Tell the story of China with opera. The original opera of the National Grand Theatre made its debut in 65 American radio stations.

　　At noon on October 8, local time, the original opera "Summer Rainbow" of the National Centre for the Performing Arts was broadcast in the whole drama in the famous radio program "Opera Series" of Chicago Classical Music Station (WFMT), and will be broadcast in 65 American radio stations, including new york Classical Music Station (WQXR), Washington Classical Music Station (WETA), Illinois Public Media Station and New Mexico Classical Music Station (KHFM). This is also the first time that China’s realistic opera has been widely broadcast in overseas mainstream media.

　　China’s original opera sails out to sea and listens to China’s voice.

　　China’s original opera "Summer Rainbow" broadcast this time is a brand-new version of the first realistic opera "Mountain Village Female Teacher" created and launched by the National Centre for the Performing Arts in 2009. In 2021, the National Centre for the Performing Arts once again assembled the creative team, re-polished the script and music, and renamed the work "Summer Rainbow".

　　The play was written by Liu Heng, composed by Howie, and performed by Zhang Yi, the leading actor of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, and the chorus and orchestra of the National Centre for the Performing Arts. The opera tells the touching story of Yang Caihong, a female teacher in a poor mountain area, who devoted her life to the education in the mountain village. Although "Summer Rainbow" is sung in Chinese, it interprets the story of China, but the composer Hao Wei skillfully combines the western opera creation skills with China music elements and aesthetic interests. The music is both symphonic, lyrical and dramatic, and at the same time it is full of strong China style and rural situation.

　　George Preston, vice president of Chicago Classical Music Broadcasting Network and a senior opera producer, said with excitement after listening to Summer Rainbow: "We are very excited to premiere the original opera Summer Rainbow composed by Javier for the National Centre for the Performing Arts to the world. Mr Howie studied composition in Europe. This work combines traditional western composition techniques with China language, which makes people feel both familiar and unfamiliar. I sincerely hope that the National Centre for the Performing Arts can continue to commission China composers to create opera works and continuously expand the opera repertoire. "

　　"The broadcast of Summer Rainbow on Chicago Classical Music Radio is not only the first time for this opera, but also the first time for the American audience to play the original China opera produced by the National Centre for the Performing Arts, which is of symbolic significance. It shows the world the strength of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in opera creation, and also conveys the voice of China, the spirit of China, the value of China and the strength of China to the world. " Wei Lanfen, director of the repertoire production department of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, said.

　　andTop international theaters "sing operas" on the same stage to open up a new situation of cultural going out to sea

　　Together with Summer Rainbow, there are also eight classic opera works produced by the National Centre for the Performing Arts: Pearl Picker, Water Fairy, merry widow, Romeo and Juliet, Don pasquale, Faststaff and Love Glycol.

　　It is reported that "Opera Series" is a weekly broadcast program produced by Chicago Classical Music Broadcasting Network all the year round. Each program plays an excellent opera work of the world’s top theaters, and works with metropolitan opera’s radio programs to undertake the annual opera broadcast content of Chicago Classical Music Radio, which is deeply loved by the audience. In 2022, the National Centre for the Performing Arts, as the only representative of Asian theaters, presented 25 opera works in the "Opera Series" together with 12 world-class art institutions, including the Paris National Opera House, the Royal Opera House, the vienna state opera Opera House in Austria, the Scala Opera House in Italy and the Salzburg Art Festival in Austria. The "Opera Series" program is not only broadcast on Chicago Classical Music Radio, but also selected by public radio stations in the United States through the public radio exchange platform (PRX). Because of its excellent content and excellent production, the "Opera Series" is broadcasted by dozens of radio stations every year, covering almost the whole United States.

　　George Preston, the vice president of the Chicago Classical Music Broadcasting Network, announced that the National Grand Theatre had joined the "Opera Series" program in official website several weeks before the grand theatre program started. "The National Grand Theatre is well-known in the opera world for its high-quality artistic standards and production standards. They brought together the best opera talents at home and abroad, and produced and performed a number of lively and vital opera works. I think our audience will be surprised to find that national centre for the performing arts, with only a short history of 15 years, has a music level comparable to that of world-renowned theaters with a history of over 100 years. "

　　On the other side of the ocean, once again "hand in hand", civilizations learn from each other and communicate with each other through art

　　"Opera Series" is the second cooperation between NCPA and Chicago Classical Music Broadcasting Network. In January, 2022, the two sides jointly produced the 13-episode series radio program "The Voice of the National Centre for the Performing Arts" for the first time, which was broadcast in 25 radio stations and 125 cities and regions in the United States, causing strong repercussions.

　　This time, the NCPA was invited by Chicago Classical Music Broadcasting Network to participate in the production of "Opera Series". The two sides jointly selected eight NCPA to produce operas, and invited more than ten Chinese and foreign artists, including Hao Wei, Zhang Yi, Shi Yijie, Zhou Xiaolin, Song Yuanming, Francesco Merry, donato Rencetti and Olga Pellejiacko, to accept online interviews and deeply interpret their works.

　　Gong Jicheng, vice president of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, said: "The participation of self-made operas in the’ Opera Series’ program broadcast by the Grand Theatre has further deepened the exchanges and cooperation between China and the United States in the field of culture and art.. We spread the voice of China to the world through radio waves, telling the story of China with operas, and showing the artistic level of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in opera production. I hope the audience will like our works. "