The successful premiere of Peking Opera "Shi Pingmei" with a sentimental accent [Artistic creation around the revolution and love deeds of Shi Pingmei, one of the "Four Talented Women of the Republic of China"]
The new modern Peking Opera "Shi Pingmei" revolves around the revolution and love story of Shi Pingmei, one of the "Four Talented Women of the Republic of China". Under the oppression of imperialist aggression, feudal ethics, and warlord rule, the fearless spirit of self-sacrifice in pursuit of lofty revolutionary ideals and pure love.
At the same time, it shows that in the torrent of the May 4th wave, the new young people's thinking and criticism of the real society and the firm pursuit of the ideal society without fear of sacrifice.
In terms of artistic characteristics, the play pursues the exploration of the hearts of the characters under the background of the majestic and heavy historical era, highlights the performance characteristics of the "Cheng School" art, and creates a dramatic stage situation that is both poignant and tragic. A performance art style with a high degree of integration of character characterization and freehand brushwork.
The newly edited modern Peking Opera "Stone Ping Mei" is one of the key repertoires of the Beijing Peking Opera Theatre in 2022. It is also a key creative project of the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, and an excerpt project of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism. The first work of the "Themed Drama Works Creation Support Program" project is of great significance in the creation of modern Peking Opera plays.
The play received strong support from the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League.
The theater resolutely implements the work requirements of "seeing Beijing in great dramas", earnestly promotes the creation of literary and artistic masterpieces, and creates excellent works of patriotism, Beijing, and red themes of "Stone Commentary on Plum", vividly displaying Beijing's ancient capital culture, red culture, Beijing-flavored culture, and innovative culture. .
In the play, Shi Pingmei is played by Guo Wei, a national first-class actor of the Beijing Peking Opera Theatre and a famous young master of the Cheng faction, Zhou Enxu, an outstanding young martial artist, as Gao Junyu, and Li Hongtu, the head of the Peking Opera Troupe, Mei Lanfang, and a famous Yepai niche star, plays Yu Shuhao.
The new modern Peking Opera "Shi Pingmei" depicts the choices made by "Jinghua talented woman" Shi Pingmei in the face of reality and ideals, fame and love, fate and faith, and her legendary life.
The delicate, flexible and strong emotions she possesses are in perfect harmony with the tragic, tenacious and pure female image that the Cheng School art is good at portraying, and is suitable for the depressed singing style of the Cheng School art.
As a "tailor-made" play for inheriting and promoting the Cheng School of Peking Opera, the newly edited modern Peking Opera "Shi Ping Mei" has designed a large section of "Cheng tune" with great emotional tension, ranging from expressing feelings, bereavement, and grief. , sentimental, tragic, and tactful, each aria is "in love with tune" everywhere, and the poignant and sad lyrics outline the inner feelings of the characters vividly and deeply.
Although "Shi Pingmei" is a new modern Peking Opera, a long scarf in line with the characteristics of the times is specially designed for Shi Pingmei in the play, which becomes an externalized presentation of the characters' emotions and is a major innovative highlight of the genre's inheritance.
Especially in the "Sorrowful Love" scene, Shi Pingmei's scarf turned into a water sleeve when she heard the news of her lover's illness, and the pain in her heart was clear at a glance.
Text / Shang Dan Coordination / Man Yi