There are not many Red Chamber dramas in Peking Opera,
Even fewer are still performing on stages in Shanghai.
Yesterday, the Shanghai Peking Opera House rehearsed the Peking Opera "Wang Xifeng Makes a Big Fuss in the Ningguo Mansion" on the Stage of Tiantou Yifu, with Xun Pai Hua Dan and young literary artist Yang Yang picking liang and playing the role of Wang Xifeng, which also brought a bright color to the Haipai Peking Opera stage, which is mostly old students and flower face plays.
Yang Yang plays Wang Xifeng
Danjiao is full of flowers
This play is one of the representative works of the famous artist Tong Zhiling in the upper Jingdan Corner, and this time it is based on Tong Zhiling's 1982 performance book. Because Shangjing has not performed the play for many years, there are many famous artists and industry insiders hidden in the audience.
Stills from "Wang Xifeng Makes a Big Fuss in Ningguo Mansion"
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Kunqu opera performance artist Liang Guyin once watched Tong Zhiling perform the play, and after the end of the scene yesterday, she recalled the scene at that time: "Tong Zhiling played Wang Xifeng, Zhang Nanyun played You Erjie, and Tong Xiangling played Jia Lian. Yang Yang is also an actor I like, I will definitely come to see, she broke through herself this time. ”
In 2019, after Yang Yang won the Magnolia Protagonist Award with "Golden Jade Slave", it has attracted special attention from inside and outside the industry.
"Wang Xifeng's Big Trouble in Ningguofu", which premiered yesterday, is the third play that Yang Yang learned to perform after being selected for the Shanghai Literature and Art Award's Young Writers and Artists Training Program.
Rong Guangrunguan, a professor at the Shanghai Theater Academy, said that in fact, Yang Yang's personality is far from Wang Xifeng's pungency, but this is the creativity of the actor, "Yang Yang is quite young, now is her best age, her grasp of the role and singing are well combined, and it is getting better and better." ”
Usually, Yang Yangduo starred in the delicate little Hua Dan, and this time he played Wang Xifeng, who was alone in the Ningguo Mansion, so that the audience could see the breadth of her play.
Wang Xifeng, played by Yang Yang (left), lets the audience see the breadth of her play
Under the switching of the lights, the first second Wang Xifeng was still saying to Sister You, "You are really my good sister", and the next second the lights dimmed, and Wang Xifeng, who was angry and gritted his teeth, showed his heart, and immediately showed a contrast, and Sister Feng's fierce strength, two sides and three knives were in place. Moreover, such a ploy is only exposed in front of the audience, not between the characters and the characters, and there is a sense of separation between the stages.
Spicy life is tragic
In the play, Wang Xifeng's virtual and snake-like posture "works" a sense of comedy.
Originally, at the end of Tong Zhiling's version, Wang Xifeng used gossip to beat You Erjie on the sick bed, and Jia Lian was hooked by Qiu Tong, who was rewarded by the old master, and the double blow forced You Erjie to swallow gold and commit suicide. Wang Xifeng came to weep and mourn, and turned around and slapped QiuTong angrily, thus ending the curtain.
Cai Xiaoying played the second sister of You
This time, Yang Yang's version focuses more on the tragic color of Wang Xifeng's character at the end.
When Sister You died, everyone was in a mess, and Wang Xifeng turned around and said lonely, "One less, there is one more", which is intriguing and highlights the tragedy of the character. Although Wang Xifeng has exhausted her calculations, in the feudal society, she is also trying to fight for the living space of humble women, and her fierce heart is actually full of involuntary bitterness.
You Erjie, played by Cai Xiaoying, and Wang Xifeng, played by Yang Yang
Finally, Wang Xifeng sang with a feather fan in his hand: "The organ is too clever to calculate Qingqing's life, a joy and sorrow, sighing, it is difficult to determine in the end." ”
Ma Bomin, director of the Shanghai Jingkun Art Development Advisory Committee, believes that the organ has not calculated at this time, and it is more appropriate for Wang Xifeng to read it out when he will die, and the next step of revision can be more complete.
She looked forward to it: "As far as the Inheritance Xun Sect is concerned, Tong Zhiling is a branch of the south, and her "You Third Sister" and "Wu Zetian" should be taken down in Kyoto. "Wang Xifeng Makes a Big Fuss in Ningguo Mansion" is a new play in the tradition, a tradition in the new drama, and I hope that the next version of "Liu Grandma and Wang Xifeng" can also be discharged. ”
The actors closed the curtain
New Performing Arts Studio
Author: Zhao Yue
Editor: Wu Xuying
Photo: Photo by Wang Kai
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