Unremitting Pursuit of Dreams: A Chronicle of Talents from Shanghai Kunqu Opera on the 50th Anniversary of Their Artistic Journey

Author: Ye Changhai / Cai Zhengren, Editors
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: No. 9 Shaoxing Road has witnessed history. What we are about to meet are a group of Kunqu opera artists like the Shang Kun. They graduated from the first Kunqu actor class of Shanghai Theatre Academy, commonly known as the "Kun Da Ban," and are a batch of Kunqu performance talents nurtured by New China. In 2004, their artistic careers celebrated their 50th anniversary. Fifty years ago, they were led into the of Kunqu opera. Over the past fifty years, they have made the ancient art bloom with new brilliance. After fifty years, they have long become the undisputed pride of this land. Fifty years, half a century—this is a wholehearted commitment, a precious guardianship. Today, as Kunqu opera has already garnered worldwide attention, as the status of national culture and ancient arts is receiving ever-wider attention, and as more people gaze and breathe in the distant fragrance of traditional art, the efforts of these artists have become even more evident in their extraordinary value.