To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the National Center for the Performing Arts revived the newly produced classic national opera "The Party's Daughter" and successfully premiered at the National Center for the Performing Arts last night. Under the baton of conductor Li Xincao, seven main actors including soprano Lei Jia and baritone Liao Changyong worked together with artists from the National Center for the Performing Arts opera singers, orchestra, chorus and China National Traditional Orchestra. With this shocking and magnificent revolutionary epic, the audience was given a vivid and unforgettable art party lesson.
's popular classic arias, exciting dramatic plots, and vivid three-dimensional characters allow the audience to once again appreciate the heroic feelings of the Communists who regard death as home in the real and tangible "Cuckoo Slope", and relive the turbulent years of the Communist Party of China. The heroic sacrifice of Tian Yumei, played by Lei Jia, is the climax of the whole play. In the declaration of "Look at the thousands of miles of spring that fills the home with laughter", the blood of the hero dyed the azaleas all over the mountain red; accompanied by the emotional expressions of the 48 choir singers During the chorus, the revolutionary people's awe-inspiring righteousness, full of faith and pursuit of light, moved the entire audience.
The image of a resolute and courageous female Communist Party member was established through Lei Jia's interpretation.
The classic national opera "The Party's Daughter" premiered in 1991. This new version of the NCPA revival is directed by Wang Jun, one of the directors of the 1991 premiere version and former director of the General Political Opera Troupe. Lei Jia, who has created many unforgettable roles on the opera stage, gave her best performance as Tian Yumei, a grassroots party member who is dedicated to the party. This is a very classic character, which has been wonderfully interpreted in movies, operas, Peking opera and other art forms, and many predecessors have done it before. "What kind of Tian Yumei should we have on the stage of the new era?" As a "daughter of the party" in the new era with nearly 20 years of party experience, Lei Jia was always thinking about this question during the rehearsal.
After the moving overture was played, the theme song "Azalea", which runs throughout the play, sounded leisurely, and the curtain opened amidst thunder and lightning. On the stage, Tian Yumei, played by Lei Jia, and seven Communists are about to be executed. The drama is extremely tense. A high-pitched and powerful aria "Resurrection from Blood and Fire" expresses Tian Yumei's revolutionary spirit of never ending life and fighting. To the fullest. The image of a fierce, resolute and courageous female Communist Party member stood firm on the stage through Lei Jia's interpretation.
In Lei Jia's mind, Tian Yumei is not a heroic figure who has been recorded in history with the perfect image of "Gao Daquan", but a very plump ordinary female figure. "She is a warm and stern mother, a wife who supports her husband's career, and a party member with extremely firm beliefs. I hope to enrich this character from different aspects." In the sixth scene with the strongest dramatic conflict in the whole play, facing With different conflicts such as Guiying's sacrifice, hiding her comrades, and heroic sacrifice with her daughter, Lei Jia depicts Yumei's different emotions towards her best friend, her daughter, her lover, and the party, with clear layers, fullness and appropriateness. "Only when it is internalized in the heart can it be externalized in the form. Only if you believe in the heart can the performance be true." Lei Jia said.
The leading star on the same stage as Lei Jia is baritone singer Liao Changyong. Uncle Qi, an old herb collector played by Liao Changyong, sang his amiable image of wit, ruggedness, love and integrity with arias such as "The Dilemma between Loyalty and Traitors Since Ancient Times" and "I'll Take the Big Job", presenting the audience with an amiable image. Tough ancestors who shouldered the responsibility of morality. It is worth mentioning that "The Party's Daughter" is also the first "pure" traditional Chinese opera performed by Liao Changyong. Liao Changyong said that in terms of singing, “We cannot sing it into an opera, but we must retain many of the stylistic features of opera”; and in terms of body language, “We need to refer to some gestures and movements of opera and integrate them into the opera. in the performance system”. And all these require singers who are accustomed to Western singing methods to spend time adjusting and studying to re-find the balance point.
3D light and shadow led the audience into the revolutionary mountainous area, creating a new immersive theater viewing experience
In last night's performance, the audience not only enjoyed the wonderful singing and performance, but also the fascinating stage presentation was one of the highlights that cannot be ignored. "At the beginning of the production in 1991, Teacher Yan Su had condensed the image of azaleas in the text, which is one of the important elements of this stage presentation.This story takes place in the mountainous areas of Jiangxi, so the architectural elements of southern Gansu will also be a key point in the stage presentation. "said Liu Kedong, the stage designer of the newly produced version of "The Party's Daughter" for this revival.
The towering mountains, dark clouds, and smoke that rise up as the curtain opens immediately take the audience back to the 1930s, when the Anti-Japanese War was at its peak in the mountainous areas of Jiangxi. , the rolling majestic mountains herald the beginning of the thrilling anti-Japanese war behind enemy lines. The bluestone slabs, horse-head walls, and wooden planks and green tiles are all in the style of southern Gansu architecture.
"We were collecting styles in the design of Ma Jiahui's home. I found that there are often two-story house structures in southern Jiangxi and Jiangxi, and this is also consistent with the characters in his drama. In this spatial structure, some ice screens are hidden. With the cooperation of lighting, the stage will have a deep expression. "
"Catch the traitor" and "Raising pickles" and other thrilling scenes are more vivid and three-dimensional in the immersive stage environment.
When Yumei and Guiying recall the past, the superposition of the front and rear projections on the stage and the ice screen can even The naked-eye 3D effect brings the audience back to the good old days. The 200 bamboos suspended on the stage create a realistic effect of a deep mountain bamboo forest, which makes the audience sweat deeply for finding the guerrillas. The theater version of the classic national opera "The Party's Daughter" will continue until July 18. Wu Jing, Wang Hexiang, Wang Zenan, Jiang Ning, Kuo Jing, Tian Mimi, and Liang Yufeng will continue to present this treasure of national opera to the audience.
Author: Jiang Fang
Editor: Fan Jing
