The Canal Ballad

The Ballad of [the] Canal or The Canal Ballad (Chinese: 运河谣) is a 2012 opera by composer Yin Qing based on Chinese folk music. The libretto was supplied by playwrights Huang Weiruo and Dong Ni and celebrates the story of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the longest canal in the world.[1] The opera premiered at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (China) in 2012. The use of Chinese folk music was a departure from the NCPA's previous western-influenced Chinese-language operas. NCPA's in house audio visual company released a making of documentary including footage of rehearsals in July 2017.[2]

The NCPA official making-of documentary

References
  1. NCPA Original Opera - The Ballad of Canal Will Debut Archived 2012-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 运河回响——国家大剧院民族歌剧《运河谣》创排纪实 NCPA 2017


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