Singer Wang Li played the hundredth "Sister Jiang" stills Provided by the crew
Beijing, August 31 (Reporter Ying Ni) "Red plums bloom on the red rock, thousands of miles of frost step on the feet, the cold of March 9 is afraid, a piece of Dan heart opens to the sun..." Classic songs always have the power to touch people's hearts. The classic folk opera "Sister Jiang" (2021 edition), which was rearranged and performed by the China Opera and Dance Theater, ended its three consecutive days of performance at the Tianqiao Art Center Grand Theater on the evening of the 30th. Sopranos Yi Hongyuan, Wang Li and Wang Ying led the three protagonists "Sister Jiang" respectively.
The national opera "Sister Jiang" was adapted and composed by Yan Su, a famous playwright and lyricist of the former Kongzheng Cultural and Labor Troupe, based on the novel "Red Rock", and composed by famous musicians Yang Ming, Jiang Chunyang and Jin Sha. In the nearly 60 years since its inception, the play has undergone five rehearsals and performed more than 1,000 times, making it a far-reaching and widely acclaimed classic play.
After becoming a wife and mother, it resonates with the characters more
For Wang Li, a soprano singer in the People's Liberation Army Cultural and Labor Troupe, the evening of August 29 was her 100th performance as Sister Jiang, and it was also her last performance as a military singer, so it "has a special significance." ”
Sister Jiang was already a wife and mother when she died at the age of 29, and Wang Li's youth version of "Sister Jiang" 14 years ago was to convey the young, mature, stable and powerful side of the role to the young audience, so that everyone felt that "Sister Jiang" was not far away.
Today, Wang Li feels that her life experience is closer to the role. "When I first played Sister Jiang, I was still a young girl, and my understanding of life was still superficial and superficial. At that time, in order to find Sister Jiang's feelings, she slept almost only three or four hours a day. But now that I have become a wife and a mother, especially after having children, my understanding of the image of Jiang Jie, a heroic mother, has come closer. Wang Li said that if she said that playing "Sister Jiang" when she was young was an imitation, it was blindly trying to make young people like, "Now I stand on the stage will be more calm, atmospheric, dignified, and will be closer to this character." ”
Since the debut of "Sister Jiang" in 2007, Wang Li has performed "Sister Jiang" on the stage for hundreds of times. She believes that with the experience of these hundred performances, she can now completely create a different "Sister Jiang". In addition to the age and psychological proximity to the role of "Sister Jiang", there has been a longer and greater progress in the understanding of the role and the spirit of Hongyan. Over the years, Wang Li has gone to Chongqing almost every year, whether it is a business trip or a performance, she will take time to visit the "Slag Cave" or the Hongyan Revolution Memorial Hall.
"I love a role like Sister Jiang, who allows me to examine my soul when I perform." Wang Li feels that as a new generation of Jiang Jie's actors, we must use our hearts to feel the inner realm of the martyrs, and use the beautiful melody and the deep affection behind the lyrics to shape the image of Jiang Jie and complete the self-breakthrough and transcendence in art.
The evangelist of the red classics
In October 2012, after the 50th anniversary of the creation of "Sister Jiang", the old artist Yan Su and other main creators expressed their feelings on the stage. The old man said: "50 years later, many of our companions have passed away, thanks to Wang Li, the baton has been passed down from generation to generation." We hope that the play "Sister Jiang" can continue to live on the stage and live in people's hearts. ”
In Wang Li's view, "To inherit this matter, you have to let everyone like, love to hear and love to see." Usually, she went to the military camp with the troupe to perform, and when she sang the excerpt of "Sister Jiang" to the officers and soldiers, she would tell them a story, such as why did she sing "Embroidered Red Flag"? How was "Red Mezan" created? After saying this, and then singing with the plot, the warriors will be brought into the play and the characters by her. Because the classic song is well known, every time she sings "Embroidered Red Flag" and "Red Mezan", the soldiers present will sing loudly with her.
Wang Xiaoying, director of the centenary edition of the opera "Sister Jiang", strives to achieve creative transformation and innovative development of classic works on the basis of adhering to the spirit of the original work. The whole performance focuses on de-stylization, seamlessly connecting singing, lines and performances, and improving the fluency of the repertoire. Wang Li admires the director's choreography, "He is very grounded, although he is a 'post-50s' director, he understands the aesthetics of contemporary audiences." This time, he boldly cut and adapted the plate cavity in the original version, and from this point of view, the new version is more suitable for young audiences to enjoy. ”
Previously, Jin Man and Wan Shanhong, two actors of the third generation of "Sister Jiang", have successively transferred from the stage to the podium, and Wang Li, as the fifth generation of "Sister Jiang", will also leave the army to participate in the education front. As a people's teacher, inheriting the red classics and cultivating the next generation of "Sister Jiang" will also become her mission and responsibility. "Sister Jiang's inheritors are not a matter of one person or several people, but the inheritance of one generation and two generations. Whether it is in front of and behind the stage, or standing on the podium to teach and educate people, what we hold in our hands is not a label but a baton, because we are all the inheritors of "Sister Jiang". ”
Seeing Zhang Guimei as an example, free open classes are held online
Zhang Guimei, the winner of the "July 1st Medal", once said: "Sister Jiang is my lifelong role model, the novel "Red Rock" and the opera "Sister Jiang" are the classics in my heart, and my favorite song is "Red Meizan". Teacher Zhang Guimei's affairs have touched the people of the world, and her love for "Sister Jiang" has also touched every artist in the "Sister Jiang" crew. Before this round of performances, Wang Li and Sun Shaolan, the second generation of Jiang Jie, deliberately made a video connection with Zhang Guimei, and in the process, she was moved to tears several times, and also bowed deeply to Zhang Guimei.
During the epidemic, Wang Li gave free public classes online for vocal music lovers. She told reporters, "I really feel that I am not good enough, and in the future, I will not only continue to follow Sister Jiang's example, but also take Teacher Zhang as an example and continue to do my job well." ”
According to Wang Li, in order to better inherit and carry forward the spirit of Sister Jiang, the production of the opera film "Sister Jiang" is expected to start in October this year and present it to the audience before the Spring Festival next year. At the same time, the musical feature film version of "Sister Jiang" is also in preparation. (End)
Source: China News Network