NEW YORK—Shen Yun Performing Arts graced the stage at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater on Saturday evening, April 21, enchanting the audience with its vast repertoire of artistic mediums.
“It was a really great show. I really enjoyed the variety of the performance—the colors, the costumes, the spirituality, was beautiful,” said Jennifer McDonald, a classical singer and composer. “It makes you feel very touched inside, the whole show.”
Shen Yun’s award-winning vocalists, use “the highly difficult technical requirements of bel canto operatic singing while retaining the proper Chinese articulation and diction,” according to the company’s website, which is unparalleled today.
Being a classical singer, Ms. McDonald said she “really appreciated the technique and the beauty of the voices.” She added that she loved the first singer, Pi-ju Huang, who has, according to Shen Yun’s program, performed leading roles in operas such as La Traviata, Madame Butterfly, and Don Giovanni.
The lyrics sung by Shen Yun’s vocalists are all original compositions. “Brimming with philosophical reflection about human life and deep layers of meaning, they traverse the boundaries of nation, race, and culture and have been fondly received and appreciated the world over,” expounds the website.
“It was more than just a dance, it was also acting,” she said, “so you got the whole experience; it was really funny.”
Ms. McDonald said the evening was very positive. “It’s very whimsical and makes you happy,” she said. “I really enjoyed it.”
Reporting by Alec Wang and Zachary Stieber.
Shen Yun Performing Arts, based in New York, has three touring companies that perform simultaneously around the world, with a mission to revive traditional Chinese culture. Shen Yun Performing Arts Touring Company will perform at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center through April 22.
For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org.
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