China News Agency, Beijing, July 23rd, title: Ruan Yuqun: From the campus radio station to the Central Opera House, singing happily all the way
Author Xu Jing
Highlighter divides the aria, pencil marks the inhalation point, and text prompts mood changes... On the day before the performance, handwritten large characters squeezed the blank space on Ruan Yuqun's score.
And just a few days ago, she had just replaced the more "fancy" score from the previous edition.
In mid-July, Ruan Yuqun and his colleagues from the Central Opera House completed their first performance at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in more than two months.
"It was a wonderful enjoyment" and "this night was not wasted", netizens commented on the performance of "Summer Night" on "Summer Night" after the performance.
Ruan Yuqun, a soprano singer and a national first-class actress, is currently the deputy head of the Opera Troupe of the Central Opera House. During her 15th summer working at the Central Opera House, she received an admission notice from the China Conservatory of Music.
A little over a month later, she will be on campus again as a student to pursue a Ph.D. in vocal performance.
The unremitting pursuit of professionalism stems from the love of art since childhood.
Ruan Yuqun has shown interest in singing and performing since kindergarten. When he was in elementary school, he worked as a broadcaster at the school radio station for six years, chorus, dancing, and hosting. He listened to music on a tape recorder every day without the guidance of a professional teacher.
It seems that he was admitted to the Fujian Art School smoothly, and was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music with a full scholarship. Behind it, since high school, he practiced in the piano room whenever he had spare time, and almost gave up his efforts to play.
When she was in college, she continued the habit of going to the piano room for the last time in high school, so that she could practice for a while after school; she tested her learning achievements at each stage by participating in the competition: the No. One prize, the third prize of the Wenhua Award Vocal Competition, the Silver Award of the Golden Bell Award, the first prize of the Maldini International Opera Vocal Competition... In exchange for the prizes that were precious in the student days, it is also for the post-graduation Being admitted to the Central Opera House laid the foundation for the stage and business.
After joining the Central Opera House in 2007, daring to think and do it became Ruan Yuqun's label.
She described herself as "a new born calf is not afraid of tigers": when she first entered the chorus, she took two days to challenge to sing an aria at work for the first time, and then she stood out in the selection of Yu Ji, the heroine of the opera "Farewell My Concubine", and successfully "unlocked" a soloist Identity - from chorus to solo, the time period required is usually several years or even ten years.
Ruan Yuqun has performed many classic roles in Western opera, from Leonora in "The Troubadour" in college, to Violetta in "La Traviata" and Rosalinda in "The Bat" after work , Liu Er in "Turandot", Michela in "Carmen", etc. She seized the opportunity to go abroad to experience the local culture and receive the most primitive musical power in the church.
In her opinion, this is not only to deepen the understanding of the work, but also to improve the personal artistic accomplishment.
"Some people think that the vocal conditions of the Eastern people are not easy to sing opera well, but when we stand on the international stage and show a sound that is not inferior and delicate emotional expression, it will also impress the audience." She used Western audiences to be more familiar. The bel canto interprets Chinese original opera works such as "Farewell My Concubine" and "The Red Army Is Not Afraid of Difficult Expeditions". Whenever the scene ends and the audience is applauded for up to 20 minutes, the pride in my heart arises spontaneously.
"East and Western art have their own merits. Music is a particularly good bridge for communication if performed with heart and emotion."
Over the years, Ruan Yuqun has used his actions to bring more people closer to art and to know opera: he returned to his hometown of Luoyuan County in Fujian Province during the Spring Festival to sing for the villagers; he went to the art salon to tell stories and shared with friends from all over the world that he sang the Italian opera "Butterfly" The experience of "Mrs." made him feel the wonderful spark from the collision of Eastern and Western cultures; he walked into a mountain school and taught children to use music to create happiness.
In her opinion, "To make art a part of ordinary people's lives, the most critical point is not to show off, but to play music with them."
While working on making opera art "grounded", Ruan Yuqun is also exploring how to make Chinese opera "go abroad".
In the upcoming doctoral study, she plans to conduct exploration and research from a group of leaders of Chinese national opera, original opera and traditional opera, as well as the performances of domestic and foreign opera "big names", and then better integrate Chinese and foreign opera arts. , made a small contribution in the process of Chinese opera going to the world.
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