On the evening of January 7 and 8, the "MeiXi Jinling - Nanjing Chinese Orchestra New Year Opera Masters National Symphony Concert" will be played at the Jiangsu Grand Theatre, and the national symphony will be combined with the interpretation of traditional operas such as Kunqu Opera, Peking Opera, Yue Opera, Huangmei Opera, and Yang Opera, presenting the audience with a musical feast of classical and modern, instrumental music and vocal fusion.
The Modern Express reporter noted that among the performance repertoire, there are not only the huangmei opera "Female Pony Horse" excerpt "Who Expected the Emperor's List zhongzhuangyuan", the Peking Opera "Noble Concubine Drunk" excerpt "The Island Ice Wheel First Turning", the Kunqu Opera "Peony Pavilion" excerpt "Youyuan", the modern Peking Opera "Wisdom to Take WeiHu Mountain" excerpt "Usher in the Spring Color Change", and other widely sung classic singing segments, as well as excerpts from huai opera "Small Town", Jiangsu Zizi large-scale modern drama "Mother" and other newly created repertoire.
△ Kunqu performance artist Shan Wen
The repertoire is rich and the performance lineup is also very strong. The Modern Express reporter learned that the concert specially invited Huangmei opera performance artist He Yun, Peking Opera performance artist Yang Shaopeng, Peking Opera performance artist Li Yijie, Yue opera performance artist Li Xiaoxu, Huai opera performance artist Chen Cheng, Kunqu performance artist Shan Wen, Yang opera performance artist Xu Xiufang, Yue opera performance artist Tao Qi, and Jiangsu Zizi performance artist Yan Ling performed on the same stage.
△ Peking Opera performance artist Yang Shaopeng
These 9 have all won the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, and their strength should not be underestimated. Among them, Yang Shaopeng and Li Xiaoxu are the new plum blossoms who won the 30th Chinese Drama "Plum Blossom Award" in 2021.
"Folk Music + Drama" is the innovative setting of this concert. The reporter learned from the Nanjing Chinese Orchestra that such a performance model is not only an innovative transformation and fashion packaging of traditional culture, which will help traditional art "break the circle", and will also inject new vitality into the development of folk music. Many fans and fans of the opera are looking forward to this.
It is reported that there are still tickets for the concert, and you who love music and listen to drama should not miss it.
(Courtesy of Nanjing Chinese Orchestra)