ARTS / MUSIC
Thoughtful reflection
A scene from
La Traviata Photo: Courtesy of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Yu Long Photo: Courtesy of the Shanghai Symphony OrchestraSince everything has returned to nearly normal in China, people have begun heading back to cultural venues such as cinemas and theaters just like before COVID-19. This was especially true to the Qingming Festival over the weekend. People were so hungry for art that all 8,000 tickets for
La Traviata, the three-act opera by Giuseppe Verdi at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), sold out four days before the opera's premiere on Thursday.
The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, led by renowned conductor Yu Long, performed the music for the opera, which features diva Zhang Liping as Violetta Valéry and Shi Yijie as Alfredo Germont.