【Red China in Opera】
Guangming Network News (reporter Zhao Yanyan) Recently, the National Arts Fund's 2020 annual funding project and one of the 26 key literary and artistic works in the Beijing Municipal Stage Art Exhibition celebrating the centenary of the founding of the Party - the modern Peking Opera "Xu Yunfeng" of the Beijing Opera House was grandly staged at the National Centre for the Performing Arts.
The modern Peking opera "Xu Yunfeng" was successfully premiered in Beijing on June 7, 2020, causing a warm response from all walks of life. This round of modern Peking Opera "Xu Yunfeng" performance, by the national first-class actor, Tan Zhengyan, the seventh generation of TanMen, played Xu Yunfeng, the Beijing Opera House leading actor, the old famous du Zhenjie played Xu Pengfei, the Beijing Peking Opera Theater leading actor, Ma Pai famous Zhu Qiang played Hua Ziliang, and the Beijing Peking Opera Outstanding Veteran Actor Ni Shengchun played Li Jingyuan.
Tan Zhengyan as Xu Yunfeng (right) Meng Xianteng as Cheng Gang (left)
As the first beneficial attempt in the process of excavating and sorting out the lost repertoire after the establishment of the Tan Pai Art Research Institute, tan Xiaozeng and Yan Guixiang, the artistic directors of the modern Peking Opera "Xu Yunfeng", the screenwriter Wang Xinji, the director Li Qing, the vocal design and composer Ai Bing and other main creators wrote the novel "Red Rock" compiled by Luo Guangbin and Yang Yiyan, and the famous Peking Opera performance artist and the fifth generation of Tan Men mr. Tan Yuanshou (playing Xu Yunfeng in the play) created by the Beijing Peking Opera Troupe in 1984. Bringing together the famous Peking Opera performance artist Mr. Ma Changli (playing Xu Pengfei in the play), Mr. Zhang Xuejin (playing Hua Ziliang in the play) and the director Mr. Chi Jinsheng's classic play "Red Rock" has been deeply excavated and sorted out, and the modern Peking Opera "Xu Yunfeng" has been re-adapted and created, and "Xu Yunfeng" has been created as the core character.
Tan Zhengyan as Xu Yunfeng (right) Wang Qianqian as little radish head (left)
In terms of stage design, the modern Peking Opera "Xu Yunfeng" renders the environmental atmosphere under the background of a special era through the combination of virtual and real. Musically, it not only retains the original flavor of the "three major pieces" of Peking Opera, but also uses symphony to accompany it, and at the same time adds elements such as Sichuan's local music "Qingyin" and "International Song" with the characteristics of the times, enriching the singing music. At the same time, on the basis of fully carrying forward the genre style, a breakthrough attempt was made, and the singing forms such as chorus, duet singing, and accompaniment were boldly added, so that the character image was more three-dimensional and full, and the emotional expression was more intense. Through the use of the above creative methods, the play has practiced the artistic concept of respecting tradition, abiding by integrity and innovation as a whole.
Ni Shengchun as Li Jingyuan (center) Zhou Meihui as Cheng Yao (left) Feng Shengzhang as Yu Xinhai (right)
As a revolutionary epic created with the spirit of "portrait for the times, for the times, and for the times", during the creation and rehearsal of "Xu Yunfeng", the whole crew has always adhered to the front line of carrying forward the red spirit and inheriting the art of Peking Opera, adhering to the spirit of "shouzheng innovation", recalling revolutionary feelings while learning to play heroes, stirring up the fighting spirit in the process of planting patriotic feelings, continuously creating high-quality masterpieces under the inspiration of the great Red Rock spirit, and inheriting and carrying forward the "Red Rock Spirit" with practical actions. The heroic martyrs represented by Xu Yunfeng have the fearless spirit of sacrificing their lives for the cause of communism and the interests of the people of the motherland, allowing heroic figures to cross time and space, becoming a force that inspires contemporary people to move forward, and inspiring and inspiring generations of Peking opera people to forge ahead.
The whole drama grasps the peking opera itself in the creative ideas, integrates the creative concept and creative methods that are close to the times, and creates a vivid character image with a rigorous and solid realistic creative attitude and method, so that the whole drama is full of heroic splendor. This modern Peking Opera, which combines the study and education of national essence art with the study and education of party history, conveys to every audience the bloody chapter of the revolutionary ancestors who struggled ceaselessly to pursue their faith, the unswerving heroic spirit and the lofty faith.
It is reported that the modern Peking Opera "Xu Yunfeng" has been selected for the Ninth China Peking Opera Arts Festival.
Source: Guangming Network