The four famous works "Water Margin", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Journey to the West" and "Dream of the Red Chamber" can be called the treasures of classical Chinese literature.
On the opera stage, there are countless plays related to the four masterpieces, and many of them have become the classics widely sung by opera.
Let us experience the "righteousness" of "Water Margin", the "contention" of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the "enlightenment" in "Journey to the West", and the "love" of "Dream of the Red Chamber" in the opera.
The four famous works in the opera | the Fragment of the Peking Opera "Song Jiang Killing Pity", Wang Shuo, Zhang Hua
From "Water Margin", the drama tells the story of Song Jiang's fear of losing documents, and then Yan Po regretted adding weight layer by layer, being mean and greedy, forcing Song Jiang to the brink of anger, thus slashing Yan Po's life. This drama attaches equal importance to life and singing, adding a classic to the opera gallery.
The four masterpieces in the opera | Peking Opera "Xiaoyaojin" excerpt Li Yanmao and so on
From the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the play tells the story of Jian'anzhong at the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's monopoly on power, the palace guards, the Cao Clan Party, and the deliberators, who were cursed. Emperor Xian of Han embraced the vacant throne and was indignant. One day, Cao Cao took his sword to the temple, and Emperor Yan was judged by the Duke of Wei. Cao Cao was furious when he heard this, and said, "Your Majesty has heard this, and outsiders have heard of it, but they have only told me to deceive the king." The emperor said, "If the king can complement each other, he will be very fortunate, but he will be fortunate to be grateful to each other." Cao Cao looked at the emperor angrily and came out in a daze. Because of the hatred of the benefits, the opportunity for usurpation is gradually revealed. Empress Fu was endangered by Cao Cao's killing of Dong Chenghe and his daughter Dong Guifei. Because of the secret cultivation of the book, and the father Tun Riding Colonel Fu Finished, Cao Cao was cruel and threatening, and sooner or later he would do the usurpation, so that Fu Quan secretly summoned the princes to plan it together, and ordered the eunuch Mu Shunmi to send this book. After the incident was leaked, Mu Shun was killed, the Fu quan family was killed, and the three tribes were killed. After Cao Cao forced Emperor Xian of Han to depose, he pretended to be a policy edict, causing Xi Toyi to accept the empress dowager's seal after the festival, and ordered Hua Xinle's troops to enter the palace to ambush him. After Hua Xin was ambushed, Emperor Shi was in the outer temple, and after being sent to the disciples, he wept before the emperor: "You can't live again." The emperor cried, "I don't know if my fate is right." "Hug and cry. Hua Xin urged him to leave, led him to Cao Cao, was executed, and killed his second son, jian'an in November of the nineteenth year. "Runaway" plays this story.
From "Journey to the West", the play tells the story of the four masters and apprentices on the way to the west, bai bone spirit in order to seize the Tang monks and cleverly set a trap, was recognized by Sun Wukong, repeatedly frustrated. Tang Monk misunderstood that Sun Wukong had killed innocents indiscriminately and expelled him from the division. The White Bone Spirit took advantage of the void and abducted Tang Monk. Goku hears the news and goes to the rescue, completely destroying the White Bone Spirit. The master and apprentice ice relieved their previous suspicions and returned to the road. Shao opera monkey opera singing high-pitched and exciting, rough and bold performance, set the essence of Shao opera, Peking opera, Kunqu art, integrate people, gods, monkey performance in one furnace, martial arts literary performance is an important feature of Shao opera monkey opera.
The four masterpieces in the opera | Yue opera "Dai Yu Funeral Flower" Shan Yangping
From "Dream of the Red Chamber", the drama tells that Dai Yu visits Jia Baoyu at night, and the beard speaks evilly and refuses to open the door. Lin Daiyu suspected that Jia Baoyu had deliberately disappeared and was very upset. The next day, he saw that the flowers in the garden had no owner, but he hoeed the flowers and gave him the "Words of Burial Flowers" to dispel Autumn Thoughts. Jia Baoyu was suitable, showing his heart, and the two of them reconciled. Yue opera is one of the five major operas in China and the "second largest genre in China". The singing voice of this section is mainly based on the main cavity of Yue opera, "sub-string cavity". It is characterized by delicate and gentle, free and smooth, focusing on the combination of tone and rhythm and emotion. The singing voice area is mostly mid-bass, creating Daiyu's melancholy character. This play has a high artistic value in the history of Yue opera.
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