In 1998, as a young singer, I collaborated with the Shanghai Opera House on the first opera of my career, Aida, which was performed at the Shanghai Grand Theatre. I hope that in the future days, I can have more cooperation with the Shanghai Opera House and the Shanghai Grand Theatre to present more wonderful performances to the audience.
This year marks the 25th year of soprano Hehui's active presence on the international opera stage, and she has returned to Shanghai, where her opera career began, and was awarded the "Artist of the Year 2022" by Shanghai Opera House & Shanghai Grand Theatre, opening a new round of collaborations with the two theaters.
In addition, she will be the first artist to lecture at the Turandot Master Workshop, bringing 13 "Hehui Opera Vocal Art Lessons" to Shanghai audiences in the coming week.
As early as more than 20 years ago, the first female protagonist of Hehui's opera career, "Aida", also cooperated with the artists of the Shanghai Opera House and performed at the Shanghai Grand Theatre.
In the following 20 years of career, Hehui and Shanghai have formed an indissoluble relationship.
In 2017, Xu Zhong served as the director of the Shanghai Opera House and directed the first classic new drama "Aida" performed at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, and invited Hehui to star.
In 2019, Shanghai Opera Invited Hehui to star in "Turandot" to travel to the Middle East together to open the 2019-2022 performance season of Dubai Opera and amaze the Persian Gulf. After his triumphant return, he reappeared at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, where Hehui set a box office record of more than 3,000 19-day sales.
Last year, Hehui performed extraordinary in the 2021 autumn and winter performance season of Shanghai Opera House and the opening plays of the 2021-2022 performance season of Shanghai Grand Theatre, "Country Knight" and "Clown", and the audience witnessed the "miracle" of Hehui playing two roles in one night.
On February 18-19, 2022, Hehui will once again land at the Shanghai Grand Theatre with "Turandot" to sing the first sound for the opening of the new performance season of the Shanghai Opera House in 2022.
After Hehui was awarded the "Artist of the Year 2022" today, as Xu Zhong, the director of the Shanghai Opera House, sounded the gong with her, the Turandot Master Workshop was officially launched.
A vocal appreciation session of the "Turandot" Master Workshop was immediately opened, and the main actors in the opera "Turandot" each brought different repertoire singing segments.
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Liu'er's performance of "Master, You Listen to Me" and "Princess Your Cold Heart", Ping Pangpeng's performance of Tao Kuo, Zheng Yao and Wu Botao's trio of "My Hometown in Hunan", and Timur's role of Yu Yang's "Wake Up, Liu'er", all of which have been recognized by Hehui and pertinent suggestions for further excellence.
The "Tosca" aria "For Art for Love", co-performed by Xu Zhong and Hehui, also concluded the appreciation meeting.
This is the fourth time that I have collaborated with the artists of the Shanghai Opera House on the opera "Turandot", and I can feel the common progress and tacit understanding between me and the artists every time. Whether it is the artists' solid singing skills or their understanding of the drama and characters, as well as the depth and professionalism of the music played by the band, it is the guarantee of the perfect presentation of the performance.
It is worth mentioning that the opening vocal appreciation meeting of the "Turandot" Master Workshop is the first lecture of the "Hehui Opera Vocal Art Class".
In the coming week, Hehui will conduct professional guidance for the main characters and choral actors through 13 open classes for her most familiar and favorite opera "Turandot", which is also the upcoming opera of shanghai opera house, and will also select some classic opera singing segments for on-site teaching.
At the same time, the Master Open Class will also open up some observation places, providing valuable observation and learning opportunities for the majority of vocal music practitioners, students and enthusiasts.
After the Spring Festival, "Turandot" will be used as the "Opening Year Drama" in 2022, led by the famous conductor, pianist and president of the Shanghai Opera House Xu Zhong, the famous soprano singer He Hui, together with tenor singer Han Peng, soprano singer Zhao Lili, etc., and the singers of the Shanghai Opera House will perform at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, looking forward to the artists bringing new surprises to the audience.