Beijing, May 5 (Zhongxin Net) -- "Sanxingdui is an open structure, and the biggest charm and attraction of this drama is the 'unknown'. On the 9th, the large-scale original musical "Sanxingdui" announced the main creative lineup in Beijing. In an interview with the media, Wang Yong, the chief screenwriter of the play and president of the National Peking Opera House, said.

According to reports, "Sanxingdui" is one of the global promotion projects of "entering Sanxingdui to understand Chinese civilization", extracting the cultural core of Sanxingdui sites in an artistic way to create a "iQue Sanxingdui" performing arts journey.

Poster for the large-scale original musical "Sanxingdui". Photo courtesy of the organizer

A journey of adventure

The archaeologist is the main character in Sanxingdui. In the play, through the archaeologists "looking up at the starry sky, down-to-earth", passing on the torch to explore the process of history, showing the Chinese's spirit of exploring dreams and unknown worlds.

In his previous theatrical experience, Wang Yong had almost never touched the subject of cultural relics, "When collecting style, I repeatedly asked cultural relics experts and archaeologists how the Sanxingdui civilization disappeared. ”

"They say that the Sanxingdui civilization has not disappeared, but has been integrated into a larger cultural circle, but that country and city are indeed gone, and the reason for this is still inconclusive in the archaeological community." Wang Yong said.

This also leaves a lot of room for the imagination of creators. He designed an open structure for this drama, hoping to let the audience also think about where the Sanxingdui civilization went, "The biggest charm and attraction of this drama is 'unknown'. ”

Sanxingdui is so mysterious, for Wang Yong, participating in the creation of the musical "Sanxingdui" is also a journey of exploration and exploration.

Wang Yong, president of the National Peking Opera and chief screenwriter of the musical "Sanxingdui", delivered a speech. Photo courtesy of the organizer

In recent years, he has paid a lot of attention to opera, "musicals are based on opera, in simple words, songs and dances to perform stories. In the creation of the musical Sanxingdui, I pay special attention to singing. ”

Present the style of the archaeological site

In order to ensure the smooth structure and rigorous logic of the work, the main creators consulted a large number of documents, and visited the Sanxingdui site and museum in Sichuan many times to collect in-depth exchanges with two generations of archaeological experts in Sanxingdui, and strive to present the real archaeological site and the original appearance of cultural relics on the stage.

"The artifacts of Sanxingdui attracted me, and I also paid attention to the obscure archaeologists. This musical is through the perspective of archaeologists, entering Sanxingdui and entering the ancient Shu civilization. Wang Yong described that it is through the perspective of the archaeologists in the play to take the audience to a "crossing".

Referring to "Sanxingdui", director Tom Sutherland said that he will share the story through international language, music and dance, and common human emotions.

Tom Sutherland, director of the musical "Sanxingdui", delivers a speech. Photo courtesy of the organizer

In addition, considering the international tour, perhaps the most challenging aspect of the creation was how to make traditional Chinese content accessible to audiences of all cultural backgrounds around the world within a limited story scope.

It is worth mentioning that in the main creative cast of the musical "Sanxingdui", Wang Yong served as the chief screenwriter and Tom Sutherland (English) served as the director. Qian Lei and Tang Tian, who have co-created many popular songs such as "Wish", "The Lonely Brave" and "The World", will serve as the music director and the lyrics of the theme song of the play respectively.

According to Yu Tingting, general manager of Sihai, the musical "Sanxingdui" has launched national actor recruitment, and it is planned to premiere in October this year and start a national tour. (End)