A musical road movie between the major Western opera houses and the Chinese cities of Xi’an, Ankang and Beijing: It is the documentary film “Hui He, a soprano from the Silk Road”, which will be broadcast for the first time on Thursday, October 12th at 9:15 p.m Rai 5 to see. A human and cultural journey that tells how the universal power of music unites two very ancient and distant civilizations, as the “Silk Road” once did. Not a biopic about a great opera singer, but a creative mosaic documentary in which some elements of Hui He’s story pave a way to understanding the relationship between the West and China. Today, Hui He is the flagship of a China that also wants to establish itself in the world of Western music. For the public, Hui He is an excellent key to understanding the nature of Chinese identity: the sense of honor, tenacity, ambition and absolute self-sacrifice towards one’s goals. The parable of the girl who left Xi’an is an apt metaphor for the new approach called “The New Silk Road,” the ambitious government project that aims to rebuild the ancient cultural and economic bridge between China and Europe.
