Peking Opera "Cuckoo Mountain" was very popular in the 1970s, and in addition to Ke Xiang, played by the famous Peking Opera artist Ms. Yang Chunxia, Lei Gang, the leader of the Peasant Self-Defense Army, also left a deep impression.
With the hot screening of the work, the actors in the play also ushered in a watershed in their careers. The heroine Yang Chunxia has become a household star, while the male protagonist Ma Yong'an is unknown.
Lei Gang's actor Ma Yong'an is a jingjiao actor of the Beijing Opera House, born in Beijing in August 1942, graduated from the Beijing Opera School in 1958, Gong Jingxing, and the principal Hao Shouchen personally passed on three classic dramas "Shatuo Guo", "Sai Tai Nian" and "Famen Temple". After graduation, he studied art with Mr. Hou Xirui, and was also re-taught the hao school art by Mr. Hao's eldest disciple Fan Xiaochen, and worked with Mr. Qiu Shengrong for ten years to study the art of Qiu School singing.
Ma Yong'an, along with Zhang Xuejin, Li Chongshan and Li Yufu, is listed as one of the four leading actors of the Beijing Experimental Peking Opera Troupe. He has visited many places abroad to perform well, and his performances in "Erjin Palace", "Arrow Pole Riverside", "Zhang Fei's Devolution" and "Othello" have all won awards. Ma Yong'an was only 26 years old when he played the role of Lei Gang in "Cuckoo Mountain", when he had already graduated from opera school for ten years. He used his face to bring Lei Gang's image from a reckless hero of the leader of the Peasants' Self-Defense Army to a lifelike follower of the Communist Party. As an opera actor, Teacher Ma Yong'an is tall, but he is tall, his face shape and temperament are very suitable for performing modern opera, and he integrates the traditional formula of Peking Opera into modern Peking Opera, leaving a deep impression on the audience.
For today's audience, there may be little known about Ma Yong'an. Although Ma Yong'an did not have outstanding masterpieces in this life, he was indeed a professional and good actor who loved his acting career.
In order to complete the work to the greatest extent, Ma Yong'an must be compared to every detail. At that time, when he sang the singing section of "The Fire Burning brightens the sky", he always felt that he could not grasp the charm of it. To this end, he deliberately went to consult Mr. Qiu Shengrong.
Mr. Qiu Shengrong was already seriously ill and hospitalized at that time, and when he saw Ma Yong'an come to ask for advice, he patiently taught Ma Yong'an despite his illness. With the guidance of the old artist, Ma Yong'an has a greater grasp of Lei Gang's role. Later, through Ma Yong'an's vivid performance, Lei Gang's character with a distinct personality, thick and fine, was shaped to life. "Cuckoo Mountain" can be affirmed by the audience, and Ma Yong'an is indispensable.
On February 14, 2007, Ma Yong'an suddenly fell ill at home, vomited a few mouthfuls of blood and fell into a coma, although he was rescued in time but was unable to return to heaven. Regarding his death, the teachers and colleagues in the theater felt very sudden, and they also felt very sorry. Such a good Peking Opera actor has disappeared from everyone's sight.
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