to Beethoven's work "Egmont" to share with you.
In addition, overtures such as operas "La Traviata", "William Retreat", "Ruslan and Lyudmila" were staged in sequence, and finally "The Ode to the Red Flag" was finalized and presented to the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
In order to raise public awareness of epidemic prevention, publicize the positive energy of anti-epidemic, and play the role of an important participant in Quanzhou’s arts and cultural undertakings, Quanzhou Grand Theater also launched a soliciting activity for the public welfare works of “Looking for the Most Beautiful Retrograde in the City”. On display at the 1st Anniversary Art Exhibition of Quanzhou Grand Theater. (Finish)