# Zan Yuen

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{{Short description|Chinese opera}}
{{italic title}}thumb|right|1996 official DVD release
'''''Zan Yuen''''' (《苍原》''cāngyuán'' "boundless grasslands") is a 1995 [Chinese-language western-style opera](/source/Chinese-language_western-style_opera) (中国当代歌剧). The plot concerns a [Mongolia](/source/Mongolia)n tribe ([Torghuts](/source/Torghuts)) returning from the [Nogai steppe](/source/Nogai_steppe) to China during the reign of the [Qianlong Emperor](/source/Qianlong_Emperor) in the [Qing dynasty](/source/Qing_dynasty).<ref>[http://www.shanghaiopera.com.cn/EN/Gjtd_gjmp_show.asp?info_id=1166 Shanghai Opera - Zan Yuen]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>China Theatre Annual 中国戏剧年鉴. China Theatre Annual Editorial. 《中国戏剧年鉴》 編輯部 - 1997 Page 162 "现在,《苍原》大获成功,尤其是音乐大获成功,证明他具有这种才能。现在,让我们就《苍原》音乐创作所取得的成就,做一简单的评析。在歌剧音乐创作中,音乐风格的确立,以及为达成某种风格采用的具体构成方式,是每一个作曲家都要面对的问] 1 。徐占海在 ..."</ref>

The music was composed by Xu Zhanhai (徐占海; born 1945), of the Shenyang Music Institute and Liaoning Opera, based on the plot of a radio drama series ''Run to the place where the sun rises'' (《奔向太阳升起的地方》) by screenwriter Yan Derong (阎德荣 born 1936). A DVD was recorded by the Liaoning Opera in 1996 featuring tenor [Wei Song](/source/Wei_Song). The opera in its plot subject, music and choruses bears traces of the traditional "revolutionary" Chinese modern opera style.

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Category:Chinese western-style operas
Category:Operas
Category:1995 operas
Category:Operas set in Russia
Category:Works about the Russian Empire
Category:Oirats
Category:Kalmyk diaspora
Category:Operas set in the 18th century
Category:Works about human migration

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