In recent years, more and more young people want to learn to appreciate Peking Opera. With so many Peking Opera repertoire, how should novice novices start with their performances? The outstanding young performers of the Qingjing Association reported on the performance, which was broadcast on CCTV-11 last weekend, and was simultaneously broadcast on the CCTV APP and CCTV Network. Please put away this super complete pit guide!
The first step is to use small and exquisite "excerpts" to open up your understanding of Peking Opera. The young Peking Opera performers who participated in this report performance came from theaters, troupes, and colleges across the country. The show uses a rich opera program to show the charm of traditional Peking Opera art and the vitality of young actors.
During the performance, the actors brought the audience classic dramas such as "Hujiazhuang", "Little Banquet", "Tongtian Rhino", "Pick the Pulley", "Chisang Town", "Da Dengdian", etc., and the four professions of Sheng, Dan, Jing and Ugly were complete, gathering Dai Zhongyu, Zhang Qingmin, Sun Yajun, Ma Jingshuai, Zhou Enxu, Hou Yu, Qiu Zhi, Lu Jie, Tian Miaomiao and other top talents.
Dai Zhongyu and Zhang Qingmin, the best performers of the Wudan group and the clown group, played Hu Sanniang and Wang Ying respectively in "Hujiazhuang", and the two actors cooperated with each other to use superb martial arts skills to fully interpret the fierce battle between Hu Sanniang and Wang Ying, presenting this story based on "Water Margin" in front of the audience.
"Little Banquet" is also a powerful combination of the quintessence of the country and the classics, and Lu Bu and Diao Chan are played by Sun Yajun from the Shanghai Peking Opera Company and Jiang Meiyi from the National Peking Opera Company. After a long period of rehearsal and running-in, they worked together to present a performance with exquisite singing and full of details for the audience.
Ma Jingshuai, who plays the role of the blue-faced tiger, performs the action of standing on one leg on the armrest of the chair and rising and falling three times for the audience, showing the audience the good skills and good body of the young inheritor of the quintessence of the country.
In "Pick a Pulley", Zhou Enxu plays Gao Pet. In "Chisang Town", Liu Zhiqiang plays Bao Zheng and Hou Yu plays Wu Miaozhen. The former used solid and steady martial arts movements with exquisite drums to show the heroic posture of relying on martial arts, and the latter performed a classic confrontation between Lao Dan and Huamian, with complex singing skills, and two outstanding young actors cooperated tacitly, fully demonstrating the singing characteristics of different professions.
In "Da Dengdian", Qiu Zhi, Lu Jie, and Tian Miaomiao, the winners of the three veteran groups, Tsing Yi group, and Hua Dan group, played Xue Pinggui, Wang Baochuan and Dai Zhan respectively. In this scene with many characters and dense lyrics, they used their superb gorgeous singing voice to tell this familiar story, so that everyone could experience the beauty of Peking Opera.
The first Young Peking Opera Performers Conference ignited the love of many young generations for traditional culture, and more young Peking Opera lovers spontaneously joined the team of Peking Opera inheritance. The "Outstanding Young Performers of the Qingjing Association" not only provided a platform for young inheritors of the quintessence of China to show themselves, but also further deepened young people's understanding of Peking Opera.
Text | Reporter Gong Weifeng
Figure | Provided by the program group
Editor: Gong Weifeng