The Old Story of Pear Garden: Yang Hongxia, a famous Yu opera artist - My Heart Journey (II)

Author: Yang Hongxia

At the beginning of the new century, the Henan Yu Opera Third Troupe decided to rehearse the famous playwright Yao Jincheng's new work "Fragrant Soul Girl" and select actors throughout the province. It was this opportunity that brought a turning point to my later opera and life path...

When I first selected actors, I didn't have much hope for myself, but I just felt that I should learn and exercise more, and I should actively strive for opportunities. At that time, I performed the "Weeping Building" in "The Great Sacrifice Pile" and the "Descending Mountain" in "Chaoyanggou", but unexpectedly, my performance was recognized by experts and judges, and the god of luck once again favored me, and the expert group initially selected me to rehearse the ring in the play with two other actors. After a period of rehearsal, the expert group decided that I would play Huan Huan to participate in the sixth festival. Yu opera "Fragrant Soul Girl" is based on Zhou Daxin's novel adaptation of the opera, showing the poignant fate of two generations of women in Xiang sister-in-law and Huan Huan, the film version of "Fragrant Soul Girl" has been released and won the award, how to make a breakthrough and innovation on the basis of novels and movies, the use of stage forms to express the connotation of art is a common problem faced by the creative team.

Huanhuan is an important role in the play after Xiangyi, if I have played in the past such as "The Great Sacrifice Pile" and "Mulan" have predecessors to learn and learn from, then the role of Huanhuan is completely up to me to figure out and shape. At that time, I was even a little shaken and hesitant, I rarely performed modern dramas, and the role of HuanHuan was more complex and difficult to grasp. With the encouragement and help of experts and directors, I started from a careful analysis of the character and mentality of the characters, and speculated and analyzed a little bit. Huan Huan is a beautiful and kind girl who is full of fantasies about love, but due to the poverty of the family and the serious illness of her mother, in order to repay the debt, she has to sacrifice her love and is forced to marry the mentally handicapped mound. On the wedding night, she endured huge emotional and psychological trauma, and wanted to jump into the incense soul pond to seek relief, but considering her parents and family, she could only hide all the bitter tears in her heart... Huanhuan is beautiful, because she has many beautiful love dreams in her heart; Huanhuan is kind, because she can understand the misfortune of her mother-in-law's marriage; Huanhuan is helpless, she cannot change the situation of her family and can only sacrifice herself; but Huanhuan is by no means ignorant, because she recognizes the same love tragedy as her mother-in-law, because she awakens the conscience in her mother-in-law's heart, and promotes the awakening and liberation of her mother-in-law's heart. In Huanhuan's body, we see not only the shadow of the backwardness of the countryside in the early days of reform and opening up, but also the progress and liberation of human nature. In the process of experiencing the role, I felt that it was a hard, busy and very meaningful day, because through my unremitting efforts, I finally achieved a huge transformation from "imitation" to "creation". In the singing voice, the vocal skills of the air voice are strengthened, and the flower cavity and a cappella chant are appropriately used to achieve a comprehensive integration of self and role. This has important implications for my future path...

In the auditorium of the Nanjing Military Region, the large-scale modern drama "Fragrant Soul Girl" rehearsed by the three groups of Yu Opera in Henan Province won the Sixth Art Award, and the "Ring Ring" was recognized by everyone. Since then, the play has entered Beijing many times and performed throughout the country, and has been generally well received. Not long ago, the re-polished and packaged "Fragrant Soul Girl" has just completed re-recording, is applying for a national boutique project, and the enthusiastic drama idiot Xiao Guo recorded the scene at that time...

Walking into the three troupes and starting to perform modern drama professionally is another new starting point for my artistic road. I am grateful to the teachers for their guidance and help to me from a student who does not understand the world to a professional actor; I am grateful for the opportunities and hopes that life has given me to work towards greater goals again and again; and I am grateful to the audience for their support and encouragement, so that I have the courage and strength to go all the way to the present. The Third Regiment is a Red Flag Regiment with a glorious history, there are a group of prestigious artists, a group of classic plays with great influence, there is a good artistic atmosphere, I quickly integrated into this team, in the ocean of art to indulge in the ocean of art...