"A Lin sister fell from the sky, like a light cloud just out of the Xiu..." With a familiar melody, on October 30 and 31, the classic play "Dream of the Red Chamber" of Shanghai Yue Theater opened a new round of resident performances at the Wanping Theater, following xu Wang's version, Yin Yuan's version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" landed at the Wanping Theater for the first time, showing the rich talent reserves of the Shanghai Yue Theater.
In 1958, Shanghai Yue Theatre created "Dream of the Red Chamber", which was premiered on the gong stage, and the first round of 54 performances from February 18 to March 31, 1958, with an audience of 86,343 people, has since swept across the world. Shangyue "Dream of the Red Chamber" has so far had many versions such as the classic version of "Xu Wang Genre", the Yin Yuan version, the palace version, the ancient opera building version, and the "Red Chamber Yinyue Theater". At the "Dream of the Red Chamber" Wanping Theater residency conference, 6 Baoyu, 10 Daiyu, 4 Jia Mu, 3 Wang Xifeng, 5 Xue Baochao, and 5 Jia Zhengqi appeared in unison, becoming the highlight.
On October 30 and 31, Yuan sent the famous artist Fang Yafen and the student Chen Huidi to perform on the same stage, Chen Huidi played Lin Daiyu in the first half, and Fang Yafen played Lin Daiyu in the second half. In the resident performance of "Dream of the Red Chamber" in November, the two Yuan Pai Hua Dan Xu Lai and Zhao Xinyu will become a new generation of Lin Daiyu. "It's better to rehearse a thousand times than to stage it once, and that's how we came back then." Fang Yafen seized the time to open a small stove for the students, from the details of the singing voice to the rhythm of the performance, one by one, "We have strict requirements for young actors, which means that the fans can accept the new Daiyu faster." ”
Before becoming the resident version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" Lin Daiyu, Chen Huidi, Xu Lai, and Zhao Xinyu all had rich stage experience: from the beginning of learning Yue opera, "Dai Yu Funeral Flower" and "Reading the West Chamber" were compulsory courses in the school; after entering the Shanghai Yue Theater, they frequently contacted relevant classic singing segments in the special stage of the Folding Zi Opera, and played the roles of Raider and Purple Crane in the whole "Dream of the Red Chamber", and some played Qingwen, Madame Wang, and Aunt Xue.
Watching the students grow step by step, Fang Yafen smiled and said that the residency gave young people more opportunities. Xu Wang's version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" ends with Baoyu's departure, and Yin Yuan's version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" adds a too illusory plot at the end, so that the love story has a relatively happy ending, while paying attention to group portraits, and the supporting characters are vivid. Fang Yafen has played Lin Daiyu, also played Wang Xifeng, and crossed Jia Baoyu, "Actors need to mature faster in frequent performances. ”
The three new Dai Yu were nervous with excitement, walked hundreds of times from the side of Bao Dai's love story, and now they have become Lin Daiyu, "Watching the teacher and colleagues acting, and their own performance is not the same, I can think of the essence of the role, really to my own acting, but also to do it" ""Dream of the Red Chamber" resident performance gives me the opportunity, I want to grasp it well."
Walking into the Wanping Theater, the peach blossom pink floor that simulates the illusory realm has left a deep impression on the fans of "Dream of the Red Chamber". Liang Hongjun, director of Shanghai Yue Theatre, said that when "Dream of the Red Chamber" is performed in November, the hall decoration will strengthen the immersive element, in addition to the floor, there will be a new layout in the air, while playing an outdoor large-screen publicity role.
From the end of September this year to the beginning of next year, the first round of 20 "Dream of the Red Chamber" performances will be stationed in Shanghai Wanping Theatre, covering multiple golden periods such as the National Day file to next year's Spring Festival file. Liang Hongjun said bluntly that at the beginning of the residency, the theater had worries, "Dream of the Red Chamber" has been performed for more than 60 years, is there still box office appeal in the current performance market? The grand national day performance and subsequent ticket sales made Liang Hongjun overjoyed, "The resident version of "Dream of the Red Chamber", sold 60% of the performance tickets through the online platform, higher than the previous performances, indicating that there are many new audiences and young audiences. We also saw many family audiences who helped the elderly and their children, their ancestors in their 70s and 80s to their grandchildren at the age of 78, watching "Dream of the Red Chamber" together. ”
Shanghai Yue Theatre also joined hands with Yuyuan Mall and Dayin Bookstore to launch a series of cultural and creative products with the theme of Yue opera "Dream of the Red Chamber" to strengthen the big IP image of "Dream of the Red Chamber". The second floor of Wanping Theater focuses on displaying cultural and creative products, and the folding fans, bookmarks, notebooks, pillows, document bags, tea cups and other simple and elegant folding fans, bookmarks, notebooks, pillows, document bags, tea cups and other simple and elegant designed according to "Dream of the Red Chamber" are both purchased and sold. In particular, the folding fan of two or three hundred yuan is favored by young audiences. Liang Hongjun said that Shangyue is planning to add an interactive link of Hanfu Guochao to make watching "Dream of the Red Chamber" a choice for more young people.
In 2022, Shanghai Yue Theatre will take the big world of performing arts as the source and launch nearly 140 performances such as "Dream of the Red Chamber", "Liang Zhu" and "West Chamber" in various theaters in the city. "Taking the opportunity of the residency performance of "Dream of the Red Chamber", we will give full play to the role of Shanghai Yue Theatre's own classic IP, and with the help of the radiation power of the big world of performing arts, explore a long-term model that conforms to the resident performance of Yue opera, and build an innovative communication position of traditional culture in the new era." Liang Hongjun said.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Shi Chenlu Text Editor: Shi Chenlu
Source: Author: Zhuge Yi