A new cai luong (reformed opera) play about soldiers and their life in
the postwar period will be staged in HCM City to mark the 71st
anniversary of the Viet Nam People''s Army on December 22.
Three artists from HCM City and Can Tho Province have won top prizes at the 2015 Chuong Vang (Golden Bell) Awards, an annual cai luong (reformed opera) competition launched by HCM City Television.
A CD collection of tai tu pieces performed and recorded by Meritorious Artist Ba Tu, one of the region''s most famous musicians in cai luong (reformed opera), has been released in Long An Province.
A book of vong co (nostalgia) songs written by People''s Artist Vien Chau, one of the southern region''s most famous writers of cai luong (reformed opera), has been released in HCM City.
The region''s biggest cai luong (reformed opera)
theatre Tran Huu Trang will re-open next week in HCM City''s Tran Hung
Dao Street, District 1, after two years of renovation.
Cai luong (reformed opera) star Kim Tu Long is intensely focused on
attracting audiences back to theatres and having them learn about
historical events through the art.
Eight theatres have registered to join the first Ha
Noi Theatre Festival, to be held between September 25 and October 5. The
event celebrates the 60th anniversary of Ha Noi''s liberation from the
French invaders (October 10, 1954).
POPS Worldwide, a mobile technology and service company based in HCM
City, and a music partner of the YouTube network in Viet Nam, is
bringing cai luong (reformed opera) to the world via its YouTube channel.
A commemorative site for cai luong (reformed opera) musician Cao Van Lau
has been listed as a national relic, according to the Ministry of
Culture, Sports and Tourism.
