China's Gansu network on January 17, the continuation of the red blood, inheriting the spirit of Nanliang. On the evening of January 16, the red-themed national opera "Hu'er Hey Yo", created by the Gansu Provincial Opera House, ushered in the first make-up rehearsal at the Gansu Provincial Opera House Small Theater. Yang Jianren, member of the party group and deputy director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Jing Zuoren, a famous music critic, Xiao Meilu, a famous theater critic in the province, Yan Forest, and the responsible persons of relevant departments and offices of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism attended the scene to watch and give guidance.
The original national opera "Hu'er Hey Yo" was created based on the true story of the Nanliang base area during the revolutionary war years, and through the five parts of "Seriously Injured rescue", "Alone in Longtan", "Deep Feelings of the Military and The People", "Entrusted in Danger", and "Fearless in Righteousness", the story revolves around the protection of the important materials left behind by the Red Army, and profoundly interprets the Nanliang spirit of "facing the masses, adhering to the faith, taking into account the overall situation, and seeking truth and pioneering" forged in the revolutionary struggle between blood and fire. The play specially invited Jiang Li, director of the former art committee of the Central Opera House and a famous literary and art critic, as the director, Wang Yan, a famous conductor and associate professor of the Conducting Department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, as the conductor, Yang Zhuang, a young composer, as the composer, Li Tiansheng, president of the Gansu Provincial Opera House, and Ma Xia, a young screenwriter, as the screenwriters, and the rest of the main creators and stars are composed of cast members of the Gansu Provincial Opera House. In the first rehearsal, the cast and crew of the Provincial Opera House showed the results of rehearsals that lasted for several months with full mental state and excellent performance skills. After the performance, a symposium on the repertoire was held in the conference room of the Provincial Opera House, and the experts gave unanimous praise and full affirmation to the creation and first joint performance of the play, and put forward opinions and suggestions on the polishing of the repertoire from different angles. Everyone agreed that the play already has the foundation to become an excellent stage art work, and hopes that the Gansu Provincial Opera House will continue to polish and improve, so that the play will become a high-quality, high-level original national opera.
Yang Jianren pointed out at the symposium that the first rehearsal of the opera "Hu'er Hey Yo" felt good overall. In the artistic presentation of the integrity and innovation, showing the extraordinary strength of the director; the on-site conductor performance is exciting and progressive, improving the overall quality of the repertoire; the music creation is magnificent and smooth, setting off the grand scene narrative plot; the plot design contradictions and conflicts are reasonable, the actors have strong performance, the characters have distinct personalities, and the lines are simple and close to real life; through polishing and upgrading, it will become another representative work of the Provincial Opera House. Yang Jianren stressed that in the next step of polishing and upgrading, the main creative team should continue to fully respect the law of artistic creation, concentrate on polishing, more reflect the musical characteristics of Longdong folk songs in music creation, be more compact and fascinating in plot design, continue to re-polish the play with an attitude of excellence, and build the play into a high-quality masterpiece that can stand, spread and stay, and present the party's twenty major prizes.
(Text/Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism Yang Peihan Gansu Provincial Opera House Ma Xia Photo/Courtesy of Gansu Provincial Opera House)