Literature of reform brings tears to the audience

The opera "Hiu hiu gio bac" based on the literary work of writer Nguyen Ngoc Tu premiered at Tran Huu Trang Theater on the evening of March 5, making the audience emotional.

Recently, many cai luong scripts based on literary works have attracted large audiences to theaters.

Easy to get into people's hearts

Young director Vo Hoai Long has breathed into "Hiu hiu gio bac" a story full of humanity, expressing human love and love for the Southern land in each verse and dialogue. It is the closeness of the narrative and lyrical nature of cai luong written based on literature that makes the story about the fate of the poor in the West - but who live a life rich in humanity, overcoming many disadvantages, losses, and sufferings to reach happiness - that has brought tears to the audience.

The opera "Hiu hiu gio bac" attracts audiences (Photo: VO HOAI LONG)

"Nguyen Ngoc Tu's literary quality makes viewers both wipe away tears and feel the optimism of life that must change to live better in the community" - Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Yen Chi, University of Theater and Cinema, Ho Chi Minh City, expressed.

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  Join hands to develop literary drama genre

Not only the Cai Luong stage, in recent times, Nguyen Ngoc Tu's literary works have also been staged on the drama stage. For example, the play "Half a life of bewilderment" was inspired by the short story "Chieu Vang", "Bao gio song can" was adapted from the short story "Dong nho", or "Rau ram o lai" was adapted from the short story "Cai oi, ve dau". These plays all attracted a large audience and left a very passionate aftertaste in the hearts of the public.

Playwright Hoang Song Viet believes that Nguyen Ngoc Tu's literary works all create a strong vitality because the stage has its own soul, the scenery of the Southern rivers easily creates many emotions, making the play easily enter the hearts of people.

There should be a literary script writing camp.

According to insiders, society develops rapidly, information explodes, many new art forms are born to meet the enjoyment needs of diverse audiences. Therefore, Cai Luong faces certain difficulties because the audience is shrinking, the creative team and actors have not met the expectations of the audience.

"In the past two decades, the source of writers for the reformed theater has gradually dried up, and professionals have chosen available scripts for adaptation. The Ho Chi Minh City Theater Association needs to soon invest in writing camps for literary scripts for both reformed theater, opera, and drama. Invite writers to join in the exchange and improve the outlines from the writing camps" - Meritorious Artist Ca Le Hong proposed.

Many experts have agreed with this opinion, because the 2nd Ho Chi Minh City Theater Festival - 2026 will be dedicated to the reformed theater genre, if from now on we do not invest in literary scripts, the situation of re-staging old plays will repeat.

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  Bringing literary and artistic works to the public

People's Artist Tran Ngoc Giau suggested many solutions in the coming time such as: organizing early training for the creative team; improving the literary quality in creative writing; creating conditions to bring literary-style reformed opera scripts to school theaters; promoting the role of literary-style reformed opera on television; combining with tourism to bring audiences to reformed theater; focusing on reformed opera research from specialized to interdisciplinary...

Composer Dang Minh believes that the art of Cai Luong has a very high literary and humanistic character. If there is a rich source of literary scripts, it will help improve the quality of Cai Luong stage, thereby contributing to promoting the development of the cultural industry program in Ho Chi Minh City.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/cai-luong-van-hoc-lay-nuoc-mat-khan-gia-1962503062115088.htm