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Author: Zou Shifang
Mr. Yu Zhenfei, who is eighty-three years old, told me that following the publication of his "Zhenfei Qu Score" in Shanghai last year, the "Yu Zhenfei Performing Arts Anthology" will also be published in Beijing, and he said with great interest: "This book collects articles that have been published to study my performing arts, and can be published at the end of the year." ”
I asked, "This book is valuable. Also about your performing arts, about your experiences, what are you not going to write about yourself? He smiled and said, "I plan to write an autobiography, and now I've collected some material." ”
"Before I left for Beijing this time, the Shanghai Record Factory asked me to record what kind of audio archives I was engaged in. Ba Jin, Cao Yu, He Luting, etc. all recorded the sound. In addition to recording a speech about Kunqu opera, I also sang a few paragraphs. The speech was recorded for four days and the singing segment was recorded for two days. Old Mr. Yu said happily.
Stills from the opera art film "Dream in the Garden", Mei Lanfang as Du Liniang, Yu Zhenfei as Liu Mengmei
I continued: "This is a very meaningful work, and the ancient art of Kunqu opera should be passed on." What are your thoughts on the future development of Kunqu opera? Mr. Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Since Kunqu opera is an ancient drama, if it wants to survive and develop, it must be reformed. In the thirty years after liberation, Kunqu opera has been undergoing reforms. Although many new historical dramas have been choreographed, on the whole, too few people understand it.
"To develop Kunqu opera, on the one hand, it is necessary to compile more new historical dramas, and on the other hand, it is necessary to popularize more knowledge in this regard. As soon as the general audience hears that it is Kunqu opera, they will stay away, in fact, they really look at it and think it is good. Now it is time to strive for more performances so that everyone can understand Kunqu opera. For example, the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Theater has performed voluntary performances at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Baosteel, Tongji University, etc., and the feedback is good. The Northern Kunqu Opera Theater did the same.
Cheng Yanqiu and Yu Zhenfei's "Piano Pick"
"Studying in China Chinese foreign students are very interested in Kunqu opera. Recently, Japan came to a Kunqu opera observation group, and dozens of people went to Shanghai, Ningbo, Suzhou, and Hangzhou to observe. Japanese Kabuki is also a very old genre of drama, the Chinese opera genre of Kunqu is the oldest, with a history of more than 500 years, Peking Opera is only more than 200 years old. ”
Mr. Yu Zhenfei's wife, Li Qihua, a descendant of the Cheng Sect, interjected: "Practice has proved that Kunqu opera is not only very popular among the general intellectual class, especially in colleges and universities, but also has a certain influence among ordinary citizens and peasants. For example, Shanghai Kunqu Opera Theater to Wenzhou, Ruian, Yongjia and other places to perform, the attendance rate is very high, the first day 80%, the next day 90%, and then full, there are more than 2,000 standing tickets. After the performance, some local old artists enthusiastically gave us the old books of Kunqu opera that they treasured. ”
Han Shichang is in Japan
Elder Yu continued: "Just now I mentioned that Japanese friends are interested in Kunqu opera, and many overseas Chinese, Taiwan compatriots, and foreign Chinese are also Fans of Kunqu Opera. The Chinese Department of a university in Hawaii, USA, has opened a Kunqu class, and the main speaker is Professor Luo Jintang, who sings Kunqu very well. Last year, when I went to Hong Kong to perform, Professor Li Fanggui from Taiwan rushed to Hong Kong to watch. Xu Yanzhi, a Taiwan compatriot in the United States, could not come, so he called me every day from abroad to ask about the performance and ask for instructions. ”
I asked, "How many Kunqu opera troupes are there in the country now?" ”
Li Qianghua said: "There are Shang (Hai) Kun, Zhejiang (Jiang) Kun, (Jiang) Su Kun, Xiang (Hunan) Kun, Su (Zhou) Kun, and Bei (Fang) Kun, which are not few. ”
I said with confidence: "If everyone can do what Mr. Yu said, the ancient genre of Kunqu opera will be inherited and carried forward!" ”
The old couple laughed happily.
October 1984 in Beijing
(Celebrity Chronicles)