On the evening of March 13, many media reported that Li Guangxi, a famous tenor and opera artist, passed away at the age of 93. Staff of the Central Opera House and musical actor Ma Jia, who had worked with Li Guangxi, both confirmed the news, and opera singer Wang Kai also issued a message of condolences.
Li Guangxi, also known as Li Guangxi, is a national first-class actor of the Central Opera House.
Li Guangxi.Screenshot of the program
Learn to sing in spare time
Shocked by the art of opera
Li Guangxi was born in Tianjin in 1929. He loved music since childhood, and planted the seeds of art in his heart since he was a child.
Li Guangxi’s father died when he was 17 years old. While working as a clerk in the mining bureau, he took on the burden of supporting his family, and he used his spare time to learn music and sing, and sang almost all the theaters in Tianjin.
After becoming a well-known singer, Li Guangxi was shocked by the art of opera again. He then applied for the Central Opera House and was successfully admitted.
Shortly after entering the Central Opera House, Li Guangxi stood out. In 1956, when the opera “La Traviata” premiered, Li Guangxi became famous for playing the leading actor Alfred, and also won the reputation of “The Prince of Opera”.
At the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1979, Li Guangxi sang “The Toast Song”, which was known as the “first popular golden song” in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In addition to the former, Li Guangxi sang “The Sun Comes Out Joyfully”, “Ode to Beijing”, “Song of the Shepherd”, “Ode to Yan’an”, etc., almost all of which have become the golden songs of the times.
Still active on stage in his later years
Once sang “Don’t Want to Grow Up”
In his later years, Li Guangxi still often performed on stage. For example, when he was in his 80s, he also sang the popular song “Don’t Want to Grow Up” with Yang Hongji and Liu Bingyi.
On May 16, 2021, several old artists including Li Guangxi, who participated in the performance of the large-scale music and dance epic “The East is Red”, attended the “Tribute to Classics, Red Memory in Art” series of activities of the National Library Art Center, telling the story of this reflection. The story behind the great song and dance work of Chinese revolutionary history. At the scene, Li Guangxi and enthusiastic readers sang “On the Songhua River” together with a loud voice and won applause.
Li Guangxi said at the time that he, who used to be a young man, only understood the historical and practical significance behind the song after he participated in “The East is Red”. He hopes that red classics can be passed down from generation to generation and play the same role for contemporary young people.
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