Zhu Bingzhen plays Lin Daiyu Photo provided by the performer
China News Service, Beijing, October 25 (Reporter Gao Kai) The 2022 National Art Fund Fund Fund Project, Northern Kunqu Opera Theater original Kunqu Opera "Cao Xueqin" will soon be on the stage of the Beijing Tianqiao Theater.
According to reports, the drama is directed by Wu Bei, the famous dance dance drama director, written by Wu Bei and Wang Yan, and led by the national first-class actors of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater Yuan Guoliang . In recent years, young actors of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater Ma Jing , Weng Jiahui , Zhu Bingzhen, Zhang Huan and others who have been active on the Kunqu Opera stage in recent years.
Kunqu Opera "Dream of Red Mansions" is the pinnacle of Beikun . It has won the "Wenhua Award" and the Moroccan "Angel Award". After his successful creation, the original Kunqu Opera "Cao Xueqin" has once again attracted attention. Based on Cao Xueqin's life experience in the West Mountain in Beijing for the rest of his life, the drama is divided into four acts: "Hidden West Mountain", "Remembering the Red Mansion", "Printing Paper Kitchen" and "Dividing Xiangshan", which entrusted Cao Xueqin to the world with its uniqueness. The thoughts and emotions in the book "Dream of Red Mansions" are combined with the spiritual character in his life. With the help of various clever dramatic techniques such as "play in play", and the work is guided by his life experience and works as the line, it shapes and expresses the great image of a erudite literary master, who has experienced ups and downs, and helps the world and loves the people. Through the cross-border integration of Kunqu with music and dance, it shows the shining brilliance of humanity in Cao Xueqin.
Weng Jiahui plays Jia Baoyu, picture provided by the performance
General director Wu Bei expresses the artistic conception space and psychological expressions that cannot be described in the text of the play through comprehensive stage means, expressing the characters and revealing the theme in a deeper manner. The core of Kunqu opera "Cao Xueqin" is to use modern concepts and expression techniques to convey his spirit, emotions, philosophy of life and belief in life to the audience around Cao Xueqin's inner world and artistic talent. The creation and arrangement of Kunqu opera "Cao Xueqin" pays more attention to the expressive, lyrical, freehand and rhythmic role of dance and music integrating into opera.
It is understood that at the beginning of the script writing, screenwriters Wu Bei and Wang Yan listened to many opinions and suggestions, including experts from Cao Xueqin Research Association. The life experience of Cao Xueqin's seclusion in Xishan until he died of illness and his mental journey, with his pride in pursuing spiritual freedom and equality and fraternity as the main line, interspersing the dream of time and space in the play, revealing Cao Xueqin's artistic talent, life perception, and emotional ideals. He should not only vividly show the image of a persistent, affectionate, elegant and humble writer, but also bring his thoughts into the emotional experience of the current audience in the process of integrating Kunqu Opera and modern art. By describing the process of Cao Xueqin's creation of "Dream of Red Mansions", it not only reflects Cao Xueqin's worldly feelings and compassion for the people of the world, but also reflects his feelings of being born, and he can only understand the suffering of people in the world.
Yuan Guoliang plays Cao Xueqin. Photo provided by the performance
Kunqu opera is the art of singing and dancing. The song and dance in "Cao Xueqin" is different. In addition to singing music cards, recitation is more about a large number of chanting. The dance in the play is no longer a traditional program performance, but emphasizes the expression of the body and turns the movement into dance. The character's psychology is expressed through externalization of the limbs, and every movement and gesture require repeated training. The cross-border integration of
is not inconsistent with traditional opera. Instead, it enriches the performance methods and makes the details presentation more prominent and stronger. Yuan Guoliang, a famous old actor in the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater who studied under Kunqu Opera, has successfully starred in many classic historical dramas. This time, he still has pressure and motivation coexist. The cross-border art form that integrates dance and music is a great challenge for the actors on stage. Yuan Guoliang focused on the shaping of Cao Xueqin's character and original artistic aspirations in high-intensity rehearsals, so as to get close to the spiritual world of the characters.
The singing style design of Kunqu opera "Cao Xueqin" is the famous Kunqu opera composer Wang Dayuan. He is now in his 80s. In the Kunqu opera " Continuing Pipa " and "Dream of Red Mansions" created and arranged by the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater, those beautiful singing styles were designed by him.The Kunqu opera "Cao Xueqin" is not only a perfection and continuation of "Dream of Red Mansions", but also a new creation and breakthrough. Wang Dayuan used various forms of Kunqu opera in this play, including Nanqu , Beiqu , Nanqu , Nanqu , North tide, North and South combination, especially the collection songs. In the Kunqu opera "Cao Xueqin", Wang Dayuan compiled a "Twelve Lines of Golden Hairpin", which is to imitate the traditional "Twelve Reds" approach, and let Cao Xueqin in the play sing together with his Baoyu, which is very exciting.
Kunqu opera "Cao Xueqin" has clear propositions and directions in stage design and clothing styling design, requiring aesthetic, modern, freehand, innovative, and recognizable. In the design of stage, we emphasize language and modern concepts, pursue beautiful vision and spiritual meaning, as well as the application of high-tech, and adopt a modern freehand and technological approach to make the environment and spiritual expression complement the reality and reality. In terms of clothing style, we focus on using some traditional opera elements, but also incorporate modern fashion concepts. Innovative and unique design, the characters have distinct personalities and harmonious and unified styles. We require the unified stage style of stage design and costume style, focusing on character portrayal and theme revelation, and combining them with singing, dance and music to present a new and unique stage masterpiece on the stage.
It is reported that the original Kunqu opera "Cao Xueqin" will premiere at the Tianqiao Theater in Beijing on the night of October 29 and 30.
Source: China News Network
