The Ballad of the Canal

The Ballad of the Canal or The Canal Ballad (Chinese: 运河谣) is a 2012 opera by composer Yin Qing based on Chinese folk music as well as Western opera styles.

The NCPA official making-of documentary

The libretto, supplied by playwrights Huang Weiruo and Dong Ni, is a love story during the Ming dynasty that celebrates the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the longest canal in the world.[1]

The opera premiered at China's National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in 2012.

The use of Chinese folk music within an opera was a departure from the NCPA's previous western-influenced Chinese-language operas. NCPA's in-house audio visual company released a "making-of" documentary, including footage of rehearsals, in July 2017.[2]

On September 9, 2023, a production of the opera from the NCPA, conducted by Lu Jia, was broadcast across the U.S. and elsewhere on the WFMT Radio Network Opera Series.[3]

References
  1. "NCPA Original Opera - The Ballad of Canal Will Debut". Archived from the original on June 29, 2012.
  2. 运河回响——国家大剧院民族歌剧《运河谣》创排纪实 NCPA 2017
  3. "Feature: Operas from China to be aired in radio broadcast across U.S." The Star.


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