"Shanghai is an inclusive and fashion-leading city, so it accepts and achieves a variety of excellent art forms, whether traditional or fashionable; because of its high aesthetic ability, it also accepts innovation and aesthetic expression, such an urban atmosphere has cultivated a rich cultural soil, which can grow the most Shanghai and the most worldly artistic fruits." On the evening of October 15th, the first performance of "Shanghai Am I" Zeng Xiaomin Cantonese Opera Art National Tour (Shanghai Station) "I am Zeng Xiaomin" - "Drama Say" Symphony Concert debuted in the "Performing Arts World, Art Gathering in Shanghai" National Stage Art Exhibition Season, which was successfully staged at Shanghai Wanping Theater.
"I am Zeng Xiaomin" - "Drama Say" Symphony Concert was successfully staged at the Wanping Theater in Shanghai.
In the evening, Zeng Xiaomin, winner of the "Protagonist Award" of the National First Class Actor, Wenhua Performance Award, Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award, and Shanghai Magnolia Drama Performing Arts Award, together with Ding Fan, a famous Cantonese opera performance artist, Wen Ruqing and Wang Yanfei, national first-class actors Wen Ruqing and Wang Yanfei, national second-class actor Zhu Hongxing, and many other famous rookies, as well as the musicians of the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and the Guangdong Cantonese Theater Band, presented a cultural and artistic feast with great audiovisual impact to nearly a thousand audiences. "The Western Orchestra Integrates lingnan traditions" five heads, led by the national first-class conductor Fan Tao, shows the new look and innovative vitality of Lingnan's cultural development, and shows the artistic style of a new generation of Cantonese opera leaders.
Zeng Xiaomin sang with national first-class actor Wen Ruqing.
Make Lingnan culture a better and more innovative display
On the eve of the performance, Zeng Xiaomin once expressed the reason for coming to Shanghai this time: "We hope to make Lingnan culture a better and more innovative display to the national audience." The cultural characteristics of Guangdong are innovation, openness and tolerance, in fact, the genes and temperament of our Cantonese opera are the same, so when planning this national tour, it is in accordance with the characteristics of traditional Cantonese opera art, selecting my representative works, including Cantonese opera "White Snake Legend", "Red Turban", and "Lady of the Kingdom", which will be presented in different cities many times as part of the tour 'Drama Talk' section. ...... Cantonese opera symphony concerts will be staged in each set tour destination city, because this form of artistic expression is a comprehensive display of my artistic characteristics, but also my understanding of my selected works, and my understanding of the content of cantonese opera art stage, so there will be a wealth of narrative methods at the concert, including video display and live performance interaction. ”
Cantonese opera symphony concert scene.
The party was divided into four chapters: "I Am Zeng Xiaomin", "Winter to Spring", "Drama Say" and "Cantonese South Wind", focusing on the theme of "I am Zeng Xiaomin", presenting Zeng Xiaomin's personal artistic attainments, ideological and cultural accomplishment, and industry leadership, showing her as a new generation of leading figure in Cantonese opera art, praising the thriving grand scenery of Bay Area culture and the vibrant development momentum of Bay Area cities under the background of the great era, and greeting new glory together with the rising traditional culture, opening a more brilliant chapter of Cantonese opera art.
With a variety of stage art images, a pleasant and beautiful singing voice full of traditional Cantonese opera characteristics, Zeng Xiaomin presented a number of wonderful programs for the audience where traditional Cantonese opera and modern art intersect, and scene-based experience of Cantonese opera and contemporary life, which aroused strong resonance from the audience and endless applause from the audience.
After the performance, the audience did not want to leave for a long time, shouting Zeng Xiaomin to sing another song. Subsequently, Zeng Xiaomin sang the classic Cantonese song "Ode to Lychee", which was sung by the female teacher of the Cantonese opera generation, the red line female teacher, the melody was well-known at home and abroad, showing the characteristics of Lingnan in one chamber and one board, and won the warm applause of the audience. After listening to "Ode to Lychee", the audience was still unsatisfied, and Zeng Xiaomin returned to the stage to continue to sing "Shanghai Beach" for the audience. Along with the familiar melody, many viewers sang along with it, in the "waves, waves, miles of gushing rivers and waters never end!" "Pushed the atmosphere to a climax.
After the performance, the audience did not want to leave for a long time.
The series of performances sold well at the box office, and Shanghai is a blessed land for Cantonese opera
In Zeng Xiaomin's view, Shanghai is an inclusive city that has always led the way in fashion, so it embraces and achieves a variety of excellent art forms, whether traditional or fashionable. She said: "Shanghai should be a blessed land for Cantonese opera. As early as the 1920s and 1930s, Shanghai Beach already had more than 100,000 Cantonese immigrants, who brought Cantonese opera to Shanghai. The amateur Cantonese opera organization spontaneously organized by the Cantonese people in Shanghai came into being, and it was endlessly alive in shanghai. Xue Juexian, Ma Shizeng, Bai Jurong, Li Xuefang and other Cantonese opera predecessors have all performed in Shanghai. In 1956, the Cantonese opera film "Search Academy" of Guangdong Cantonese Opera was filmed at the Shanghai Film Studio, and I won the Magnolia Award for Lead Actor in Shanghai in 2013 with the Cantonese opera "Youth as Companion". I think it is very happy to be able to sell at the box office this time, and I also hope that China's traditional culture and traditional drama can really go to the big market, so that more audiences, whether men, women and children, can enter the theater to feel the charm of Cantonese opera at close range, thanks to Shanghai for providing a very good platform for cantonese opera culture display. ”
According to reports, the Next Shanghai Wanping Theater will also stage the newly compiled Cantonese opera "White Snake Legend and Love" at 19:30 on October 17 and the modern Cantonese opera "Red Turban" at 19:30 on October 19.
Written by: Nandu reporter Zhou Peiwen intern Zhong Yonghong