Text/Yangcheng Evening News All-media reporter Huang Zhouhui Correspondent Wu Wenyu
Photo/ Xue Caihuan
On the evening of the 29th, the Cantonese opera is in its youth| Zeng Xiaomin's national tour of Cantonese opera works (Guangzhou Station) was held at the Guangzhou Grand Theatre. Zeng Xiaomin, a national first-class actor, Wenhua Performance Award, Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, and Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performing Arts Award" "Protagonist Award", brought "I Am Zeng Xiaomin - Drama Say" Symphony Concert to Yangcheng audience fans, which was warmly welcomed by theater fans. Today (30th) evening, Zeng Xiaomin will also perform his representative Cantonese opera "White Snake Transmission and Love", showing the Cantonese opera culture and art rich in Lingnan characteristics and showing the style of "Cantonese opera is young".
Cantonese opera is a gem of Lingnan culture. In 2021, Zeng Xiaomin's national tour of Cantonese opera artworks will start from the Greater Bay Area and be staged in Shenzhen, Zhengzhou, Xi'an, Yinchuan, Wuhan, Shanghai, Ningbo and other places. Now, Zeng Xiaomin has returned to the Pearl River with cantonese opera art, bringing wonderful performances to the fathers and fellow villagers in Guangzhou, showing the youthful fanghua of Cantonese opera.
In the evening, Zeng Xiaomin joined hands 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-class actors Zhu Hongxing famous rookies and Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra performers, presenting an audiovisual feast for the audience that integrates traditional and modern arts, and oriental and Western instruments.
The evening party was divided into several chapters such as "I Am Zeng Xiaomin", "Winter to Spring", "Drama Say", "Cantonese Yun South Wind" and so on, focusing on the theme of "I am Zeng Xiaomin", presenting Zeng Xiaomin's personal artistic attainments, ideological and cultural accomplishment, industry leadership, showing her persistence, innovation and dedication as a new generation of leading figures in Cantonese opera art, praising the thriving grand scenery of bay area culture and the vigorous development momentum of bay area cities under the background of the great era, and opening a more brilliant chapter of Cantonese opera art.
After the concert, the audience was still unsatisfied, zeng Xiaomin was invited to return to the scene, bringing the audience songs such as "Ode to Lychee", "Thousands of Rivers and Mountains Always Love", "I Am Zeng Xiaomin" and so on. It is reported that the new song "I am Zeng Xiaomin" is the first appearance, and the tour in other provinces and cities has not appeared, which is the sincerity and surprise that Zeng Xiaomin brought to the audience in Guangzhou.
"This year, the Cantonese opera movie "The Legend of the White Snake" and the rollout of the national tour have made Cantonese opera receive a lot of attention." Zeng Xiaomin said: "We found that the audience is now younger, the quality is very good, and there is a high ability to appreciate. Embracing young people is embracing the future, learning with young people, growing up together, which is probably what I enjoy the most, because Cantonese opera is youth. We are more confident in the innovation of Cantonese opera. ”
Edit: Bao Kuo
Source: Golden Sheep Network