Meritorious Artist Le Tu (R), who has nearly 20 years in the theatre, one of the four artists to play the role of Thay Ba Doi (Teacher Ba Doi), a cai luong play featuring 50 veteran artists that celebrates 100 years of the art (Photo courtesy of the producer)HCM City (VNA) – As many as50 talented artists of the Vietnam Cai Luong Theatre of Hanoi and Tran HuuTrang Theatre of HCM City staged a play on April 29 in the Mekong Delta provinceof Long An to celebrate 100 years of cai luong (reformed opera).
The 150-minute play, Thay Ba Doi(Teacher Ba Doi), portrays the career of famous musician Nguyen Quang Dai, aguru of cai luong who helped develop tai tu music, a genre of traditionalmusic, and cai luong in the South.
It focuses on the career of the musician in 1885, when he moved from hisbirthplace, the central city of Hue, to Saigon (HCM City now) to teach tai tumusic.
It aimed to honour the contributionsof Dai in promoting Hue royal music and cai luong.
The play combined both traditionaland modern performance styles. The producers at the two theatres spent a lotfor the production, including costumes, sound and light effects, according toMeritorious Artist Nguyen Trung Kien, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Cai LuongTheatre, one of the play’s four directors.
On the occasion, businesses donated 1.8 billion VND to upgrade Van PhuocCommunal House relic site in My Le commune, Can Duoc district, where the tabletwith musician Nguyen Quang Dai’s name is placed.-VNA
The 150-minute play, Thay Ba Doi(Teacher Ba Doi), portrays the career of famous musician Nguyen Quang Dai, aguru of cai luong who helped develop tai tu music, a genre of traditionalmusic, and cai luong in the South.
It focuses on the career of the musician in 1885, when he moved from hisbirthplace, the central city of Hue, to Saigon (HCM City now) to teach tai tumusic.
It aimed to honour the contributionsof Dai in promoting Hue royal music and cai luong.
The play combined both traditionaland modern performance styles. The producers at the two theatres spent a lotfor the production, including costumes, sound and light effects, according toMeritorious Artist Nguyen Trung Kien, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Cai LuongTheatre, one of the play’s four directors.
On the occasion, businesses donated 1.8 billion VND to upgrade Van PhuocCommunal House relic site in My Le commune, Can Duoc district, where the tabletwith musician Nguyen Quang Dai’s name is placed.-VNA
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