"Pingju Pingshan has seen through it, and should be self-cherishing and self-respecting..."
"He tells the truth every word there, and I have every inch and nine intestines here..."
On August 9th and 10th, Shanghai Yue Theater's two classic plays of Yue opera Wangpai, "Butterfly Dream" and "Meng Lijun", were successively performed at the Hangzhou Butterfly Theater. Due to the epidemic, these two big dramas, which have been delayed for more than 130 days, are particularly difficult to come by, and therefore, when they meet on and off the stage, they are overflowing with endless expectations and cherishes. The reporter learned that the Butterfly Theater will welcome Yin Pai's classic "Dream of the Red Chamber" on August 20.
Two royal dramas
In memory of a generation of Yue opera grandmaster Wang Wenjuan
In early August, the wang pai drama is staged, which has a different meaning. Just a few days ago, August 6 was the first anniversary of the death of Wang Wenjuan, a generation of Yue opera masters. The Scythians are gone, but the art lives on. As one of the shining pearls in the treasure house of genre art, the "Wang Pai" art founded by teacher Wang Wenjuan has a natural and smooth, simple, sincere and mellow style, and is known for being good at performing the demeanor of the characters and conveying inner feelings. Wang Pai art is also an extremely important genre in the Danjiao art of Yue Opera, with many descendants and far-reaching influences. Wang Zhiping, the leading actor of "Butterfly Dream", and Shan Yangping, the leading actor of "Meng Lijun", are among the best, and the wonderful performance of these two performances is also the best memorial to Teacher Wang Wenjuan.
Stills from Butterfly Dream
Two Wang Pai dramas, one is the classic repertoire of the Wang Pai, and the other is the original repertoire of the disciples of the Wang Pai, which just includes the inheritance and development of the genre; One is calm and atmospheric, one is charming and dignified, and two completely different character images also prove that Wang Pai is a typical personality genre. The audience of opera fans who came from all over the country, the crowd in the front hall, and the warm applause at the performance site, all of which proved that the art of the Yue opera Wang Sect was passed down from generation to generation under the inheritance of the wang pai disciples.
"Butterfly Dream" is Wang Zhiping's plum-grabbing drama, the first performance has been twenty years, and it is precisely because of this play that fans affectionately call Wang Zhiping "butterfly". The performance of the Butterfly Theater on August 9 is the debut of "Butterfly Dream" this year after last year's re-rehearsal tour, and it happens to be in the Butterfly Theater, where the two "butterflies" meet and have some different romance. There are only five actors on the stage of "Butterfly Dream", but Wang Zhiping and Ding Xiaofrog have performed a good play with tears, laughter and thinking. Especially with the charming and playful Tian Xiu and the little widow, it is really difficult not to be thrilled. But Wang Zhiping, who came down from the stage after the performance, was very tired, and she was no longer able to speak, and she said softly: The teacher has just passed the first anniversary.
Stills from "Meng Lijun"
The next day's "Meng Lijun" is a long-lost reunion of the star lineup, and everyone on the stage is the current "top stars" of the Yue opera industry. The combination of Wang Pai's successor Shan Yangping, Fan Pai's zhang Ruihong, and Xu Pai's descendant Zheng Guofeng's Wang Dynamite made this "Meng Lijun" snatched up as soon as it was officially announced. As a reserved repertoire of Shanghai Yue Theatre, this classic Wang Pai repertoire has a deep imprint and the most shining memory in the hearts of theater fans. It can be said that from the moment the opening music sounded, the "DNA" of the audience moved. Shan Yangping said it was a "performance dedicated to the teacher." After watching the performance, some audience members said, "Butterfly Theater's "Meng Lijun" is indeed the only comfort under the epidemic, the Mesozoic starring combination, the gorgeous set and the neat team, it is really where to see where comfortable. ”
At the closing moment, the audience did not want to leave for a long time. "Shan Yangping! Zhang Ruihong! Zheng Guofeng! "The screams came and went, and no one wanted to leave." After watching "Meng Lijun" for so many years, I was touched by the audience today, and when I closed the curtain - this warm scene is an affirmation of the art of opera! An affirmation of the actor's acting prowess! "I believe that the voice of this audience is the most authentic evaluation of this performance."
Live audience
Yin Pai's classic "Dream of the Red Chamber" was staged on the 20th
The second excellent repertoire invitation exhibition ushered in the end
The charm of genre art is the classic and unique charm of Yue opera, and it is also the most popular among the audience. Following two classic plays of yue opera Wang Pai, butterfly theater will welcome the Yin Pai classic "Dream of the Red Chamber" on August 20, which will be jointly performed by Chen Liyu, a descendant of Yin Pai and Zheng Quan of Zhang Pai, fujian Fanghuayue Theatre.
All those who love the art of the Yin school of Yue opera know that the Fujian Fanghuayue Theater is the "base camp" of the Yin school of Yue opera. In the Yue opera industry, it is known as "ten lives and nine Yin", and Mr. Tai Yin Guifang was even known as the "Emperor of Yue Opera" in that year. Unlike most Yue opera masters in Shanghai, Yin Guifang led a group of Fanghua people to move south to Fujian in 1959, and since then Fanghua has been rooted in Fujian for more than 60 years, and yin Pai's voice has also sung from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Fujian to all parts of the country. Most of the rising stars of "Fanghua" take the inheritance of Yin Pai art as their awe-inspiring mission, constantly exploring, and working hard in a region that is not a yue script. Chen Liyu, the sixth generation of Fanghua Yinpai art and winner of the Plum Blossom Award, once said, "I have changed from love for Yinpai to protection, and even become a responsibility. ”
The dancing boys created by Yin Pai are all prince charming in the little girl's dream. Yin Pai, who is good at shaping the image of a warm man who is warm as jade, and Jia Baoyu, who is "like the moon color of the Mid-Autumn Festival" in "Dream of the Red Chamber", is a natural fit.
Stills from "Dream of the Red Chamber"
Stills from "Dream of the Red Chamber"
A cold knowledge, "Dream of the Red Chamber" is also the Yin Pai repertoire that Fanghua performs the most. After the reorganization of Fanghua in the 1950s, "Dream of the Red Chamber" had performed 633 times as of 1964. Up to now, Fanghua's "Dream of the Red Chamber" performance has been about 1,000 times.
In 2021, Fujian Fanghuayue Theater once again re-starred Yin Pai's "Dream of the Red Chamber", starring Chen Liyu, winner of the Plum Blossom Award, non-hereditary inheritor of Yue opera Yin Pai, and Zheng Quan, a national first-class actor and non-hereditary inheritor of Yue opera Zhang Pai.
On August 20th, they will bring this classic to the Butterfly Theater as the closing performance of the second excellent repertoire invitation exhibition of Baiyue Cultural Creation of "Geng Continuation Classic", and sincerely perform.
Stay tuned.