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-- Table of contents --1. Basicl information 2 Production, shooting location 3. OST Music and BGM music heard in the series, or related music 4.Chinese Opera styles 5.Reception (Click on links above to access the sections) Note: Pictures link to their origin, Gifs by me, Information from Baidu, Wikipedia and various articles |
BASIC INFO |
Chinese Title : Chinese: 主角 (Main Character or The Protagonist)
International title : The Lead
Release date : May 10, 2026. for 48-episodes
The series is adapted from Chen Yan’s Mao Dun Literature Prize-winning novel of the same name.
Starring: Liu Haocun, Zhang Jiayi, Qin Hailu, Shawn Dou, Zhai Zilu, Wang Xiaochen
Supervised by Zhang Yimou. Directed by Li Shaofei.
Trailer (3'32) :
CLIP FROM THE DRAMA (with English and Chinese subtitles, 16')
As befits a drama about music, Opera and musical performances, the OST list on Baidu is very long :
Promotional event recording of May 18, 2026 (50'19, with English subtitles)
Music
Song Title | Lyricist | composer | Singer |
|---|---|---|---|
《主角》/ 《 Protagonist 》 Theme song and opening song | 赖婷 Lai Ting | 范炜 Fan Wei | 王菲 Faye Wong |
《梦醒了》 Woke Up from a Dream Ending theme | 王海燕 Wang Haiyan | 孙浩 Sun Hao | |
《胡三元呀么胡三元》 Hu Sanyuan, Ah Mo Hu Sanyuan Interlude | 张镒麟 Zhang Yilin | 张镒麟、谭敏敏 Zhang Yilin, Tan Minmin | 谭敏敏 Tan Minmin |
Popular songs | |||
Socialism is Good | Hoshyan | Li Huanzhi | Xi'an Youth Music Teachers Choir |
Toast Song | Han Wei | Shi Guangnan | Du Jiansen |
Landless Self-Conceit | Dou Wei | Li Tong | Ye Zilei |
Cinderella | Zheng Jun | Dou Xiao | |
Orchid Grass | Hu Shi | Chen Xiande and Zhang Bi | |
Childhood | Luo Dayou | ||
The Internationale | Eugène Pottier | Pierre Degeyter | Chorus |
We Workers Have Power | Marco | ||
I Only Care About You | Araki Toyohisa | Tsuyoshi Miki | Pan Youyan |
Yingshanhong | Lu Zhuguo | Fu Gengchen | |
Laundry Song | Li Junchen | Luo Nianyi | |
Singing Brother Zhishan to the Party | Jiaoping | Zhu Jianer | |
Shannan Wine Song (Folk Song) | Ma Zhuo | ||
I Love Tiananmen Square in Beijing | Jin Guolin | Jin Yueling | |
Communist Children's League Song | Qiao Yu | Zhang Dichang | |
Swan | Saint-Saëns | ||
Two Tigers | Anonymous | ||
Buckwheat | Chen Yan | Dang Zhongtian | |
A Young Man's Prayer | Badadevska | ||
Pink Memories | Yuan Liren | Zhang Pingfu | |
Red Star Song | Fu Gengchen | Wu Dawei and Wei Baogui | Lily Bloom Children's Choir |
Cranberries Bloom | Isakovsky | Dunayevsky | Li Siyuan |
Qinqiang Opera Repertoire and Arias | |||
Praise for Jiao | |||
The Legend of the White Snake | |||
Fox Fairy Tribulation | |||
Killing a Single Child | |||
The Case of the Assassination of the Beauty | |||
The Big Truth | |||
Zhang Lian Sells Cloth | |||
Teaching | |||
Black Dingben | |||
Poor Optimism | |||
Fighting the Golden Luan | |||
Blessing | |||
The Great Revenge | |||
The Three Mothers Teaching Their Sons | |||
Dragon and Phoenix Appear in Good Fortune | |||
Wudianpo | |||
Liang Qiuyan | |||
Fifteen Strings of Chinese | |||
Three Opposite | |||
The Female Generals of the Yang Family | |||
Visiting West Lake | |||
Peach Blossom with Human Face | |||
Zhou Ren Returns to His Mansion | |||
Sha Jia Bang | |||
Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy | |||
Red Light | |||
Blood and Tears | |||
Honghu Red Guards | |||
Three Drops of Blood | |||
Forced to Liangshan | |||
Twelve Scythe | |||
The Injustice of Dou E | |||
Yutangchun | |||
Meeting at the Flower Pavilion | |||
The Prince Breaks the Formation | |||
Golden Beach | |||
BASIC INFO |
Chinese Title : Chinese: 主角 (Main Character or The Protagonist)
International title : The Lead
Release date : May 10, 2026. for 48-episodes
The series is adapted from Chen Yan’s Mao Dun Literature Prize-winning novel of the same name.
