The Hundredth Bride Explained

The Hundredth Bride 《第一百个新娘》 is a 1980 Chinese-language western-style opera by Wang Shiguang and Cai Kexiang.^[1] The opera is set in Uygur areas.^[2] Songs from the opera were distributed using the jianpu Chinese numbered musical notation making selections from the opera more widely known.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture - Page 307 Edward L. Davis - 2012 "Examples of Geju include The Song of the Grassland (Caoyuan zhi ge, 1955) by Luo Zongxian, and The Hundredth Bride (Di yibai ge xinniang, 1980) by Wang Shiguang and Cai Kexiang."
2. Joel Flegler Fanfare - Volume 7, Issues 5-6 - Page 319 1984 "Indeed, The Hundredth Bride could as well have been named A Chinese in Turkestan — except that there are no "Chinese" in this Chinese opera at all! Though of course the cast is Chinese and sings in one of the Chinese languages,..."
3. The opera quarterly - Volume 3, Issues 1-2 1985 -- Page 160 "The Hundredth Bride was premiered in 1980, and currently it is one of the most popular works in China's Westernized lyric theater. Veteran conductor Zheng Xiao-ying studied at the Moscow Conservatory, but the singers apparently received"
4. China Reconstructs - Volume 31 - Page 14 1982 "As the wilty Avanti in 'The Hundredth Bride,' an Uygur nationality opera. Song Gongquan DURING a rehearsal of Verdi's La Traviata in 1956, a young opera singer was promoted from the C to the A cast because of his fine interpretation of the ...
5. New music in the Orient: essays on composition in Asia since World War II Harrison Ryker - 1991 "The Hundredth Bride (libretto by Hu Xianting, Xu Xueda and Yang Shusheng; music by Wang Shiguang and Cai Kexiang) has its sources in the folklore of the Xinjiang region. It praises the legendary figure Afanti, who curbs the violent and ..."
6. Robert H. Cowden Opera Companies of the World: Selected Profiles 1992 - Page 44 "Flower-Guardian (1979), Peng Dehuai Sits on the Sedan Chair (1980), The Hundredth Bride (1981), The Youth of Today (1982), The Wedding Sonata (1983), and The Homeland (1984) are all examples of contemporary Chinese opera."