After 39 years, Qi Bi's version of "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" was once again fully presented on the stage last night. 39 years ago, Jin Jing graduated and entered the Jing'an Yue Opera Troupe, and after following Qi Yaxian's teacher to sing Qi Pai, the first big play of picking Liang was "Liang Zhu"; today, 39 years later, the opening drama of "40 Years of Still Water and Deep Flow - Yue Opera Performance Artist Jin Jing Congyi 40 Years Tour" is still "Liang Zhu"
Picture: "Liang Zhu" stills courtesy of the interviewee (the same below)
Where there is Yue opera, there is "Liang Zhu". Qi Bi's version of "Liang Zhu" was premiered in 1952, showing the essence of Qi Bi's art to the greatest extent, retaining passages such as "Weeping Spirit Hanging Filial Piety", and "My Family Has a Little Nine Sisters", "Eighteen Send-offs", "Building Platform Meeting" and other passages are widely circulated. However, although the folding drama is often performed, the complete Qi Bi version of "Liang Zhu" is rarely seen on the stage. Jin Jing always remembers that the first time she performed "Liang Zhu", Teacher Qi Yaxian said to her in a serious tone: "You sing well, take this play, all the plays of Qi Pai can be sung." ”
Last night, the Stage of Heavenly Toad Yifu was full of fans of the Qi Bi genre who flocked to the scene, and they applauded loudly and closed the curtain three times in the wonderful paragraphs, and the applause was not only for the wonderful performance, but also for the fans to finally find a sense of belonging, and the Qi Bi family finally had someone to hold up the big banner and raise the pillar. Just as Jin Jing said on the title page of the program book: "I can't bear to watch the 'family' people from all over the world as home, no matter how difficult it is, I have an unshirkable responsibility to complete the teacher's instructions and support this family again." ”
Today's Jin Jingdu inherits the classics of the Qi Bi school in the "mobile cooperation" model. Last night's "Liang Zhu", partnered with Jin Jing and played Liang Shanbo by Ruan Jianrong from the Yuyao Yue Opera Troupe; and the live band was invited by the Wuxi Tin Troupe. From the combing of the repertoire, rearrangement to the construction of stage art, the new production of costumes, and then to the promotion and publicity, a small partner laughed at her: "You have completed the whole set of 'assembly lines' by yourself, and also engaged in a Yangtze River Delta opera linkage." "A little bitter, more admiration.
Just a week before the performance, the drum board master in the band was sent to the hospital due to a car accident, Jin Jing had to visit Ye Jiazhen, who was more than 70 years old, he knocked on the drum board for the three generations of actors of the Jing'an Yue Opera Troupe for a lifetime, and had already received the mountain to raise the heavens, heard Jin Jing's difficulties, and came to the rescue without hesitation. After receiving so much help, Jin Jing sighed more firmly: "I will only do two things now, one is to play the drama of the teacher's inheritance, and the other is to complete the teacher's unfulfilled wishes and put Qi Bi's version of "Liang Zhu" on the screen." ”
It is reported that after the Yue opera movie "The Legend of the White Snake", Jin Jingzheng is actively preparing to make this Qi Bi genre "Liang Zhu" into a movie, so that the classic will be passed on forever. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhu Yuan)