Starring: Liu Haocun, Zhang Jiayi, Qin Hailu, Shawn Dou, Zhai Zilu, Wang Xiaochen
Supervised by Zhang Yimou. Directed by Li Shaofei.
Trailer (3'32) :
CLIP FROM THE DRAMA (with English and Chinese subtitles, 16')
As befits a drama about music, Opera and musical performances, the OST list on Baidu is very long :
Promotional event recording of May 18, 2026 (50'19, with English subtitles)
Music
Song Title | Lyricist | composer | Singer |
|---|---|---|---|
《主角》/ 《 Protagonist 》 Theme song and opening song | 赖婷 Lai Ting | 范炜 Fan Wei | 王菲 Faye Wong |
《梦醒了》 Woke Up from a Dream Ending theme | 王海燕 Wang Haiyan | 孙浩 Sun Hao | |
《胡三元呀么胡三元》 Hu Sanyuan, Ah Mo Hu Sanyuan Interlude | 张镒麟 Zhang Yilin | 张镒麟、谭敏敏 Zhang Yilin, Tan Minmin | 谭敏敏 Tan Minmin |
Popular songs | |||
Socialism is Good | Hoshyan | Li Huanzhi | Xi'an Youth Music Teachers Choir |
Toast Song | Han Wei | Shi Guangnan | Du Jiansen |
Landless Self-Conceit | Dou Wei | Li Tong | Ye Zilei |
Cinderella | Zheng Jun | Dou Xiao | |
Orchid Grass | Hu Shi | Chen Xiande and Zhang Bi | |
Childhood | Luo Dayou | ||
The Internationale | Eugène Pottier | Pierre Degeyter | Chorus |
We Workers Have Power | Marco | ||
I Only Care About You | Araki Toyohisa | Tsuyoshi Miki | Pan Youyan |
Yingshanhong | Lu Zhuguo | Fu Gengchen | |
Laundry Song | Li Junchen | Luo Nianyi | |
Singing Brother Zhishan to the Party | Jiaoping | Zhu Jianer | |
Shannan Wine Song (Folk Song) | Ma Zhuo | ||
I Love Tiananmen Square in Beijing | Jin Guolin | Jin Yueling | |
Communist Children's League Song | Qiao Yu | Zhang Dichang | |
Swan | Saint-Saëns | ||
Two Tigers | Anonymous | ||
Buckwheat | Chen Yan | Dang Zhongtian | |
A Young Man's Prayer | Badadevska | ||
Pink Memories | Yuan Liren | Zhang Pingfu | |
Red Star Song | Fu Gengchen | Wu Dawei and Wei Baogui | Lily Bloom Children's Choir |
Cranberries Bloom | Isakovsky | Dunayevsky | Li Siyuan |
Qinqiang Opera Repertoire and Arias | |||
Praise for Jiao | |||
The Legend of the White Snake | |||
Fox Fairy Tribulation | |||
Killing a Single Child | |||
The Case of the Assassination of the Beauty | |||
The Big Truth | |||
Zhang Lian Sells Cloth | |||
Teaching | |||
Black Dingben | |||
Poor Optimism | |||
Fighting the Golden Luan | |||
Blessing | |||
The Great Revenge | |||
The Three Mothers Teaching Their Sons | |||
Dragon and Phoenix Appear in Good Fortune | |||
Wudianpo | |||
Liang Qiuyan | |||
Fifteen Strings of Chinese | |||
Three Opposite | |||
The Female Generals of the Yang Family | |||
Visiting West Lake | |||
Peach Blossom with Human Face | |||
Zhou Ren Returns to His Mansion | |||
Sha Jia Bang | |||
Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy | |||
Red Light | |||
Blood and Tears | |||
Honghu Red Guards | |||
Three Drops of Blood | |||
Forced to Liangshan | |||
Twelve Scythe | |||
The Injustice of Dou E | |||
Yutangchun | |||
Meeting at the Flower Pavilion | |||
The Prince Breaks the Formation | |||
Golden Beach | |||
BASIC INFO |
Chinese Title : Chinese: 主角 (Main Character or The Protagonist)
International title : The Lead
Release date : May 10, 2026. for 48-episodes
The series is adapted from Chen Yan’s Mao Dun Literature Prize-winning novel of the same name.
