Opera appeared from a progressive aspiration to transform the musical art from the exclusive property of the ruling class into the popular art in the theatres.
Though operas have been produced and hundreds of years went on, there is no such opera as "The Sea of Blood"-style opera that embodies the people's aspirations, thoughts and feelings in content and form according to the requirements of the times.
The great leader Comrade
" 'The Sea of Blood'-style opera is a new type of opera that reflects the requirements of our times. It brilliantly embodies the idea of Juche-oriented art and literature, and has set a genuine example of the socialist and communist art of music which is revolutionary and socialist in content and popular and national in form."
The great leader Comrade
"The Sea of blood"-style revolutionary opera created the true model of the human to represent the independent person, working masses unlike the operas of the middle age that set up the feudal kings, aristocrats, heroes and fantastic persons.
Thanks to his wise guidance, the true human model of the independent era was created in "The Sea of Blood"-style opera.
He instructed the creators to introduce our style verse-song, pangchang, dance, stage arts and orchestral music into this opera in order to create the new opera form.
The verse song, introduction of pangchang, establishment of the new creation system with dance as the essential medium of portrayal, movable stage arts combining rationally the device, model, filmslide and special effect according to the logic of life, creation of the running 3D stage set and creation of the orchestral music using western musical instrument and national musical instrument: these are the unique forms of the opera born with his outstanding ability and guidance.
The creation of "The Sea of Blood"-style revolutionary opera was the historical turning point when the old framework was destroyed in the opera field and the new era of the opera revolution started.
The great general used to instruct the creators to prepare for the creation of the other opera while guiding the creation of one opera. Thanks to his wise leadership, the several operas were created wonderfully for a short period.
The revolutionary opera "The Sea of Blood" was created in July, Juche 60(1971), the revolutionary opera "A True Daughter of the Party" in December, that year and the revolutionary opera "Tell O Forest" in April, Juche 61, the immortal classic masterpiece "The Flower Girl" in November, Juche 61 and the revolutionary opera "Song of Mt. Kumgang" after a while. As a result, 5 operas were created successively in Korea within one year. They are called 5 revolutionary operas.
"The Sea of Blood"-style revolutionary opera was created under the detailed and energetic leadership of the great general and opened up the new era of the revolutionary renaissance as the example of the true socialist realistic opera and the world people highly appreciate "The Sea of Blood"-style revolutionary opera to be the top climax of the human opera art, the opera showing the way for the human to advance along.
Thanks to his wise leadership, our revolutionary operas ended the ex-old opera style and became the example of the true socialist realistic opera to inspire the popular masses to the revolution and construction.
The world revolutionary people will learn the truth of the revolution and feel deeply that "The Sea of Blood"-style revolutionary opera could be born only under the wise guidance of the great general-great master of the literary art while seeing "The Sea of Blood"-style revolutionary operas.
