During the epidemic, although there was no performance task, Feng Lei Beijing Opera Company did not stop the pace of creation. Recently, as a project funded by the Beijing Culture and Art Fund in 2019, the new traditional Beijing opera "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures" based on the theme of traditional Chinese opera and the background of the stories of the four major beauties in China has been completed after a period of preparation and creation. Join the row and enter the rehearsal stage that is about to enter the stage. Due to the impact of the epidemic, the new work is expected to meet the audience in the form of a live broadcast in the second half of the year. The Fenglei Peking Opera Company initially plans to launch a rehearsal live broadcast for several hours in August to show the audience behind the scenes of the drama. Live streaming will start. This is another innovative masterpiece after Feng Lei Beijing Opera Troupe's previous "Liyuan Trilogy", which was loved by the audience. Song Yan, director of Feng Lei Beijing Opera Troupe, and director Song Tianshuo, revealed the drama to readers in advance.

　　Highlights

　　Introduce new forms such as "human screen interaction"

　　The new traditional Beijing opera "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures" is edited by Yang Yu. The head of Beijing Fenglei Peking Opera Troupe Song Yan serves as the chief person in charge, and the young director Song Tianshuo serves as the director. The actors are mainly young actors from Fenglei Peking Opera Troupe. Many young actors such as the National Peking Opera House, Beijing Peking Opera House, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Opera, Beijing Opera School and many other actors have joined forces to show the "five ugly" and "four beautiful" in the play.

　　Among the four beauty of "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures", except for Diao Chan, the other three all have classic repertoires. The screenwriter chose the most representative traditional repertoire "Drunken Concubine", "Zhaojun Out of the Crowd" and "Xishi". The classic singing styles and shapes of the four major schools of Shang, Shang, Cheng and Xun are perfectly presented. The cleverness of "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures" is to use the famous harlequins in various traditional plays as the repertoire, intertwining contemporary life and historical classics, forming a series of time and space, beautiful and ugly, interacting up and down, and organically combining Beijing opera The combination of deductive forms breaks the boundary between the stage and the audience and brings the audience a brand new experience of Peking Opera.

　　From "Liyuan Trilogy" to now, Feng Lei Opera Company has never stopped using Peking Opera, which is good at the company, to innovate and explore now. This "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures" can be said to be a traditional and innovative work . Audiences can not only hear the classic singing styles of the major schools that have been familiar for many years, but also see the clever presentation of modern high-tech stage forms. Director Song Tianshuo said that the overall style of the show mainly highlights "beauty". "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures" tells the stories of the four beauties of classical Chinese. Therefore, this drama belongs to the collection of "beauty." The play also conceals Song Tianshuo's "ambition": "I hope to create a family-like work like the Disney stage play. When the family sits together, both old and young Xianyi like it very much."

　　In order to better attract and cater to the young audience's viewing habits, the presentation of "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures" draws on some modern technical means. Song Tianshuo introduced that this time the stage introduced not only the human screen interactive techniques commonly used in many current IP dramas, but also multiple spaces for the front screen projection display: "On the basis of retaining the aesthetics and skills of the original traditional opera, Incorporating the latest technology, presenting a drama work that meets the taste of contemporary audiences, slowly letting audiences of all levels and ages accept this traditional art."

　　Hearing, Song Tianshuo introduced that because "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures" is mostly based on literary drama, he also put a lot of effort into the soundtrack. Not only invited famous artists to re-customize the vocal tunes for the characters on the basis of the original vocal tunes, but also introduced Chinese and Western musical instruments such as cello and chime according to the different expressions of the "Four Beauty" to enhance the sense of the scene.

　　adaptation

　　Harlequins connect stories and take charge of interaction

　　Song Yan, the head of the group, introduced that the "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures" basically kept the most colorful parts of several classic works. In the design of the "Four Beautiful" repertoire, except for Diao Chan's storyline, which is based on a new compilation of traditional stories, the other "Three Beautiful" are all adapted from the traditional repertoire "Zhaojun Out of the Fortress", "Drunken Princess" and "Xishi". According to Mei School's "Drunk", Shang School "Out of the Crowd", Cheng School "Diao Chan", Xun School "Xishi", each has its own expression. The director Song Tianshuo designed the appearance of the stage image with Xishi like water, Zhaojun like wind, jade ring like flower, and Diao Chan like rain.

　　Song Yan said that in order not to disappoint old fans, they have always been very cautious about the adaptation of classic dramas. Therefore, in the "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures", the "five ugly" who are responsible for the series are also the classic images in the classic repertoire. The first time to play is from "Time to Steal Chicken", followed by Yang Xiangwu in "Three Pirates of the Kowloon Cup", Tao Hong in "Fighting Melon Garden", the teacher's master in "Fishing and Killing Home", "Dong Shi Xiaoyu" In "Dong Shi", different characters will show different skills of the harlequin. Director Song Tianshuo added, "The scene of the Five Ugly has no logical connection with the play "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures", so the design is based on two considerations: First, through the performance of the "Five Ugly", let The audience has an in-depth understanding of the classic repertoire of harlequins in Peking Opera. Secondly, harlequins also have the function of communicating with the audience on stage in the traditional opera stage. In the play, they must not only interact and display their unique skills, but also hold a program list. Announcement, set the stage for every'beauty' appearance."

　　It is worth mentioning that the "Xishi" in the "Four Beauty" is known to be a classic of the "Mei School" in the traditional opera, but Song Yan revealed that this time he will be particularly inclined to the "Xun School" charm. The design allows the fans to appreciate another classic style of the traditional "Mei School" in "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures".

　　line-up

　　Experienced actor Gandang "Green Leaf"

　　In order to better present the new traditional Chinese opera "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures" to the audience, the creative team invited the National Peking Opera House, Beijing Peking Opera House, National Grand Theater, Northern Kunqu Opera House, China Opera Academy, Beijing Opera School, etc. The elite Lu is involved in the creation. Among them, the National Grand Theater is responsible for the design of the dancing part, and Jin Liang, director of the Chinese Opera Academy's drama composition and theory teaching and research section, is responsible for music and singing design.

　　Song Yan, the head of the group, introduced that the actors in the "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures" mainly used the young Peking Opera actors of the Feng Lei Peking Opera Troupe as the main group. Since the troupe did not have Cheng Pai actors, this time we specially invited a group of Cheng Pei Tsing Yi Li Wenying He played "Diao Chan", and the "Yang Yuhuan" of the Mei School in "Drunken Princess" invited the outstanding young actor Bai Jin from the Beijing Opera House. The other two "Wang Zhaojun" and "Xishi" are excellent young actors trained by Fenglei Beijing Opera Troupe in recent years. Song Yan feels that "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures" is a newly-edited work that needs to be innovative and young audiences are very important audience groups. Such an arrangement can enhance the interaction between actors on and off stage and the audience. Including the "five ugly" are also young harlequin actors, several veteran actors with rich experience on stage are willing to be their "green leaves", played a role as a gang.

　　At the end of the interview, the head of the group Song Yan introduced the reason why the editor Yang Yu launched the new traditional Beijing opera "Five Ugly and Four Beautiful Pictures". In fact, it is also to fulfill his wish to explore how to tell the story of inheritance, inheritance and development at the same time. Let the art of Peking Opera continue to flourish, but also make the works enjoyable and able to attract a group of young audiences.

　　Writer/Reporter for Beijing News Liu Zhen