Starring: Liu Haocun, Zhang Jiayi, Qin Hailu, Shawn Dou, Zhai Zilu, Wang Xiaochen
Supervised by Zhang Yimou. Directed by Li Shaofei.
Trailer (3'32) :
CLIP FROM THE DRAMA (with English and Chinese subtitles, 16')
As befits a drama about music, Opera and musical performances, the OST list on Baidu is very long :
Promotional event recording of May 18, 2026 (50'19, with English subtitles)
Music
Song Title | Lyricist | composer | Singer |
|---|---|---|---|
《主角》/ 《 Protagonist 》 Theme song and opening song | 赖婷 Lai Ting | 范炜 Fan Wei | 王菲 Faye Wong |
《梦醒了》 Woke Up from a Dream Ending theme | 王海燕 Wang Haiyan | 孙浩 Sun Hao | |
《胡三元呀么胡三元》 Hu Sanyuan, Ah Mo Hu Sanyuan Interlude | 张镒麟 Zhang Yilin | 张镒麟、谭敏敏 Zhang Yilin, Tan Minmin | 谭敏敏 Tan Minmin |
Popular songs | |||
Socialism is Good | Hoshyan | Li Huanzhi | Xi'an Youth Music Teachers Choir |
Toast Song | Han Wei | Shi Guangnan | Du Jiansen |
Landless Self-Conceit | Dou Wei | Li Tong | Ye Zilei |
Cinderella | Zheng Jun | Dou Xiao | |
Orchid Grass | Hu Shi | Chen Xiande and Zhang Bi | |
Childhood | Luo Dayou | ||
The Internationale | Eugène Pottier | Pierre Degeyter | Chorus |
We Workers Have Power | Marco | ||
I Only Care About You | Araki Toyohisa | Tsuyoshi Miki | Pan Youyan |
Yingshanhong | Lu Zhuguo | Fu Gengchen | |
Laundry Song | Li Junchen | Luo Nianyi | |
Singing Brother Zhishan to the Party | Jiaoping | Zhu Jianer | |
Shannan Wine Song (Folk Song) | Ma Zhuo | ||
I Love Tiananmen Square in Beijing | Jin Guolin | Jin Yueling | |
Communist Children's League Song | Qiao Yu | Zhang Dichang | |
Swan | Saint-Saëns | ||
Two Tigers | Anonymous | ||
Buckwheat | Chen Yan | Dang Zhongtian | |
A Young Man's Prayer | Badadevska | ||
Pink Memories | Yuan Liren | Zhang Pingfu | |
Red Star Song | Fu Gengchen | Wu Dawei and Wei Baogui | Lily Bloom Children's Choir |
Cranberries Bloom | Isakovsky | Dunayevsky | Li Siyuan |
Qinqiang Opera Repertoire and Arias | |||
Praise for Jiao | |||
The Legend of the White Snake | |||
Fox Fairy Tribulation | |||
Killing a Single Child | |||
The Case of the Assassination of the Beauty | |||
The Big Truth | |||
Zhang Lian Sells Cloth | |||
Teaching | |||
Black Dingben | |||
Poor Optimism | |||
Fighting the Golden Luan | |||
Blessing | |||
The Great Revenge | |||
The Three Mothers Teaching Their Sons | |||
Dragon and Phoenix Appear in Good Fortune | |||
Wudianpo | |||
Liang Qiuyan | |||
Fifteen Strings of Chinese | |||
Three Opposite | |||
The Female Generals of the Yang Family | |||
Visiting West Lake | |||
Peach Blossom with Human Face | |||
Zhou Ren Returns to His Mansion | |||
Sha Jia Bang | |||
Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy | |||
Red Light | |||
Blood and Tears | |||
Honghu Red Guards | |||
Three Drops of Blood | |||
Forced to Liangshan | |||
Twelve Scythe | |||
The Injustice of Dou E | |||
Yutangchun | |||
Meeting at the Flower Pavilion | |||
The Prince Breaks the Formation | |||
Golden Beach | |||
Details
- Title: The Lead
- Type: Drama
- Format: Standard Series
- Country: China
- Episodes: 48
- Aired: May 10, 2026 - ?
- Aired On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
- Original Network: CCTV, Tencent Video
- Duration: 45 min.
- Genres: Life, Drama
- Tags: Adapted From A Web Novel, Opera Singer Female Lead, Musician Female Lead, Chinese Opera, Music
- Content Rating: Not Yet Rated
Statistics
- Score: 8.2 (scored by 48 users)
- Ranked: #41248
- Popularity: #11991
- Watchers: 806
- Favorites: 0
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