Shaanxi Travel Group and the Broadway gold medal production team have joined forces and spent three years carefully polishing the first domestic "Silk Road" themed musical "The Sound of the Silk Road" for the international market, will be officially held in Xi'an on July 23. Meet everyone.

"Before people arrive, the sound is heard first." Before the premiere of "The Sound of the Silk Road", it has received widespread attention: CCTV has reported many times and praised it as China's first "Silk Road" themed musical for the international market, creating a new model of "tourism + musical", which provides valuable experience for Chinese culture to go global; it has been nominated for the "Top Ten Innovative Projects for the Integrated Development of Culture and Tourism in 2020"... a "rising star" in the cultural and tourism industry is rising.

Why has it attracted so much attention? Let's take a look at the "confidence" of "The Sound of Silk Road".

A model of domestic real-life performing arts

Five thousand years of cultural accumulation have given Shaanxi unparalleled cultural heritage and charm. Shaanxi Tourism Group embodies Shaanxi's rich tourism resources and regional characteristics, adheres to the concept of "deeply exploring history and culture and creating high-quality projects", and has always been at the forefront of the domestic tourism and performing arts field. "Song of Eternal Regret", which is famous at home and abroad, is difficult to get a ticket and has won many good results. It has caused countless tourists to "bow down" and has become the standard blueprint for domestic real-life performing arts. There are also a series of performing arts projects with regional and cultural characteristics, such as "Graduation Form","The Past Story of the Family", and "12.12", which form a strong performing arts matrix, expand the domestic and foreign performing arts project market, and achieve cultural export. Shaanxi Travel Group has become one of the benchmarks in the field of real-life performing arts in China.

Broadway Gold Medal Production Team

The Nederun family is the brightest golden sign on Broadway. The major plays they produce or copyright include "Beauty and the Beast","Hamilton","Rent","The Wicked Witch","Aida" and other world-renowned works, and have won hundreds of honorary awards, including the Tony Award, the New York Theater Board Award, the Peripheral Theater Critics Award, the Grammy Award and various other awards. In order to create "The Sound of Silk Road", a musical tailored for China, the Nidelun family gave a list of creators who shine with the aura of Broadway:

Producer Don Frantz has participated in the production of top prison concert musicals such as "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Lion King";

Director Gabriel Barre, who was nominated for a Tony Award and has an orthodox "Broadway" gene, directed the classic Broadway musical "Amazing Grace";

Screenwriter Marc Acito is a Broadway playwright and novel writer. He has been involved in the screenwriting of the Broadway musical "Loyalty" and the off-Broadway musical comedy "The Villain Jones".

How exciting will such a luxurious lineup make "The Sound of Silk Road" present? Presumably many people are already eager to wait.

International casting standards

Producer Don Frantz said that musicals require actors to have comprehensive skills in singing, dancing and acting. The actors of "The Sound of the Silk Road" master all three skills well and work very seriously. What impressed him the most was the strong memory of the actors and their amazing speed of mastery.

Nian Manting-the actress played Susu. She is a stage actress, singer, and dancer. She graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and studied under Teacher Dai Dexin. Her masterpieces of musicals include the Chinese version of "The First Date", the Chinese version of "Mamma Mia", the original musical "The Untold Secret", etc. When talking about why she was selected, she said that her personality, image, voice, etc. might be similar to that of the Huns girl Susu.

Ding Hui--the actor who plays the leading role of Joey. A graduate of the Shanghai Academy of Drama, he is a young man in Xi'an. His musicals include "My Bucket List","Uncle Long Legs","The Queen of Coquettish","The Ultimate Broadway", etc. In the interview, he said that the singing, body shape, and exercises were all good, which may be the reason why the production team selected him, or of course, it may also be because "I am from Xi'an." I am extremely proud and looking forward to bringing such an original production to Xi'an this time.

Shaanxi Travel Group with rich practical experience + Broadway gold medal production team + international casting standards make people's appetite interesting. Currently,"The Sound of the Silk Road" is undergoing intensive rehearsals in the Beijing Avenue Theater Valley. I believe that the premiere of the Shaanxi Grand Theater on July 23 will bring an audio-visual feast that transcends time and space to the audience and add a different luster to the world.