A Chinese opera entitled Erquan will be performed at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on May 22 and 23 as part of the 2019 NCPA Opera Festival.

 

 

 

Produced by the Wuxi Song and Dance Drama, the play is the first original Wuxi opera ever to be produced, and is based on the life story of Wuxi's visually-impaired folk musician Hua Yanjun, commonly known as A Bing. "A Bing's most famous work – Erquan Yingyue – has been referred to as the 'Chinese Fate Symphony', so it wasn't a hard decision to tell his life story for Wuxi's first original opera," said Liu Zhongbao, president of the Wuxi Song and Dance Theatre.

 

 

Chief Director: HUANG Dingshan
Librettist: REN Weixin
Composer: DU Ming
Conductor: HUANG Yanjia
Set Designer: ZHOU Danlin
Lighting Designer: HU Yaohui
Sound Designer: SONG Duoduo
Costume Designer: WANG Yukuan
Hair Style Designer: FANG Xuling
Deputy Director: SHI Ji

 

Abing (HUA Yanjun): WANG Hongwei
Caidi, wife of Abing: GONG Shuang
HUA Qinghe, father of Abing: ZHANG Haiqing
Aunt, the foster mother of Abing: JIN Leixin
Mrs. WU, mother of Abing: GONG Yan