From September 24th to 25th at 19:30, the red classic Cantonese opera "Mountain Township Wind and Cloud" co-starring Jiang Wenduan, a national first-class actor and winner of the Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, and co-starring Ou Kaiming, Peng Qinghua, Lin Jiabao, Qiu Xiaona, Huang Chunqiang, Wang Yanfei, Guo Jianhua and other provincial and municipal Cantonese opera masters, was brilliantly staged at the Guangdong Cantonese Opera Art Center. The play was selected by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China to "Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China Stage Art Creation Project" and "100 Years of 100 Works" Traditional Fine Art Rearrangement Plan, and as a "Always Follow the Party" Guangdong Province to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China 100 large-scale stage art boutique exhibition works. Ji Guoping, Wang Renyuan, Feng Yuping and Ding Tao, the guiding experts of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's "100 Years and 100 Departments", relevant leaders of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province, seniors of the provincial and municipal Cantonese opera circles, representatives of theater troupes and the majority of audience fans watched the performance together.
Jiang Wenduan (second from right) successfully portrayed the role of Liu Qin, a revolutionary heroine who is both wise and courageous.
The cantonese opera modern drama with the most performances
Cantonese opera "Mountain And Countryside" was first performed in 1965, is a representative work of Cantonese opera art in Guangdong, although it has experienced more than 50 years, but its phenomenal artistic quality and leading demonstration role in modern opera opera, attracted the attention of the national opera circles, known as "revolutionary Cantonese opera, the revolution of Cantonese opera", set up a "milestone of modern opera opera", became the most performed Cantonese opera modern drama, and was selected by Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Qin Cavity, Yue Opera, Han Opera, Commentary, Shanghai Opera, Yang Opera, Qian Opera, More than ten kinds of dramas such as tea picking dramas have been transplanted and staged, and they have been performed for a long time, leaving a page of heavy ink in the history of the development of Cantonese opera, and truly becoming a classic work that can be called loud, spread and retained.
Provincial and municipal Cantonese opera masters jointly performed
In the play, Jiang Wenduan played Liu Qin, who absorbed all her strengths and emotions, and integrated her feelings into the role, not only showing Liu Qin's wit and elegance through singing, but also highlighting the heroic posture of the female company commander of Liu Qin's guerrillas through her work, and successfully shaping the image of a revolutionary heroine who was both wise and courageous, which deeply touched the audience. 10 years ago, Jiang Wenduan won the 25th Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award with "Mountain And Countryside", 10 years ago.
In addition, Ou Kaiming, Peng Qinghua, Lin Jiabao, Qiu Xiaona, Huang Chunqiang, Wang Yanfei, Guo Jianhua and other provincial and municipal Cantonese opera masters respectively performed the classic characters of Black Bull, He Feng, Chunhua, Wan Xuanzhi, Liu Liren, Lin Keyin, etc., with flesh and blood and distinctive personalities, and their outstanding performance was impressive, and the applause from the audience was continuous.
In the performance on September 24, "Second Degree Plum" winner Ou Kaiming (second from left) plays Black Bull, Lin Jiabao (first from left) plays He Feng, and Qiu Xiaona plays Chunhua (middle).
In the performance on September 25, the role of Black Bull was played by Peng Qinghua.
After the performance, the audience spontaneously flocked to the front of the stage and waved their hands to salute the actors. The revolutionary song "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" sounded at the scene, and the actors on the stage and the audience sang along with the music, pushing the atmosphere of the scene to a climax.
Experts praise "a rare good play"
The red classic drama coupled with the joint performance of many famous artists in the provincial and municipal Cantonese theaters has been unanimously praised by experts and audiences. Ji Guoping, president of the Chinese Opera Modern Drama Research Association, said: "'Mountain And Countryside' is a treasure of Guangdong Cantonese Theatre, and it is too valuable to re-perform this play in a specific historical period in the centenary of the founding of the Party. From the Red Line Woman to Jiang Wenduan, I saw the inheritance and accumulation of Cantonese opera art. I hope that the artists of Guangdong Cantonese Opera Can learn from the older generation of Cantonese opera artists 56 years ago, continue to polish and upgrade this play, and perform often. ”
Wang Renyuan, vice president of the China Opera Music Society, said: "I came to Guangzhou this time to pay tribute to excellent drama genres, excellent repertoire and excellent theater groups. It can be said without hesitation that cantonese opera "Mountain And Countryside" is the "top product" of all the excellent works in this "100 years and 100 films", which makes me hear the beauty and strong charm of Cantonese opera singing, and feel the creative wisdom accumulated by Guangdong Cantonese Theatre, which is very valuable. ”
Feng Yuping, a well-known opera performance artist, said: "This play is famous, and I came to Guangzhou from Shenyang to watch it with a sense of awe. The highlight is that the provincial and municipal Cantonese theaters jointly create and co-interpret, the plot is meticulous and very tight, the stage is very concise, the actors are very successful in portraying the characters, and present a rare good play. ”
Ding Tao, project director of the Central Academy of Culture and Tourism Management, commented: "I watched Cantonese opera for the first time and was deeply attracted. Every detail of this play is very gripping, and I see that Cantonese opera, a traditional local drama, is very vital and can transcend the region. ”
Playing Liu Qin again 10 years later, Jiang Wenduan was more handy.
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"Playing Liu Qin again after 10 years, I have a deeper understanding"
In 2011, Jiang Wenduan won the 25th Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award with "Mountain And Countryside", 10 years ago. This time the rehearsal is repeated, playing the role of Liu Qin again, what do she think? After the performance on the evening of September 25, Nandu reporter interviewed Duan Jie.
Duan Jie said that the significance of this rehearsal is extraordinary. "Because this drama was selected by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China's 'Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China' Traditional Fine Art Creation Project' and 'Centennial Hundred Works' Traditional Fine Art Rearrangement Plan, and as a 'Always Follow the Party' Guangdong Province to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, 100 large-scale stage art boutique exhibition works, so the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's '100 Years and 100 Departments' guidance experts specially organized a group to review and prepare to shoot a 4K high-definition documentary." She also revealed that the most special place of this performance is the cooperation between the famous Cantonese opera masters of the provincial and municipal troupes, "The representatives of the municipal troupe are Ou Da brother (Ou Kaiming) and Sheng brother (Li Junsheng), but unfortunately, before the performance, because of the sound of some conditions, he Feng was temporarily staged by Lin Jiabaoding, Chunhua was played by Qiu Xiaona, and the tailed snake was played by Huang Chunqiang." Although several of us together are a new combination, but because this play is very classic, not only the script can withstand scrutiny, but also the creation of the predecessors such as the red line woman also provides experience to learn from, the actors who participated in the performance are very fond of this play, and they are also very attentive to act, and every rehearsal is very devoted, so the performance is very successful. ”
When asked how I would feel about playing the role of Liu Qin after 10 years, "I have a deeper understanding of this role, and my performance and presentation on the stage will be more comfortable and confident than before." After all, I have accumulated 10 years of stage experience, which makes it easier for me to grasp the personality of the character and be more accurate when it comes to grasping the proportions of performance. ”
Written by: Nandu reporter Zhou Peiwen Intern Zhong Yonghong Correspondent Wu Wenyu Zhu Yancai
Photo: Xue Caihuan