''Fang Zhimin'' is a Western-style Chinese opera by composer to a

libretto A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to th ...

by Feng Baiming and Feng Bilie based on the life of communist martyr

Fang Zhimin Fang Zhimin (, Wade–Giles: Fang Chih Min; August 21, 1899 – August 6, 1935) was a Chinese communist military and political leader. Life Fang was born in 1899. He was born in a poor peasant household in Yixian, Jiangxi Province. To propagate ...

."The NCPA opera commission ''Fang Zhimin'' welcomes national day"
NCPA, 30 September 2016 It was premiered on 28 September 2015. The opera was the ninth opera commission for the Chinese

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(NCPA). The NCPA released a making-of DVD featuring the

dress rehearsal The dress rehearsal is a full-scale rehearsal shortly before the first performance where the actors and/or musicians perform every detail of the performance. Dress rehearsal is often the final rehearsal before the premiere A premiere, also ...

to the production in 2017. A concert performance at the NCPA in Beijing in December 2015 was conducted by Lü Jia."NCPA Opera Commission ''Fang Zhimin''"
laviezine.com, 17 December 2015

References

2015 operas Chinese western-style operas Operas based on real people Operas Jiangxi in fiction Propaganda in China Cultural depictions of Chinese people Libretti by Feng Baiming and Feng Bilie Operas set in the Republic of China (1912–1949) {{opera-stub