The heavens are the house of butterflies, the earth is the spirit of butterflies, the clouds are the clothes of butterflies, and the flowers are the souls of butterflies, but for the sake of the king, they dance to this day. The innocent children's voice kicked off the prelude to the new version of "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", a Song of Yueyin Qing rhyme does not know how many moving stories are connected, and how many people have been amazed in their dreams...
On the evening of January 1, Zhejiang Hangzhou Butterfly Theater (Xiaobaihuayue Theater) welcomed the "2021 Chinese New Year Concert" jointly organized by Baiyue Cultural creation and Zhejiang Xiaobaihuayue Theater (Troupe), and the new version of "Liang Zhu" directed by the famous director Guo Xiaonan made a gorgeous debut. From January 2 to 3, the "Butterfly Theater" continued to stage a new version of "Liang Zhu", with Mao Weitao, a famous Yue opera artist and vice chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association, and Wei Chunfang, a national first-class actor, playing the role of Liang Shanbo.
Picture: Stills of the new version of "Liang Zhu" Official picture
At the performance site, because of the needs of epidemic prevention and control, the "Butterfly Theater" coliseum controlled the attendance rate of 75%, and the audience's high viewing state still created a long-lost lively atmosphere. On the night of the New Year's concert, Mao Weitao starred in Liang Shanbo, Zhejiang Xiaobaihuayue Theater (Troupe) hua dan, national first-class actor Zhang Yiqing as Zhu Yingtai, and Xiaobaihua's original generation actors Dong Kedi and Hong Ying also gathered together, jointly bringing the audience a "feast of traditional arts".
Near the end, the orchestra pit slowly rose, the famous composer He Zhanhao, who was 87 years old at the time, came to the scene to direct the conductor, and the familiar melody of the violin concerto "Liang Zhu" sounded again; the violin soloist was Wu Zhengyu, principal of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra. The familiar music accompanies the clip of the first color film "Liang Zhu" of New China played on the screens on both sides of the theater, and in the video, Yuan Xuefen and Fan Ruijuan, two old Yue opera artists, are just young, and all the audiences present seem to travel through time and space together, once again feeling the artistic charm of Yue opera "Liang Zhu" from its birth to today.
Pictured: "Chinese New Year Concert" poster official picture
The "Chinese New Year Concert" was created by Mao Weitao when he was the head of the Zhejiang Xiaobaihuayue Opera Troupe, and after more than ten years of ups and downs, it has formed a brand effect so far. The performance of the new version of the Yue opera "Liang Zhu" aims to comfort the people who have worked hard during the epidemic and meet their cultural demands with first-class artistic quality. The performance of the new version of "Liang Zhu" on January 1 was specially broadcast globally for overseas Chinese at home and abroad through the live broadcast platform. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhao Yue)