On January 15, 2022, the essence of the youth version of "Peony Pavilion", starring Shen Fengying and Yu Jiulin, winners of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, was brilliantly staged at the Chinese Theater of Beijing Tianqiao Art Center.
Stills from "Frightening Dreams"
This performance is one of the important contents of the "Meet beijing" Olympic Cultural Festival and the 22nd "Meet Beijing" International Arts Festival - "Meet Beijing meet Jiangnan" Suzhou Culture and Art Exhibition Week, with a view to presenting the thick opera culture contained in the "Ancestor of Hundred Operas" Kunqu opera to the world through the important window of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The essence of the youth version of "Peony Pavilion" is the classic brand repertoire of Suzhou Kun Opera in Jiangsu Province, co-created by the cultural opera elite, the famous Chinese writer Mr. Bai Xianyong as the chief producer and artistic director, the famous Kunqu performance artists Wang Shiyu and Zhang Jiqing as the artistic director, since its premiere in 2004, nearly 400 performances, more than 20 cities in mainland China and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, as well as the United States, Britain, Greece, Singapore and other countries, directly into the audience of 800,000, of which 70% are young audiences. Won a number of awards such as the National Stage Art Excellence Project.
Stills from "Remembrance of the Girl"
Stills from "Back to Life"
As a vocational college troupe in the birthplace of Kunqu Opera, Suzhou Kun Opera in Jiangsu Province has always adhered to the ancient traditional style and pure Kunqu opera style. Following the "transmission" generation, five generations of Suzhou Kunju opera people have been cultivated successively. Over the past ten years, it has gradually formed an aesthetic benchmark of "New Aesthetics of Kunqu Opera" with the characteristics of the times and the characteristics of the birthplace, represented by the youth version of "Peony Pavilion" and the new version of "Jade Hairpin", the creative benchmark of the new kunqu opera old opera, represented by the new version of "Bai Luo Shirt", and the exploration benchmark of the red theme creation of kunqu opera that focuses on the times and takes root in the people, represented by the new version of "Bai Luo Shirt", and the exploration benchmark of kunqu red theme creation that focuses on the times and takes root in the people. (Cong Fangyao)
Source: Guangming Network