Entering the 13th year of the "Oriental Famous Drama Month", a new season of menus was brought out - the reporter learned from Dongyi on the 14th that from March 11 to April 30, 13 stations and 17 high-quality plays will be staged in turn in the 13th Oriental Famous Drama Month. Shanghai Peking Opera House, Jiangsu Performing Arts Group Kun Theater, Shanghai Pingtan Art Transmission Institute (Shanghai Pingtan Troupe), Anhui Huangmei Drama Theater, Shanghai Zhangjun Kunqu Art Center, Jiangsu Changzhou City Burlesque Troupe, Sichuan Provincial Quyi Research Institute, Shaoxing Xiaobaihuayue Opera Troupe, etc., covering Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui and Shu, will concentrate on performing outstanding repertoire of Peking Opera, Kun opera, Pingtan Opera, Huangmei Opera, Burlesque Opera, Quyi Musical, Yue Opera and other dramas, bringing together Shi Yihong, Li Jun, Anping, Xi Zhonglu, Shan Wen, Shi Xiaming, Gao Bowen, Sun Juan, Wu Yaling, Jiang Jianguo, Zhang Jun, Fu Xiru, Wu Fenghua, Wu Suying and other famous artists create a theatrical feast at the doorstep of shanghai audiences.
The opening play was led by Meipai performing artist Shi Yihong, and Famous Artists such as Li Jun, Anping, Xi Zhonglu, Yang Donghu and other famous artists jointly performed the new version of the Peking Opera "Tang Guifei" at the Shanghai Peking Opera House. "Pear blossoms, spring with rain; pear blossoms fall, spring into the mud." This life is only for one person to go..." A song "Ode to the Pear Blossom" has become a cultural symbol that is well-known throughout the country. The new version of Peking Opera "Tang Guifei" was born from Mei Lanfang's famous drama "Taizhen Waichuan" in the 1920s, integrating into the aesthetics of the new era and showing the continuous upgrading of Mei Pai's art.
The traditional drama "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang" and the classic folding play "Lost And Empty And Chopped" were brought by Fu Xiru, Gao Hongmei, Gao Mingbo and many other famous characters. "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang" is an auspicious and festive play that symbolizes the consummation of Xiangrui, with many roles and complete deeds; "Lost • Empty • Chop" is known as the "most three-dimensional" Three Kingdoms opera, which is the collective name of the traditional Chinese Peking Opera repertoire "Lost Street Pavilion", "Empty City Plan" and "Chopping Horse Rumors". The three plays are relatively independent and closely connected, and the characters in the play are brilliant.
Drama directors bring "modernity" to the opera stage. Jiangsu Performing Arts Group's Kunqu opera "1699 Peach Blossom Fan" starred Shan Wen, winner of the Plum Blossom Award, and Shi Xiaming, winner of the Magnolia Award. "1699 · Peach Blossom Fan" is the iconic heritage of Kunqu opera, the well-known drama director Tian Qinxin was invited to create the Kunqu opera "1699 · Peach Blossom Fan" based on the original adaptation, integrating the structure of modern drama, integrating classical and modern elements, and "having both culture and martial arts" in scene scheduling.
Hu Zongqi, director of the drama version of "The Right Way in the World is Vicissitudes", joined hands with the Jiangsu Changzhou Burlesque Troupe to bring the burlesque play "Chen Yisheng's Eating Problem". The play is based on the novel character "Chen Yisheng" written by Changzhou writer Gao Xiaosheng, which is an attempt to express a heavy theme of burlesque drama.
The contemporary Kunqu opera "Spring River Flower Moon Night" at the Shanghai Zhang Jun Kunqu Art Center was inspired by the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ruoxuan's poem of the same name, "A Single Piece Presses the Whole Tang", and the playwright Luo Zhou used a romantic and bold imagination to derive a poignant love story for this poet who has little record in the historical records. The script not only carries forward the tradition of Kunqu Opera's talent and beauty drama, but also elevates "love" to philosophical thinking about life. The expression that fits the modern aesthetic makes this play loved by audiences since its premiere.
In terms of the selection of drama genres, adding a new drama every year is the "tradition" of the Oriental Famous Opera Month, and this year ushers in a "new friend" - the large-scale quyi musical "Chengdu Family Book" brought by the Sichuan Quyi Research Institute. "Chengdu Family Letter" takes the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea as the historical background, and the musical theater elements are combined with the Sichuan quyi with strong regional characteristics to promote the innovation of quyi.
Jiangnan culture shows its charm in the characteristic dramas of the Yangtze River Delta region. The Huangmei Drama "Female Horse" and "Dream of the Red Chamber" of the Huangmei Drama Theater in Anhui Province will bring together a number of plum blossom award winners; the Shanghai Commentary Troupe will bring the novella "Lin Huiyin" and "If Life Is Only like the First Sight , A Song of Wu Yin A Love - Commenting on the Concert of Famous Artists".
Plum Blossom Award winner Wu Suying partnered with "Second Degree Plum" Wu Fenghua, shaoxing Xiaobaihuayue Opera Troupe "Three Looks at royal sisters" and "Tanuki Cat for Prince" will be the finale of this year's Oriental Famous Drama Monthly. "Three Looks at the Royal Sister" is a literary drama known for singing, and "Tanuki Cat for Prince" is adapted from the classical masterpiece "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness", which is a reserved play of Shaoxing Xiaobaihuayue Opera Troupe.
With the aim of "promoting the grand development of national opera in contemporary times", the Oriental Famous Opera Month focuses on new repertoire, displays new achievements and cultivates new audiences, and is the first large-scale national art exhibition and performance event in China with national opera as the core. So far, 5 winners of the "Plum Blossom Award", 11 winners of the "Second Plum Award" and 87 winners of the "Plum Blossom Award" have successively appeared on the stage. According to statistics, more than 80% of the audience of oriental famous dramas last year were middle-aged and young people under the age of 40 - when young audiences gradually became the main force of the performance, national art is crossing the era and full of vitality.