On the stage were dazzling, frightening sword shadows, wonderful martial arts dramas; offstage was a burst of applause and applause... On December 18th and 19th, the newly edited Peking Opera "Big Knife King V" of The Beijing Opera House was successfully premiered at the Chang'an Grand Theater, which not only allowed the audience to enjoy a newly created martial arts drama representing the highest level of martial arts in the Beijing Peking Opera House, but also aroused people's respect and fascination for the spirit of loyalty, righteousness, and chivalry.
The newly compiled Peking Opera "Big Knife King Five" is created around the life deeds of Beijing's historical and cultural celebrity "Big Knife King Five", describing the story of the "Great Knife King Five" saving the survival of the "Great Knife King Five" in the historical period of the "Pengshu Change" at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and finally becoming a generation of heroes who can sing and cry. The choice of this theme shows the determination of the Beijing Opera House to revitalize martial arts. The stage gathers many powerful artists in front of and behind the scenes, outstanding young actors Zhan Lei, Zhang Kai, Yu Shuai, Cao Yangyang, Wang Yanli, Li Mixin, etc. as the main actors, outstanding young performers Ma Shuai as drummers, Wang Changlin as the organist, behind the scenes, screenwriters Jiang Chaogao, Gao Qinglong, Sun Guoyi, director Zhang Feng, composer and vocal design Zhu Shaoyu, deputy director Nian Jinpeng, etc., and specially invited Yang Shaochun, Zhang Siquan, Lang Shichang, Li Hongyan as artistic directors.
With the help of the four art directors, the entire creative and starring team played a teamwork role in script adjustment, plot design, director conception, music design, martial arts display and character shaping, and worked together to create a second time, laying a solid foundation for the successful performance of the play. In terms of character settings, the play brings together Wusheng, Wudan, Wu ugly, and Wuhua face as martial arts actors; in performance, it organically combines traditional Peking Opera with dance and martial arts; in the scene choreography, it increases skills and difficulties, and is beneficial in plot settings, setting up rich emotional clues, making the character image more vivid and three-dimensional. Zhu Shaoyu, a famous opera musician, tried to innovate in the music and singing cavity of the play, added Western orchestral music to strengthen musicality, and creatively designed a theme song that runs through the whole play for the protagonist Da Dao Wang Wu; at the same time, he learned from Sichuan opera "help cavity" to make the design of the wenwu scene more reasonable, and more effectively render emotions and balance rhythms.
The large sections of martial arts in the play are even more outstanding, with great difficulty, high specifications, strong lineups, and satisfactory completion. The thrilling fight scene of real knives, real guns and real kung fu made the audience truly feel the fearless spirit of the benevolent people who "sacrificed more for the sake of sacrifice and courage, and dared to teach the sun and the moon to change the new heaven" at the time of national peril. It is particularly worth mentioning that in Wang Wu's body, the spirit and character of the two "martial" are integrated, and the people of Li are under the people, the poor masses, the future of the country, the resistance of the great powers, and the four words of "the great hero". As Liu Tong, director of the Beijing Peking Opera, said, "The Great Knife King V" is not only a martial arts figure, but also a patriot with patriotic feelings for the country. China's modern revolution began with the Penghu Reform Law, and Wang Wu was the one who escorted it. In the difficult process of the Hundred Days Restoration, what the Great Sword King Five did has exceeded the social responsibility of a dart master and is a brilliant stroke in history.
This rare new martial arts drama has won the recognition and praise of industry insiders and many audiences. After watching "The Great Knife King V", the audience Member Jia was full of praise: "Rare martial arts drama repertoire, rare strength lineup, real knives and real guns, and the escort of gold medal composer Zhu Shaoyu." Beijing flavor culture, ancient capital culture, wonderful fights, group fights to see people dazzling, before watching the martial arts flower rack mostly, this time is not, martial arts and acrobatic thrills, Ming Dangling big knife to see people so nervous! The actor has to sing in a full tune after the breath is undecided, it is not easy! ”
Photographer Shi Chunyang was very touched by the performance of "Big Knife King V", he said: "The story of Big Knife King V, I have known since I was a child. My grandfather was a martial arts enthusiast, since I was a child, I had heard that the Great Sword King Five Robbery Law Field, saving Tan Sitong, being framed and stripped of his first rank, hanging on the front door building, it was Huo Yuanjia who snatched the first rank of Wang Wu by walking on the wall and burying the good man. In today's play, the actors are Wang Fang's lineup, and the martial arts and literary drama elites of the best years are all good brothers of ours for many years. The script can also be polished, Wang Wu is not a god, he has the delicacy of people, because he has a certain idea, he can become a generation of martial arts masters. He has the iron man's tenderness, and he will have the courage to act heroically and righteously. Of course, not having a lot of tricks is his Achilles heel. ”
Wang Su, a young screenwriter, believes that "The King of the Big Knife V" is very wonderful, and it is a rare good play in the sky recently, "especially the fourth scene of the robbery is particularly wonderful, full of good kung fu, the fast gun is dazzling with guns, the horse's legs and stomachs are drizzling, the head of the turnip is chopped, wiped, horizontal, swept, plucked, pushed, shabu, attacked, flashed, blocked, and the moves are overwhelmed." An underwater ambush is even more ingenious and wonderful! Countless "one two three" and "X strand block", the audience cheered one after another, a good and painful robbery field! Such a "showmanship" repertoire, please come more! At the same time, she thinks that the script adaptation is very concise, "The play repeatedly emphasizes, 'What is a hero, the road is uneven and the sword is for the hero, what is righteousness, what is life and death, what is fearful', I believe that the main creator is calling for the return of the chivalrous spirit, so that the blood boiling, the two ribs inserted into the knife of the jianghu pride in today and fast-paced life collide with a full heart." ”