The 2021 Chuangtuo Edition of "Beijing Opera Revelation" held a press conference on the 2nd. (Photo by Wu Songhan)
Huaxia Jingwei Network, March 3: According to Taiwan's "Zhongshi News Network", the 2021 Chuangtuo edition of the commemorative work of theater master Li Guoxiu "Beijing Opera Revelation" held a press conference on the 2nd, the play is a work of Master Li Guoxiu for 10 years, this time directed by Li Xiaoping, a cross-border director of traditional opera and modern theater, Wang Yue, widow of Li Guoxiu, and his disciples Guo Zigan, Fan Guangyao, Fan Ruijun, Yan Jiale and other performances, and the important role of "Li Xiuguo" in the play was performed by Qu Zhongheng. Wang Yue, who is also the artistic director, will play the role of "Second Big Mother", which is also the first time in her 15 years to appear as a starring role, she joked that she was under great pressure at the box office and expected to sell like Jiang Hui and Fei Yuqing concerts.
Speaking of her late husband Li Guoxiu, Wang Yue couldn't help but shed tears. (Photo by Wu Songhan)
Wang Yue recently lost 4 or 5 kilograms, with a good look of rejuvenation to promote the stage play, happy to say that he was very happy to be able to "go to the sea" to perform, and the role of "second mother" in the past Yang Liyin, Wang Juan, Huang Jiaqian have acted, she bluntly said "I want to act, but I really can't act, all the nutrients are taken away by Yang Liyin", especially the first version of a play Everyone likes to act, because it is tailor-made. And she and Yang Liyin are good girlfriends, Yang Liyin is also the screen master Hua Dan, Wang Yue smiled and said, "I didn't let the more beautiful look come in, I trust her the most."
Qu Zhongheng played "Li Xiuguo" in the 2021 Chuangtuo version of "Beijing Opera Revelation". (Photo by Wu Songhan)
Qu Zhongheng, who shouldered the heavy responsibility of playing "Li Xiuguo", did not see the live performance, only through the image of the reply, "just look at the disc, it is very shocking." He revealed that he was invited to perform in 2016, but he did not agree, "At that time, I had two plays, I didn't want to be embarrassed, I wanted to free up time to perform well", and the 2021 version only agreed to perform. Wang Yue thanked Fan Guangyao for recommending Qu Zhongheng at that time, especially after watching many stage plays in which Qu Zhongheng participated, praised his good acting skills, "he is very serious, creating roles on the stage", and also meets the needs of the role and speaks Shandong dialect.
(Photo by Wu Songhan) Li Xiaoping, the director of the 2021 Chuangtuo edition of "Beijing Opera Revelation". (Photo by Wu Songhan)
The screen performance class has produced a number of classic plays over the years, Wang Yue recalled, when he went to Kaohsiung with Guo xiu teacher to perform "Shamlett", a female opera fan in her 30s told them, "I have been watching the screen since I was 14 years old, and I live to see the screen", which made the two of them cry with emotion, "I think the audience's immediate reaction, with the touch, is more than we imagined." Can reproduce the "Beijing Opera", Wang Yue described it as "drama within play", layer by layer of drama to make the audience stunned, and even some netizens described the theater version as fully launched, complex but clear structure.
Yan Jiale created a 2021 edition of Master Li Guoxiu's classic "Beijing Opera Revelation", and returned to the stage stage after 6 years. (Photo by Wu Songhan)
The epilogue of Li Guoxiu's classic work "Wind Screen Trilogy" "Beijing Opera Revelation", known as "the marvel of Chinese theater", is a semi-autobiographical work created by Li Guoxiu in memory of his father. Based on his father, who has been a shoemaker all his life in the Zhonghua Mall, the needle and thread in the hands of the old shoemaker lead to the story of "play within a play"; the "Wind Screen Troupe" is performed by the screen performance class, the "Wind Screen Theater Troupe" performs the story of "Liang Jia Ban", and the "Liang Jia Ban" performs the Peking Opera "Fishing and Killing The Family". The unique narrative structure is known as the marvel of contemporary theater and has also become a classic of modern drama textbooks. "Beijing Opera Apocalypse" will tour in Taipei, Tainan and Kaohsiung. (Gao Yang)