Highlights of the 20th Golden Bell Gala

On the evening of August 31, at Nguyen Hue walking street (intersection with Huynh Thuc Khang street, Saigon ward, Ho Chi Minh City), the Organizing Committee for the celebration of major holidays of the City in coordination with Ho Chi Minh City Television organized the 20th Golden Bell Gala program - 2025.

People's Artist Que Tran and Artist Nguyen Van Hop in the performance "Lights on - Lac Hong History Pages". Photo: THUY BINH

Attending the program were comrade Nguyen Phuoc Loc, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City; Tran The Thuan, member of the City Party Committee, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City; Dinh Thi Thanh Thuy, Deputy Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee; representatives of leaders of city departments, agencies, businesses, a large number of people and international tourists.

The year 2025 marks many important political and cultural events of the country. This year is also the occasion to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2, brilliant milestones in the glorious history of the nation.

In that proud and sacred atmosphere, the 20th Golden Bell Gala in 2025 is organized not only as an art program, but also as a cultural identity, a deep gratitude to the history and traditions of the nation.

The performance "Hello Song" opened the gala. Photo: THUY BINH

Meritorious Artist Vo Minh Lam and Meritorious Artist Ngoc Doi, along with artists who won the HTV "Golden Bell of Traditional Opera" award, and artists from the Ho Chi Minh City Hat Boi Art Theater, performed in the musical performance "Stage Colors". Photo: THUY BINH

Cai luong and vong co theater are the quintessence of national art, not only a source of pride but also a precious intangible cultural heritage of the Vietnamese people.

Maintaining the organization of the contest over the past 20 years is a persistent and dedicated journey of Ho Chi Minh City Television and its sponsors, contributing practically to the work of preserving and promoting traditional music values ​​in the midst of modernity.

Excerpt from the reformed opera "Tieng Trong Me Linh" evokes national pride in every audience watching the program. Photo: THUY BINH

People's Artist Thanh Ngan and artist Nguyen Van Khoi in the excerpt from the reformed opera "The Drum of Me Linh". Photo: THUY BINH

The gala night was invested in a large-scale, grand and splendid staging, creating a beautiful mark to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Ho Chi Minh City Television organizing the traditional stage talent contest.

The program features performances by more than 100 artists, actors, musicians, singers, dancers, and 9 talented and capable candidates who have passed the Selection Round to prepare for the final ranking rounds, which will be performed in September 2025.

People's Artist Trong Phuc and People's Artist Ho Ngoc Trinh perform in the musical performance "Vietnam proudly steps towards the future - Four thousand years of brilliant brocade". Photo: THUY BINH

Singer Nguyen Phi Hung and young artists of the city's reformed theater stage performed the opera "Radiant Vietnam - Glorious Vietnam". Photo: THUY BINH

The gala night brought to the audience a series of special performances. During the gala night, due to technical reasons, the stage lost power for more than 20 minutes, however, the entire audience who came to watch the program still sat in order and waited and the organizers tried their best to handle the problem. Immediately after the stage was lit up again, the artistic performances continued to show their brilliance and grandeur, giving the audience interesting moments of enjoying the art.

Meritorious Artist Kim Tu Long and young artist Vo Ngoc Quyen perform in the musical performance "Lights on - Lac Hong's historical pages". Photo: THUY BINH

The performance "North - Central - South - One Family". Photo: THUY BINH

Closing the gala night, the 20th Golden Bell of Traditional Opera Competition - 2025 organized by Ho Chi Minh City Television will continue to prepare for the Cai Luong stage talent competition to enter the most exciting and attractive round that is most anticipated by audiences who love Cai Luong and Don Ca Tai Tu art: The final round of the Golden Bell of Traditional Opera with 9 talented contestants will compete at 9:00 p.m. every Sunday evening in September 2025. The competition nights will be broadcast on HTV9 and HTV's digital platforms.

THUY BINH

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/dac-sac-gala-chuong-vang-vong-co-lan-thu-20-post811151.html