Stills from the National Peking Opera Theater " White-Haired Girl " Photo by Li Chunlai
China News Service, Beijing, September 18 (Reporter Ying Ni) "The snow flies, the north wind is tight, the sky is dark, I look forward to the New Year, I am afraid of the New Year, but it is even more like the New Year..." The key play of the National Peking Opera Theater "100-day training" "White-Haired Girl" as the "Rhythm of Autumn" performance season was recently staged at the Meilanfang Grand Theater in Beijing. For the audience, this is a performance full of expectations, and for the crew, it is both a deep tribute to the predecessors with practical actions.
Stills from the National Peking Opera Theater "White-Haired Girl" Photo by Li Chunlai
The curtain opens, and the story is told in a leisurely manner. With the wonderful performances of the actors, the audience often greeted warm applause. The actors on stage are affectionate, while the audiences off stage are moved. Xier actor Liu Qi has a clear voice and a beautiful figure, showing a solid singing skills and creating a vivid stage image. The performance of tied red head ropes is full of brightness and agility, showing Xier's lively and innocentness as a girl; the application of program skills such as back grabbing, turning over, twisting columns, and turning after being persecuted also shows the ultimate pain and tenacity in the characters' hearts, which is in sharp contrast with the previous performances, allowing the audience to feel the tragic power of Xier's sudden change in fate; the singing of "Dad runs east and west" "The night is deep, the people are silent, and the thrill is settled" is even more touching and won applause.
Yang Bailao actor Li Bo singing style is pure, with a simplified and erotic style. It flexibly uses the traditional Peking Opera program skills, clearly shaping the image of a sad, poor, simple and kind working people. When Li Bo was forced to sell his daughter and committed suicide helplessly on New Year's Eve, he cried and performed in a clear sense of the performance, which fully demonstrated the character's struggle, grief, anger and helplessness. The singing segments such as "The frown is stretched out" are exquisite and outstanding, allowing the audience to appreciate the beauty of the art while feeling the character's distinctive character and rich emotions.
Stills of the National Peking Opera Theater "White-Haired Girl" Photo by Li Chunlai
Peking Opera "White-Haired Girl" was first created in 1958 at the National Peking Opera Theater (formerly Chinese Peking Opera Theater ). It was adapted from Ma Shaobo and Fan Junhong based on the national opera "White-Haired Girl". The premiere was directed by Ajia and Zheng Yiqiu . The founder of the theater style, starring Peking Opera performing artists such as Li Shaochun , Du Jinfang , Ye Shenglan , Yuan Shihai and other Peking Opera performing artists. After 64 years, the National Peking Opera Theater has re-scheduled "White-Haired Girl" as a key project for the "100-day training camp". This is not only a way to continue the spiritual roots of Yan'an's literary and artistic spirit, and to inherit and preserve excellent plays that can represent the artistic style of the theater. It is also a practical measure to strengthen the construction of the echelon of middle-aged and young talents while paying tribute to artists on the 90th anniversary of Mr. Du Jinfang's birth.
This rescheduling will be performed by Zheng Yan , Zhang Jianguo, Chen Shufang , and Jiang Qihu as art directors, and Chen Shufang and Xu Mengke as rescheduling will be performed by . The performance of young actors is recognized by the audience due to the full teaching of art directors and high standards and strict requirements.
Stills of the National Peking Opera Theater "White-Haired Girl" Photo by Li Chunlai
Wang Yong, director of the National Peking Opera Theater, said that the National Peking Opera Theater will continue to deepen the "100-day training camp" to further implement the talent-building strategy, and use scientific long-term planning and powerful specific measures to make the 100-day training camp cover every professional talent, and continuously promote the inheritance of Peking Opera and the development of the theater. He pointed out that as a literary and artistic worker in the new era, we must not only think about how to inherit and carry forward the artistic style of the theater and continue the red bloodline, but also constantly improve our political literacy and become a surging wave in the process of hardship.
It is reported that in the following "Autumn Rhyme" performance season, the theater will show the audience the "Concert of Famous Opera Famous Opera Masters", " Legend of the White Snake ", " Locking Case ", "Featured Play", "Making a Fight in the Heavenly Palace", "Orphan of Zhao", "Qilin Mountain" and other plays. There are both wonderful appearances of theater artists, as well as leading talent training targets and young actors to show their style. (End)
