在难忘的1998年抗洪抢险斗争中,李向群——一个不满20岁的特区青年,一个参军不到两年的普通士兵,一个入党只有8天的共产党员,为了人民生命财产的安全,把自己鲜活的生命融进了千里荆江大堤。一年后,我们肩负着荆楚大地千百万父老乡亲的情感重托,创作并演出了歌剧《李向群》,于是,这项舞台艺术形象工程在其创作之初就已深深地烙下了一个“情”字。正如编剧之一的袁晖同志曾经这样写道:“在剧本创作之初,当我站在烈士的墓前时,就忍不住泪如涌泉,我哭着大声说了一句‘向群,我们来看你了!’就深深地跪在了向群的墓碑前。我为这个不满20岁的生命而哭,我为这个献身公安的英雄而跪。这一跪,跪出了我们创作歌剧《李向群》的情感,跪出了一首催人泪下的颂歌。”同样,作为导演,我从接手剧本之日起,便开始了 In an unforgettable struggle against floods and earthquakes in 1998, Li Xiangqun, a youth of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region younger than 20 years of age, an ordinary soldier who joined the army for less than two years and a member of the Communist Party who joined the party only for eight days, put his own life and property safely Live life into the thousands of miles Jingjiang levee. A year later, we took on the emotional trust of millions of peasants in the land of Jingchu and created and performed the opera Li Xiangqun. As a result, the project of stage art imagery has been deeply rooted in its creation “Love ” word. Just as one of the screenwriters, Comrade Yuan Hui once wrote: “At the beginning of the script writing, when I stood at the tomb of the martyr, I could not help but burst into tears like a spring of tears. When I cried and said aloud to Xiangqun, We came to see you! ’He knelt deep in front of the gravestone of the group .I cry for this life less than 20 years old, and I kneel for this hero dedicated to public security .This kneeling, knelt out of our creation Song ”Li Xiangqun“ emotion, knelt out of a tearful carols. ”Similarly, as a director, I took over the script date, it began