北京大学歌剧研究院成立 首届“金葵花”中国歌剧艺术成就大典

The Peking University Academy of Opera Was Founded

本刊讯4月9日,国内第一所专门从事歌剧研究、创作和表演的高等教学科研机构——北京大学歌剧研究院的成立仪式在北京大学百周年纪念讲堂隆重举行。

On April 9th,2010,the inauguration ceremony of the Peking University Academy of Opera,the first higher education institute specialized in opera research,creation and performance ever in China,was held at the Centennial Hall of Peking University.It is for the first time that a systematic,independent and complete discipline of opera study has been established in the country.The academy will give such majors as opera theory,opera performance,operas and musicals composition,direction,theatre design and techniques,as well as opera production and management with an aim to train opera professionals of higher levels.Opera singer Ms Jin Man became the first president of the academy.Its faculty is composed of such famous artists as Fu Haijing,Dai Yuqiang,Warren Mok and Li Weikang.Following the inauguration ceremony was a special event entitled 'Chinese Opera Achievements Celebration',sponsored by Peking University and co-presented by Peking University Academy of Opera and China Opera Research Society,in which 19 Chinese artists who have made great contributions to Chinese operas in the fields of composition,performance,direction,stage art,theory,education,organization and management were granted the 'Honour of Lifelong Achievements'.All these veteran artists were born before December 31st,1930 and are now over 80 years old,and a few over 90 years old,but all have worked for opera art for over 50 years.The event was designed to honour those opera artists of the older generation who have dedicated themselves to the development of Chinese operas.For this purpose,a jury of experts selected by China Opera Research Society chose,according to strict selection criteria,the winners of seven awards,i.e.'Lifelong Honour for Playwright','Lifelong Honour for Composer','Lifelong Honour for Performing Artist','Lifelong Honour for Director','Lifelong Honour for Voice Educator','Lifelong Honour for Theorist' and 'Lifelong Honour for Outstanding Contribution'.In order to honour the inauguration of the Peking University Academy of Opera and the success of the Chinese Opera Achievements Celebration,a concert of Chinese and foreign classic operas entitled 'Golden Sunflower Opera Night' was held on the evening of April 9th at the Centennial Hall of Peking University under the auspices of China Merchants Bank,Peking University Academy of Opera and China Opera Research Society.The concert featured many celebrated Chinese opera artists such as Dai Yuqiang,Jin Man,Warren Mok,Wei Song,Sun Xiuwei and Liu Shan,who performed arias of Western classic operas such as La Traviata,Aida,Turandot,Carmen,Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Tosca,as well as arias of Chinese operas such as The White-haired Girl,Red Coral,The Red Army on the Red Lake,The Wilderness,The Song of Youth,Shajiabang and The Azalea Mountain.Their performances enabled the audience to fully enjoy the great charms of the art of opera.