China National Opera and Dance DramaTheatre (CNODDT) Opera Troupe successfully completed the premiere performanceof its original musical Jiao Yulu at Shanghai Gymnasium on the evening ofAugust 28.
In musical Jiao Yulu, famous actor Li Xuejianwho played Jiao Yulu in Movie Jiao YuLu served as Art Director; Jiao Yulu’ssecond daughter Jiao Shouyun served as artistic adviser; Jiao Yulu’s grandsonand baritone soloist Yu Yin played Jiao Yulu. On the evening, Ms. Jiao Shouyunalso watched the performance. After the performance of the more than 40original songs, performers of CNODDT won good praises and warm applauses fromaudiences.
Zhu Yalin, Deputy President of CNODDT OperaTroupe, Plays Jiao Yulu
This year is the 50th anniversary for thedeath of Jiao Yulu. Musical Jiao Yulu is presented to carry forward Jiao Yulu’sspirits and touch audiences with true details and emotions, with a strongeducational significance at present. The musical consists of six parts:Memories under a Paulownia Tree, Winter in Lankao, New Changes of the World, IAm a Son of Lankao, Spring in Lankao and End. It shows Jiao Yulu’s movingstories during his tenure as Secretary of the CPC Lankao County Committee,particularly his leadership in fighting against water-logging, sandstorms andsalinization damage, fearless and unconquerable spirits in the face ofdifficulties and selfless efforts at his post even with cancer, so as toreveals the unpretentious, people-first, struggling, unconquerable andself-giving spirits of a good Party cadre.
Performance Spot
Musical Jiao Yulu has attracted wideattentions and won favors ever since its premiere performance in Beijing andbeen presented for 38 times in Henan. Subsequently, it came to the thirdstation—Shanghai. The musical will go on a tour in China to spread the movingstories of the people's good cadre.
