Qingdao Daily/Guanhai News, May 21 "Thousands of miles of rivers and thousands of waves, smoke and rain are heavy and vast. The rapids and rapids cannot be stopped, and the rivers return to the sea to the east. On May 28th and 29th, the original large-scale Lv opera "Baichuan East to the Sea" will be grandly staged in the theater of Guizhou International Conference Center. The work is a strong joint work of the troupes of Shandong and Guizhou, jointly produced by Guizhou Culture Performing Arts Group and Qingdao Performing Arts Group, and jointly produced by Guizhou Song and Dance Theater and Qingdao Song and Dance Theater.
At that time, the artists of the Guizhou Song and Dance Theater Symphony Orchestra, Dance Troupe, and Choir will perform this magnificent original work together with the artists of the Qingdao Song and Dance Theater Lv Opera Troupe, Quyi Troupe, and Chinese Orchestra.
As a key theme publication in Guizhou Province to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the novel has won the first prize of the first literary award of Guizhou Province for novels and the 16th "Five One Project" award for the construction of spiritual civilization in Guizhou Province.
The whole play is set against the background of the Qingdao people's struggle against the Japanese invaders in the thirties of the last century, the male protagonist Tang Chunnian and his family face the disintegration of their homeland and the country's disasters, respond to the call of the Communist Party of China, and devote themselves to the revolution with the patriotic feelings of "the rise and fall of the world, and the responsibility of the husband", and fight for the rise of China and live for the rejuvenation of the nation through their own ways. The characters in the play are distinct, and the plot is full of ups and downs, which not only shows the hardships and hardships during the Anti-Japanese War, but also highlights the tenacity and unyielding of the Chinese nation. The play was selected as a key scheduling project in the 2023 Shandong Province "Qilu Literary and Art Summit Plan", and a 2022 and 2023 Qingdao Literary and Artistic Boutique Support Project.
In order to create this masterpiece, the play has brought together a first-class creative team in the country. Famous directors Li Lihong and Miao Qing served as directors, Gao Zhijuan, vice chairman of Shandong Dramatists Association and young playwright, served as screenwriter, Ma Jun, professor of China Academy of Drama and deputy director of the Music Department, served as composer, Liu Junliang, a famous Lv opera artist, served as the singing designer, Liu Peng, a national first-class stage designer of Beijing Renyi, served as the stage designer, and the main actors were Jing Yanguo and Shi Ping, who were among the top ten famous artists of Shandong Lv Opera and national first-class actors.
In the creative process, director Li Lihong took "the novel as the body, the drama as the application, the story as the king, and the character as the peak" as the creative policy, and took the novel "Hundred Rivers to the Sea" as the literary mother of this play, and gave birth to "the stage art works of Lv Opera that belong to the times" in this literary ocean of more than 400,000 words. "Combining the literary charm of the novel with the artistic expression of the drama makes the whole play not only have a profound cultural heritage, but also have a strong artistic appeal.
This creation uses a modern stage to interpret the past events of the Anti-Japanese War "Baichuan East to the Sea", which also shows the literary and artistic achievements of upright and innovative development of Lv Opera. One of the biggest highlights is the integrity and innovation in music creation, combining the traditional "four pieces" of Lv Opera with the symphony orchestra, using large-scale double-pipe orchestra for the first time, and using emotional music and accompaniment music to borrow the creative techniques of film music, so that traditional opera is more suitable for the aesthetics of contemporary audiences.
In terms of the presentation of stage art, the play has also put a lot of effort into it. Highlight the regional characteristics of Qingdao, where the story takes place. The stage is all-encompassing with a simple hill slope, breaking a single realistic space and moving towards a more diverse freehand and expressive space. The vast mountains and seas are within easy reach, showing Chinese creativity on the stage of opera.
Zhong Chengxiang, former chairman of the China Literature and Art Critics Association, believes that "Hundred Rivers to the Sea" is a useful practice for the recovery and revitalization of Lv Opera in the new era, which proves that Lv Opera can not only play the short and short of the family, but also act in the great drama of the times. It is necessary to grasp this drama and constantly improve, "so that this work can stand, spread, and stay". (Qingdao Daily/Guanhai News reporter Mi Jingyu)
(Author: Mi Jingyu)