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    The lights of the Shanghai Theater are on again! Let's play together tonight

    The familiar literary and artistic life is returning to Shanghai citizens.
    On July 8th, the main performance venues in Shanghai gradually opened up, the long-lost bell rang again, and the dark lights came on again!
    Operas, dance dramas, concerts... That night, the artists returned to the long-awaited theater to share the night of art with the audience in Shanghai with the most enthusiastic singing, the most passionate performance, and the most beautiful dance steps.
    "You Are the Love of My Heart" World Classic Opera Aria Concert

    "You Are the Love of My Heart" World Classic Opera Aria Concert

    "Gardenia Blooms"

    "Gardenia Blooms"

    "La Traviata" surging news reporter Ding Xiaowen photo

    "La Traviata" The Paper reporter Ding Xiaowen photo

    Starting again, the reenactment show is full of sincerity
    At present, the maximum capacity of indoor performance venues in Shanghai does not exceed 50% of the original plan, and the major theaters will be full of sincerity in their re-performance schedules on July 8.
    "Turandot", "La Traviata", "Madame Butterfly" and "The Kingdom of Smiles"... As the first performance of the relaunch of the Shanghai Grand Theater, the Shanghai Opera House presented the "You Are My Love in My Heart" world classic opera aria concert, leading the audience Explore the different styles of Italian, French and German operas.
    The performance lineup was luxurious. Shanghai Opera House Artistic Director and tenor Wei Song led the singing lineup, and joined hands with Han Peng, Xu Xiaoying, Song Qian and others to sing loudly. The dean of the Shanghai Opera House and pianist Xu Zhong led the piano lineup and relayed with Zhang Chengjie, Cui Lan and Yang Song, filling the performance with a sense of ceremony.
    "I am especially looking forward to tonight's performance. All the solo performers will be on stage. Dean Xu Zhong will personally accompany us on the piano. The rehearsal is very pleasant." Wei Song said. "Being able to meet opera fans again on the stage, at this moment can only describe the current mood with 'wonderful'!" Xu Zhong said, the reason why the concert was named "You Are My Love in My Heart" was that he hoped to use the opera "Beautiful" to describe the current mood! The most famous aria in The Kingdom of Smiles, "to express the love in our hearts, the love of the opera, the love of the stage, the love of the audience".
    From 10 am to 10 pm, the Shanghai Concert Hall lasts for 12 hours, welcoming the audience with exhibitions, tours and concerts.
    At 10:00, the new national music immersion art special exhibition "How is it in the world" was re-launched, using the integration of light and shadow and national music to create a three-dimensional national scenery. At 14:00, thirty spectators led an orderly tour of this 92-year-old legendary building under the leadership of the concierge.
    Mr. Xu's family of three is on the tour, and his son has been learning the piano for two years. "I heard that the concert hall is open, so we quickly made an appointment to visit and want to bring the children to experience the artistic atmosphere." Ms. Zhang also brought her daughter who is learning piano. "It's really splendid! I hope my daughter will have a new understanding of the history of the concert hall. This is a touching extra-curricular art education."
    At 19:30, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra performed "Gardenia Blossoms" with a youthful atmosphere, and performed the sound of gardenia blossoms with Chinese music. A group of special audiences were welcomed at the scene. They were 100 volunteers of the Municipal Volunteer Association specially invited by the Shanghai Grand Theater Art Center to thank them for their dedication in the front line of the fight against the epidemic.
    "In the midsummer when the gardenias are blooming, we reunite at the theater again!" said Luo Xiaoci, head of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra. The reason why "Gardenia Blooms" was chosen as the orchestra's first offline performance after resuming work is because I hope to share a journey of blooming flowers and express my thoughts to the audience with fresh Shanghai-style folk music.
    Shanghai Cultural Plaza and Shanghai Ballet welcomed dance fans with the ballet "La Traviata". The lead star Wu Husheng and the main actor Qi Bingxue sat on the scene, reproducing the sadomasochism of Marguerite and Armand who met, fell in love but could not be together.
    The public welfare ticket for the performance was 80 yuan, and the tickets were sold out within five minutes. Echoing the theme of this year's performance season, "Go to the Garden", the lobby of the Cultural Plaza is full of flowers, "blooming" with more than 20 huge flowers.
    Before the performance, the 97-year-old conductor Cao Peng flipped the stars representing the "world of life" to unveil the theater's "Star Picking". He was also the first "honorary audience" of the Cultural Plaza's restart. The five "Children of the Stars" played the brass quintet and blew the horn of the show's recovery with a cheerful and passionate melody.
    As a frequent visitor to the Cultural Plaza, Miss Zou came to the scene that night. After the theater was reopened, she couldn't hold back her joy, and bought 6 performance tickets in a row, including "Santa Lucia", "Beagle" and "Fan Letter". Every day of my life is very happy, and I feel that life has hope again.”
    Mr. Liu liked musicals when he was studying in the United States. One of the performances he watched recently was the Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet, a self-made musical by Culture Square. You can observe the actors’ performances up close, and you can be more involved and more empathetic.”
    Shanghai Grand Theater regularly disinfects the theater environment

