Abstract
The Golden Sands musical is considered in terms of the genre formation specifics in China. Attention is focused on the American origins of Chinese musicals, especially regarding style, scenography, and the specifics of vocal sound extraction. Consideration is given to the penetration of Chinese ethnic elements into the means of musical expression and choreographic poetics in the Equatorial Rain original musical, which demonstrated the fusion of national elements with Western ones, with jazz, rock, rap, etc. The author puts forward the hypothesis that the development of musicals in China is still at the stage of mastering and forming a genre with national specifics, using the original folk style of singing. It is the mixing of different singing styles that is becoming the most important trend in the development of modern Chinese musical theatre. Created under the direction of Zhou Enlai, the Golden Sands musical (金沙) reveals the typological features of the genre characteristic of its Western models: a synthesis of academic and pop music principles, a synthesis of arts (music, choreography, stage design, costume art). However, its combination with Chinese poetics has created a new nationally oriented direction, which has a significant influence on the development of musical art both in China and throughout the world.
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