In a unique night of creativity, the ceremony for awarding the “Al Dana Drama Award” and the opening of the sixteenth session of the Gulf Radio and Television Festival yesterday evening, Tuesday, at the Bahrain National Theater, witnessed the presentation of a distinguished singing operetta entitled “Al Dana,” which included a group of attractive and dazzling expressive and lyrical paintings, which were well received. With great interaction from the audience, because it combined the spirit of the times with the heritage of Gulf art, and its symbols of artists in the field of acting and singing, and to ignite in the minds of the attendees a great nostalgia for the pioneers of Gulf artistic work, whose works are still strongly present in the memory of society.
The operetta is distinguished by its focus on the aesthetics and dazzlement of the artistic show according to the latest theatrical presentation techniques, where artistic clips and scenes of Gulf dramatic works and traditional songs that are still fresh in people’s minds were introduced, using the “hologram” technique, so that a number of the late stars and pioneers of Gulf art appeared before the viewers, including The artist and singer Ali Bahr, the artist Abdul Hussein Abdul Reda, the artist Khaled Sami, and the artist Abdul Aziz Al-Jassim, along with the distinguished artist Saad Al-Faraj, and the artist Intisar Al-Sharrah, in touching scenes that carry human values and meanings that created a state of unity between the audience and the artistic display.
The operetta was able to exploit these modern techniques and make the late artists present clips of their works engraved in memory, a unique dialogue text about the importance of the role of the media and the journalist in enlightenment, and how the media and the artist must develop their tools, through culture, science, knowledge, commitment to professionalism, patience and perseverance. And optimism and not giving in to failure and frustration, in a message containing advice to young media generations that paves the way for them to achieve their dreams and reach the heights of success and brilliance.
The operetta included a number of artistic pieces that expressed the artistic heritage of each GCC country, its culture, and its songs that occupy a place in the national memory. They were presented in lyric clips and music that expressed the spirit of each country, so that the scene seemed to express the Gulf identity within its comprehensive framework.
The lyrics of the operetta, which were penned by the poet Hamoud Al-Mukhaini, conveyed pride in the Gulf identity and the Gulf artistic heritage and its ancient history. The composer, the artist Mohammed Al-Hassan, was able to present a wonderful musical vision that combined authenticity and contemporaneity, while the voice of the artist Rawan Al-Abbasi, who presented the main songs, was sweet and melodious, capturing the ears and hearts of the viewers. Under the direction and vision of the creative director Ahmed Al-Sheikh, and implemented by Studio Masters.
It took 30 days to prepare for this amazing artistic work and watch more than 300 dramatic episodes and Gulf media materials to choose the clips from which the late artists’ dialogue sentences were formulated.
The efforts of all participants and organizers were intertwined to appear at this distinguished level through the elements of decoration, sound, lighting, clothing and mixing in a unique harmony. The audience was even more delighted with the remarkable participation of about 140 children from the schools of the Ministry of Education in the Kingdom of Bahrain, who presented performances and segments, all of which formed a success story for an artistic work that will remain immortal in their minds. In terms of product quality, content, purpose, and expression of the authenticity and heritage of Gulf art.
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