"Beijing Grand Canal", which is loved by southern audiences, ended its tour in Nanjing on the evening of the 26th. At this point, the seven cities tour has been nearly halfway through, just as a Shanghai opera fan said, "This work makes people look good and happy", and the highlights are numerous, making this Beijing drama a success in the south.
"Beijing Grand Canal" focuses on depicting the historical context of the "Beijing section of the Grand Canal", creating a precedent for the creation of stage art in this genre. This Beijing drama, which has sung the National Centre for the Performing Arts three times, has been created and polished for two years, and has been revised and improved twice. On the one hand, the music and lyrics are refined, and the Art of Peking Opera is integrated with the Western symphony, on the other hand, the actors' performances, stage visuals and sound effects are also continuously improved and meticulous, thus providing a solid guarantee for this tour.
"Not only does it satisfy the ears, but it also feasts on the eyes!" One of the spectators was still unsatisfied after the end of the show. As a major drama combining audio-visual, "Beijing Grand Canal" integrates multiple elements such as set, lighting, and multimedia, which is intended to comprehensively display the historical context and humanistic allusions of the Grand Canal in addition to musical elements, and realize the unity of ideology, artistry and ornamentation. This tour, the magnificent and exquisite stage effects are also praised.
It is worth mentioning that the Beijing Peking Opera House sent the strongest lineup to the stage, the superb performances of 18 Peking Opera performance artists made southern opera fans addicted, and the pressure of as many as seven plum blossom award winners became one of the biggest highlights of "Beijing Grand Canal".
This time to open the southern seven cities tour, "Beijing Grand Canal" has been successfully in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing three places have successfully won a large number of fans of the pursuit, even young children have become the "fans" of this work, after each performance, children compete to imitate the singing voice of "Beijing Grand Canal", has become a new scenery of this work.
Some media commentators specifically pointed out that such a high-level performance lineup has rarely seen in recent years, which can be called a major event in the Chinese Peking Opera industry. In fact, this is only a microcosm of the grand tour of "Beijing Grand Canal" in the south, and the intensive coverage and diversity of content for this drama have not been common in recent years.
Works created with heart, affection and hard work are naturally widely praised. As early as after the Beijing premiere, composers Yin Qing, Tang Jianping and Hao Wei praised it as a masterpiece of shouzheng innovation. On this tour, Tong Xiangling, Shang Changrong, Shi Yihong and other famous Artists of Shanghai Peking Opera gave high praise to this Beijing opera.
Composer Chen Gang believes that "Beijing Grand Canal" combines the ideological requirements of the main theme with the creative pursuit of artists very well, and such a good work will be perfected with more performances and more polishing, becoming a masterpiece like "Liang Zhu".
"'Beijing Grand Canal' is a heavyweight work on the theme of the Grand Canal, and its reputation and box office in Nanjing are very excellent," said Liao Yi, general manager of Jiangsu Grand Theatre, adding that the "Grand Canal Theatre Alliance" will continue to play a platform role and vigorously promote this Beijing drama, so that more audiences can understand the history and culture of the Beijing section of the Grand Canal through the works.
"I chased this play from Shanghai to Hangzhou, but I still didn't see enough, and I took the high-speed train to Nanjing to see two consecutive shows," a fan from Sichuan told reporters: "I sincerely hope that "Beijing Grand Canal" will be performed in my hometown as soon as possible!" ”
It is reported that the crew of "Beijing Grand Canal" will continue to march after a short break, singing Yangzhou, Nantong, Ningbo, Suzhou and other canal towns, and the "second half" of the tour is worth looking forward to.