"I am Zeng Xiaomin, a drama that talks about ancient and modern." When the new song "I am Zeng Xiaomin" was sung, the audience once again resounded with unceasing applause...
On the evening of November 29th, the Cantonese opera youth | Zeng Xiaomin Cantonese opera art works national tour (Guangzhou station) was held at the Guangzhou Opera House. Zeng Xiaomin, a national first-class actor, Winner of the Wenhua Performance Award, the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, and the Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performing Arts Award" "Protagonist Award", brought "I Am Zeng Xiaomin - Drama Say" Symphony Concert to the Audience in Guangzhou, showing the Cantonese opera culture and art with Lingnan characteristics, and witnessing the Cantonese youth of the millennium ancient city with the audience. It is reported that on the evening of November 30, the Guangzhou Opera House will also stage Zeng Xiaomin's masterpiece , Cantonese opera "The Legend of the White Snake".
Witness the Cantonese youth of the thousand-year-old city with the audience
Cantonese opera is a gem of Lingnan culture. Zeng Xiaomin and Guangdong Cantonese Theatre have been committed to the inheritance and innovation of Cantonese opera culture, so that more audiences can further feel the charm of Cantonese opera. In 2021, Zeng Xiaomin's national tour of Cantonese opera artworks started from Shenzhen and went to Zhengzhou, Xi'an, Yinchuan, Wuhan, Shanghai, Ningbo... Now, Zeng Xiaomin has returned to the Pearl River with cantonese opera art to show the fathers and villagers in Guangzhou the fanghua of Cantonese opera in its youth.
On the evening of November 29, Zeng Xiaomin, together with fan tao, a national first-class conductor, Ding Fan, a famous Cantonese opera performance artist, as well as national first-class actors Wen Ruqing and Wang Yanfei, national second-level actors Zhu Hongxing and Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra performers, presented an audiovisual feast that integrates traditional and modern arts for the audience.
The party was divided into several chapters such as "I Am Zeng Xiaomin", "Winter to Spring", "Drama Say", "Cantonese Yun South Wind" and so on. The opening "I Am Zeng Xiaomin" presents Zeng Xiaomin's artistic road to the audience from a first-person perspective and in the form of flashbacks of literary and art films; in the second part of "Winter to Spring", Zeng Xiaomin sings the CCTV hit anti-epidemic song - the Cantonese song "Life Blossoms", and the audience reviewed The feats of China's fight against the epidemic in 2020.
In the third part of "Drama and Talk", Zeng Xiaomin presented the audience with "White Snake Legend and Love", "Sister Jiang", "Liu Yi's Strange Origin", "Lady Chenguo" and other repertoire singing segments. With her outstanding Cantonese opera singing voice, she interpreted the artistic images of Bai Suzhen, Sister Jiang, Dragon Girl Sanniang, and Lady Sin that she has created on the stage over the years. The large screen behind the stage cuts into the picture of the Cantonese opera movie "White Snake Legend and Love" and "Liu Yi's Strange Edge", and the stage also introduces a situational performance, restoring Cantonese opera scenes such as "Water Flooding Jinshan".
Entering the fourth part of "Yue Yun South Wind", accompanied by a magnificent symphonic melody, Zeng Xiaomin sang the Cantonese song "Every Spring" with deep affection. This song has a beautiful melody and presents a colorful Lingnan culture; the lyrics are of far-reaching significance, showing the chapter of the great economic changes in the south; the chant interpretation is infectious, singing the miracle of every spring in this fertile land, every field is creating, and everyone is proud of the prosperity of the world.
"Sell lychees..." As soon as the song was sung, the audience clapped their hands together to the rhythm. In the return session, Zeng Xiaomin continued to bring songs such as "Ode to Lychee", "Thousands of Rivers and Mountains Are Always Love", "I Am Zeng Xiaomin" and so on. Among them, the new song "I am Zeng Xiaomin" is the first appearance, and it has not appeared in the tour in other provinces and cities, which is the sincerity and surprise that Zeng Xiaomin brought to the Audience in Guangzhou.
The newly edited Cantonese drama "The Legend of the White Snake" continues to be brilliantly staged
"This year, the Cantonese opera movie "The Legend of the White Snake" and the rollout of the national tour have made Cantonese opera receive greater attention." Zeng Xiaomin said, "Embracing young people is embracing the future, from passive wait-and-see to actively judging, embracing, and creating cultural emotions that can resonate with young people, young people learn together and grow together, which may be what I enjoy the most." Because Cantonese opera is young. It is gratifying that "we find that the audience is now younger, the quality is very good, and there is a high ability to appreciate, which makes us more confident in the innovation of Cantonese opera." ”
It is reported that on the evening of November 30, the newly edited Cantonese opera "The Legend of the White Snake, Love" will continue to be brilliantly staged, which is one of Zeng Xiaomin's representative works and has won the 16th Wenhua Performance Award and the 28th Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award.
The newly edited Cantonese opera "White Snake Legend , Love" has been innovated and developed on the basis of the traditional drama "White Snake Biography", with "love" as the main line running through the whole play, through the ingenious and unique artistic techniques, giving people a youthful and beautiful, romantic and aesthetic artistic enjoyment. The drama was also jointly made by Pearl River Film Group and Guangdong Cantonese Theatre into the first 4K panoramic sound Cantonese opera film, which was released nationwide after its premiere in Guangzhou on May 20 this year, and currently has an online rating of 8.1 points, which is deeply loved by young audiences.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, Xinhuacheng Reporter: Zhang Suqin Correspondent Wu Wenyu
Photo/Correspondent: Xue Caihuan
Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Xie Yufen
【Source: Guangzhou Daily】
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