National Cai Luong Festival 2024 closes

(CLO) The Art Council of the 2024 National Cai Luong Festival believes that young authors and directors should penetrate reality more, truly integrate into the contemporary flow to find creative materials for themselves.

On the evening of November 15, at the Can Tho City Cultural Center, the closing ceremony of the 2024 National Cai Luong Festival took place.

This year's festival took place from October 25 to November 15, with the participation of 29 domestic and foreign art units, competing in 33 plays, with the participation of more than 1,000 artists, actors, and musicians.

The Organizing Committee awarded 4 Gold Medals to the plays. Photo: D.A.

In his closing remarks, screenwriter Nguyen Sy Chuc, Chairman of the Art Council, highly appreciated the richness and diversity of the performances of the works participating in the festival. Many plays were of high artistic quality, with clear and profound themes and ideas, expressing the unique and unique beauty of the art of Cai Luong drama.

In the creative sector, in addition to the established names, many young authors have shown their abilities through screenwriting or reforming opera with techniques that bear a strong personal creative mark. Young directors have emerged who have proven their talent with the responsibility of leading the creative team.

With the core force being actors, the most obvious is the love for the profession and the desire to show talent. The festival is not only a big festival for professionals but also a place to accumulate and pass on the most creative skills of the art of reformed opera.

In particular, the continuity of generations is a highlight of the Festival when many People's Artists and Meritorious Artists have become the pillars that create confidence for young artists entering the competition.

Cai luong play "Chat ngoc Cam Thi giang" of Tay Do Theater - Can Tho

However, there are still authors who use the script inappropriately, do not refine the lyrics, which does not create excitement for the audience and makes it difficult for the actors to perform. There are still some plays that are "showy" when determining the problem, the dramatic conflict is unreasonable; they do not create sparkling images for the characters, making the story vague and monotonous...

On behalf of the Arts Council, Mr. Nguyen Sy Chuc said that young authors and directors should penetrate more into reality, truly integrate into the contemporary flow to find creative materials for themselves.

In addition, the 2024 National Cai Luong Festival has an increase in the number of works and units participating in the festival, which is a positive sign. However, besides units that seriously invest in works, there are still some units that do not invest adequately, some units even choose award-winning scripts from decades ago to remake; or units that only focus on roles that can win medals and do not care about the artistic elements of the play.

At the end of the Festival, the Organizing Committee awarded 4 Gold Medals to the plays: “Xuan Huong Nu Si” (Hanoi Cai Luong Theater); “Nguoi con cua rung tram” (Long An Cai Luong Art Troupe); “San ho do” (Tran Huu Trang Cai Luong Theater), “Chat ngoc Cam thi giang” (Tay Do Theater - Can Tho) and 8 Silver Medals to other plays.

The play "Red Coral" of Tran Huu Trang Opera House won the Gold Medal. Photo: D.A

In the individual awards, 41 Gold Medals and 63 Silver Medals were awarded to outstanding artists and actors.

In addition, the Organizing Committee also awarded 5 awards to the youngest male and female actors; awards to creative teams; many additional awards to recognize excellent directors, excellent adaptation authors, excellent singers, excellent orchestras, excellent musicians, excellent artists, costume designers, excellent images, etc.

Khanh Ngoc

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/lien-hoan-cai-luong-toan-quoc-2024-keu-goi-cac-nghe-si-tham-nhap-thuc-te-nhieu-hon-post321579.html