At 22 o'clock in the evening, the red lights were hung high in the People's Theater, and the moon was full, and Zhang Wuke and Jia Junying, Li Yue'e and Wang Junqing, two pairs of couples, formed a good relationship, and they were all happy. The audience flocked to the front of the stage to applaud, the applause became higher and higher, and suddenly the lights dimmed, and the black and white photos of Xin Fengxia and Li Yilan's two predecessors starring in "Flowers as the Matchmaker" appeared behind the stage, and all the actors bowed down to salute, and their pious respect and remembrance were moving. On May 13th, as a participating work of the 10th May performance season of Beijing Performing Arts Group, the rehearsal of "Flowers as the Matchmaker" by China Ping Theater ended two consecutive nights of performance, once again demonstrating the strong vitality of classic works.
"Flowers as the Matchmaker" is not only a family drama of the China Ping Opera Theater, but also a representative repertoire of the new school of art, and has a far-reaching influence in the Ping Opera industry and even the entire opera industry. From the original stage version, to the well-known movie version, to the reprocessed and reprocessed quintessential version, to the new version that has been intensively cultivated and re-polished, "Flowers as the Matchmaker" has been passed down from generation to generation, and has been performed more than 3,000 times. In this round of rehearsals, China Ping Theater has once again improved the artistic quality and ornamentation on the basis of maintaining the essence of several editions, and the new stage costumes make the texture of the whole work quite exquisite.
In terms of casting, young actors such as Wang Wei and Chen Xin took the stage together under the guidance of Wang Lijing, Li Ni and other backbones, and the famous Pingju performance artist Gu Wenyue was invited to serve as the artistic director, passing on the art of Pingju to the next generation. At the performance scene, the characters such as the delicate and frank Zhang Wuke, the bold and love-loving Li Yue, and the sleek and witty Ruan Ma have distinct and cute personalities, and the classic singing segments such as "Reporting the Name of the Flower", "Linghua Sighing" and "Praise of the Cave Room" are even more tireless.
In the audience, in addition to the old drama fans who listened attentively, there were also many young faces, and Qin, who was still in college, was one of them. "I've seen some opera videos on the Internet before, and this is the first time I've walked into the theater to listen to a work in its entirety." Qin said. She watched two performances of "Flowers as the Matchmaker" in a row, and sighed at the condensation and excitement of this classic, and there was no one that was not good-looking. It is often said that when you reach a certain age, you will naturally fall in love with opera, and after 05, Qin felt that he had "awakened his blood" in advance, "That kind of love seems to have always grown in the blood, and it is an innate resonance, I think this is the so-called 'cultural gene'." ”