    Shanghai Grand Theater regularly disinfects the theater environment

    The Shanghai Concert Hall concierge covers the auditorium with isolation seat covers

    The Shanghai Concert Hall concierge covers the auditorium with isolation seat covers

    Shanghai Cultural Plaza regularly disinfects the theater environment

    Shanghai Cultural Plaza regularly disinfects the theater environment

    Build a solid bottom line, escorted by electronic sentinels
    At the same time as the colorful reopening of the theater, it is also consolidating the social responsibility for the safe operation of epidemic prevention and control, and consolidating the bottom line of epidemic prevention and control.
    On July 5, the Shanghai Performance Industry Association organized major theaters to conduct a pre-rehearsal training. From fire safety to epidemic prevention and standardized operations, the theaters were carefully prepared according to the standards.
    The Shanghai Grand Theater released audience admission guidelines on the day that offline performances resumed. The guidelines are updated according to the "Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic in Shanghai Theaters and Other Performance Venues (First Edition in 2022)", and are promoted by the "theatre assistant" Drama in a prominent position, from whether you have a physical ticket or not. , taking transportation methods, etc., to plan the precautions for the audience, especially for the planning before the performance, the protection during the performance and the emergency situation, there are detailed tips.
    The staff of the Shanghai Grand Theater told reporters that comprehensive preventive disinfection has been carried out many times in the theater environment, and the frequency of disinfection has been appropriately increased in key areas, and sufficient masks, hand sanitizers, disinfectants and other epidemic prevention materials have been provided. Arrange and implement "digital sentinels" at the entrances of each audience, security and other staff are in place, and do a good job of site code, application code, itinerary code, nucleic acid detection information, mask wearing, body temperature monitoring and other mandatory inspections, and deploy no smartphones. Human service programs for the population.
    The day before offline performances resumed, the Shanghai Concert Hall released the "Guidelines for Audience Epidemic Prevention" formulated according to the latest version of the epidemic prevention policy through self-media, reminding the audience that they need to prepare a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 72 hours before entering the venue. On July 8, the Shanghai Concert Hall used seat covers to separate the auditorium according to the 50% occupancy rate. There are also strict restrictions on the number of theater visitors, no more than 30 people per batch. Audiences are required to wear masks correctly and maintain a safe distance throughout the concert hall.
    Shanghai Concert Hall will also conduct comprehensive preventive disinfection in public areas every day. When entering the venue, enable the "digital sentinel" to scan the application code to verify the negative nucleic acid test certificate, and measure the body temperature of the audience to speed up the check-in efficiency and improve the audience experience. Eye-catching "Guidelines for Audience Epidemic Prevention" are posted all over the theater, and disinfection supplies are provided for audiences to use. The site is equipped with a special person to manage the site and remind the audience to take precautions against the epidemic.
    "We are fully prepared for the reopening, especially in the epidemic prevention section, and have been dynamically adjusting according to the latest epidemic prevention requirements of the city and district to provide a safe viewing environment." Fang Liang, general manager of Shanghai Concert Hall, told reporters that the concert hall The front-line staff must wear N95 masks, disposable gloves, and hold a negative nucleic acid report within 24 hours. "For us, epidemic prevention is a red line that is always tight. Only by ensuring epidemic prevention safety can we ensure the future. The performance went smoothly, making offline performances normalized.”
    In order to ensure a 50% current limit, on the day of the restart of offline performances at Shanghai Cultural Plaza, the auditorium was separated by a seal printed with the lyrics of the musical. Feel warm. In addition, the Cultural Plaza also placed paper commemorative tickets on each seat, which was full of warmth.
    After the gate of the theater opens, Shanghai Cultural Plaza will implement an epidemic prevention model of "outdoor venue code + indoor electronic sentinel". Through the management of movement lines and process management, the audience's entry will be ensured in a simple and orderly manner. In the normal operation and maintenance, daily disinfection and maintenance will be carried out, and the public areas and confined spaces will be disinfected every 2 hours to create a safe and harmonious environment for the audience.
    In addition, there is a "nucleic acid kiosk" outside Gate 2 of Maoming South Road in Shanghai Cultural Plaza (opposite to Ruijin Building), which is an emergency nucleic acid sampling point. It is open from Monday to Sunday for residents of nearby communities and audiences who come to the theater. Normalized nucleic acid detection provides convenience.

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