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China National Opera House - Die Walkure
Published on May 30, 2013
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Genre: NCPA
Dates: July 6-7, 2013
Venue: Opera House of NCPA
Prices: 100, 120, 230, 280, 330, 380, 480
Features: As the closing performance of the NCPA Opera Festival 2013, the China National Opera House will be performed the Wagner's most recognized masterwork Die Walkure at opera house of NCPA on July 6th-7th.
BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), is the second of the four operas that form the cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner. Die Walküre's best-known excerpt is the "Ride of the Valkyries".
Wagner took his tale from the Norse mythology told in the Volsunga Saga and the Poetic Edda. It received its premiere at the National Theatre Munich on 26 June 1870 at the insistence of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. It premiered in Wagner's Bayreuth Festival as part of the complete cycle on 14 August 1876. The opera made its United States premiere at the Academy of Music in New York on 2 April 1877.
China National Opera House
China National Opera House, established in 1952, is a national level theatre under China Ministry of Culture. It is a high standard theatre in China and the Asian-pacific area at present. The theatre consists of opera ensemble, the chorus, the Symphony Orchestra and the stage design department.
The opera ensemble boasts excellent opera performers who have won many important music awards in and out of China and has been very active on China and world opera stages. Most of the performers of the chorus troupe are graduates from famous academies of music of China, who are all well educated performers. The chorus has played a wide range of operas of different styles in and out of China. The symphony orchestra is famous for its instrumental performance, and has abundant operas that are played in world stage. Besides high quality décor design for theatre opera and concerts, they have also participated in many major performances and events. The opera troupe is one with competent composers, conductors, directors and stage designers etc. The Present Head of the Troupe is famous composer Liu Xijin.
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BOOKING INFORMATION
Booking From: Thursday, May 30, 2013
Booking Until: Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013
Show Time: Jul 6-7, 2013 / 7:30pm
Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
TICKET PRICES
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- 120
- 230
- 280
- 330
- 380
- 480
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