2025年戏曲百戏（昆山）盛典开幕

Core Insights - The 2025 National Traditional Opera Festival (Kunshan) has commenced, featuring over 3,000 performers from 31 opera genres and 53 troupes, showcasing 107 performances, highlighting the vibrant development of traditional Chinese opera [1] Group 1: Event Overview - This year's festival marks the seventh anniversary since its inception in 2018, having gathered 348 opera genres, including puppet and shadow plays, and has become a benchmark platform for talent selection, training, and support for opera genres [1] - The festival has been upgraded to include five main activities and five extended activities, focusing on performance, heritage, and public benefit, creating a comprehensive cultural feast [1] Group 2: Talent Development - The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has been promoting the construction of opera talent teams, implementing a national training plan for leading opera performers, and selecting excellent cases of opera creation from 2020 to 2024 to showcase beneficial explorations and innovations [2] - The festival features 36 award-winning performers and a number of outstanding young actors, covering both mainstream genres like Peking Opera and rare genres at risk of extinction [2] Group 3: Special Activities - The festival will organize a series of activities such as "Watch Opera, Tour Jiangsu," themed exhibitions at the Opera Museum, and a national trend lifestyle fair, aiming to create immersive experiences and bring opera closer to daily life and younger audiences [3]