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Ayiguli
''Ayiguli'' (阿依古丽) is a 1966 Chinese-language western-style opera composed by Shi Fu and Wusi Manjiang. The libretto follows the script of the film '' Red Flowers on Tianshan'' (Chinese 天山上的红花). It tells the story of the Chinese Kazakh minority communist women's troupe leader Ayiguli, her education of her husband Asihar, and her struggle with anti-revolutionary A counter-revolutionary or an anti-revolutionary is anyone who opposes or resists a revolution, particularly one who acts after a revolution in order to try to overturn it or reverse its course, in full or in part. The adjective "counter-revolut ... elements fighting with the masses.''Marxism and aesthetics: a selective annotated bibliography'' Page 25 Lee Baxandall - 1968 BRAGA, Anthony, "'Ayiguli' - A New Operatic Heroine," EH, July 1966, 2 3-24. illus. Close account of a revolutionized Peking opera. References {{reflist Chinese western-style operas Operas 1966 operas Xinjiang in fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese-language Western-style Opera
Chinese contemporary classical opera (Chinese: 当今古典歌剧; ''dāngjīn gŭdiăn gējù''; "contemporary classical opera") is a musical art form drawing on western opera traditions - distinct from modern developments of traditional Chinese opera. One of the first western-style operas was ''The White Haired Girl'' (1940). Chinese-language western-style opera is to be distinguished the Revolutionary operas of the Cultural Revolution such as '' Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy'' which were mainly an adaption of Peking opera with socialist text and subjects, with some influence from Soviet musical theatre. The 1950s-70s saw several patriotic socialist operas, such as '' Red Guards on Honghu Lake'' (1956). Modern operas with a continuation of "realist" socialist elements include ''A Village Teacher'' (2009). China has several separate ''geju'' companies under the Ministry of Culture, parallel with the traditional Chinese opera companies. The most prestigious are the Beijing-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Flowers On Tianshan
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary color (made from magenta and yellow) in the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson, and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy. Red pigment made from ochre was one of the first colors used in prehistoric art. The Ancient Egyptians and Mayans colored their faces red in ceremonies; Roman generals had their bodies colored red to celebrate victories. It was also an important color in China, where it was used to color early pottery and later the gates and walls of palaces. In the Renaissance, the brilliant red costumes for the nobility and wealthy were dyed with kermes and cochineal. The 19th century broug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
