Yue opera "Dream of the Red Chamber" performance photos
In recent days, in the rehearsal hall of the Shanghai Yue Theater, it is often seen that the famous Yue opera artist Fang Yafen is sitting under the stage with a microphone in his hand, controlling the scene at any time. In the small book in front of her, she recorded the shortcomings of the young actors' performances one by one... All this is for a new round of resident performances of Yue opera "Dream of the Red Chamber", yesterday and this evening, Fang Yafen and student Chen Huidi took the stage together at the Wanping Theater to jointly open a new chapter in the resident scene for Yin Yuan's version of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
The National Day file of Xu Pai, Wang Pai version of the resident performance is still fresh in memory, more than 90% of the attendance rate shows the audience's recognition of the classic and yue opera resident concept, many fans in order to appreciate the different Bao Daichao partner combinations, have two brushes and three brushes, this time the Yin Pai, Yuan Pai version, but also to the audience once again approached the "Dream of the Red Chamber" reason.
If Xu Wang's version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is a classic, then Yin Yuan's version is the modern interpretation of "Dream of the Red Chamber" by the famous director Chen Yiyi. In addition to the differences in genre singing voices, the two versions also have different interpretations of the plot. The end of the Xu Wang version ends with Baoyu's escape, and the Yin Yuan version adds the plot of the too illusory realm, Baoyu and Jinling Twelve Chao, and even all the nostalgic characters in the Grand View Garden have met and slowly left.
"Although the Grand View Garden is to see Bao Dai's love story, many small characters are also very dramatic, and Yin Yuan's version focuses on portraying the characters of the side line, and the rhythm is very smooth." Fang Yafen introduced that the audience of the "Weeping Spirit" in Xu Wang's version is very familiar to the audience, and the "Other Spirit" in Yin Yuan's version is also very distinctive, especially the immersive and illusory realm outside the theater, which echoes and continues with the epilogue, creating an overall viewing experience.
In this round of performances, Chen Huidi played Lin Daiyu in the first half, Fang Yafen played Lin Daiyu in the second half, and in november, Xu Lai and Zhao Xinyu will also join in. Before becoming "Sister Lin", the actors had played various characters in the Grand View Garden, and Fang Yafen had not only played Yuan Pai and Wang Pai Daiyu, but also Played Bao Yu and Wang Xifeng. Xu Lai, who played the attacker last night, was Fang Yafen's eldest disciple, who had previously played Xu Wang's version of Zi Juan, Madame Wang, and Aunt Xue, and Yin Yuan's version had played Qingwen, Raider, and Daiyu in the "Burning Draft" fold, and next month she will perform "Dai Yu Funeral Flower" for the first time.
More and more young actors have names on stage and move to the center during residency performances. The actors laughed and said that a group of Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu were "on the throne". As the youngest generation of actors in Shangyue, Zhao Xinyu played Zi Juan on the stage this time and will challenge the role of Dai Yu for the first time next month. "I learned from teachers in school, but whether I can act after entering the group still depends on the time and place", in the face of this hard-won opportunity, Zhao Xinyu rubbed his fists, pressure and excitement coexisted.
Fang Yafen interprets Dai Yu funeral flowers
In fact, before the project was launched, Liang Hongjun, director of Shanghai Yue Theater, had doubts: "Dream of the Red Chamber" has been performed for 60 years, is it still popular in today's Shanghai performance market? The grand situation of the first round of four performances and the subsequent ticketing situation made the Yue opera people happy, time passed, there are still many audiences who have not seen the Yue opera "Dream of the Red Chamber", 60% of the tickets are sold from online channels, which is far higher than the past proportion, Liang Hongjun analyzed: "The increase in the proportion of online channels shows two points: one is that there are more new audiences, and the other is more young audiences, which is more typical data feedback. ”
The sales of cultural creativity are as hot as the box office, and the cultural and creative products of "Dream of the Red Chamber" jointly launched by Shangyue and Yuyuan Group and Da Yin Bookstore are exquisitely designed, encountering "hoarding-style procurement" by drama fans, and home furnishing cultural creations such as aromatherapy have infiltrated the influence of Yue opera into all aspects of life. Liang Hongjun revealed that in the next round of stationing, the audience will see a new theater layout, new lineup, new highlights, new activities, and strive to make each round of stationing have new ideas. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhao Yue)