On the evening of 19th, hosted by the Shenyang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Radio and Television, and hosted by the Shenyang Public Cultural Service Center (Shenyang Cultural Performing Arts Center) and the Shenyang Ping Opera Theater, "The Charm of Ping Opera - The famous opera musician Wang Qiheng has been performing Ping Opera for 70 years" Works Concert" was held at the Shengjing Grand Theater. Artists from many Pingju schools such as Han, Hua, Xiao, Xin, and Bai gathered in Shenyang to present a Pingju feast to the audience.
Wang Qiheng, a leading figure in Ping opera circles, has taken root in Ping opera for seventy years.
Wang Qiheng, as a famous Ping opera composer, has successively experimented with the "clear board", "top board fast three eyes", "coloratura gusset board" and "singing with accompaniment" in the process of his creation. "Adagio" and other new forms have made positive contributions to the development of accompaniment singers, the enrichment and improvement of the band, and the formation and establishment of the music style of Shenyang Pingju Opera. He has composed music for more than 100 plays such as "Little Son-in-Law", "Cuckoo Mountain", "Sister Jiang", and "Little Sister". His singing styles are bold and innovative without losing the essence of Pingju opera. Most of the plays he has written have won relevant awards. In 2000, the Shenyang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government awarded him the title of "Honorary Artist", and in 2011, the Chinese Opera Performance Society awarded him the "Lifetime Achievement Award". This year, Wang Qiheng is 94 years old and has been associated with Pingju Opera for 70 years. This performance is a top-notch performance of the art of Pingju Opera. It focuses on selected excerpts from many excellent works and comprehensively demonstrates its profound artistic standards with a rich variety of work types.
Bai Yansheng (first from left) and Yu Wenhua (second from left) congratulated Wang Qiheng on his seventy years of roots in Pingju opera.
Five major genres of Ping Opera and danxiang perform on the same stage in Shenyang for the first time
Shenyang is a veritable fertile ground for opera. Since its establishment on November 11, 1959, the Shenyang Ping Opera Theater has been an irreplaceable place in the hearts of the audience as a national intangible cultural heritage protection unit. status. In the early days of Shenyang Pingju Theater, famous Pingju performing artists Han Shaoyun, Hua Shulan, and Xiao Junting were invited to serve as main actors. As pioneers in the construction of Shenyang Pingju Theater, the three major schools of "Han Hua Xiao" have always been inseparable from Shenyang Pingju Opera. of blood, family ties and cultural origins.
The biggest highlight of this "Concert of Wang Qiheng's 70 Years of Pingju Opera Works" is that the five major Dan role genres of "Han, Hua, Xiao, Xin and Bai" are performing on the same stage in Shenyang for the first time. At present, disciples of various schools have spread all over the motherland and have become the backbone of various theater troupes across the country. This performance can be said to be a gathering of celebrities with bright stars, including Song Li and Zhou Dan, descendants of the Han School, Feng Yuping, Zeng Zhaojuan, and Wu Danyang, the successors of the Hua School, Wang Xiaoping, the successor of the Xiao School, Liu Yali, the successor of the Bai School, Wang Xiangyang, the successor of the New School, and Ju Wenlin, the successor of the Zhang School. , Sun Luyang, the successor of the Wei School, Zhang Junling, the successor of the Hong School and other top "big names" in the Pingju opera world, together with the famous host Bai Yansheng, presented a "gluttonous feast" of Chinese Pingju opera to the theater fans.
The classic arias of Pingju Opera satisfy theater fans
Pingju Opera is one of the five major opera types in China, derived from Lianhua Luo, Kaizhu Xiaoxi, Tangshan Luozi, etc. Every process of its development and evolution is engraved with the mark of the times and embodies the wisdom of the working people. Crystallization, with rich cultural connotation and profound humanistic heritage.
Last night’s performance was rich in categories and classic excerpts, including the excerpt "Burial of Flowers" from "A Dream of Red Mansions", the excerpt "Meet the Imperial Aunt" from "Qin Xianglian", the excerpt "Green Lantern Shines on the Bald Head" from "Cheng Zhaocai", and the excerpt from "Peach Blossoms" "I'm so lucky to meet a good match by chance", the excerpt from "Xiang Lin's Wife" "I was kicked out by the Lu family since that day", the excerpt from "Flower as Matchmaker" "report the flower's name", the excerpt from "Little Sister" "I brought a bowl of noodles with my mother-in-law" ", "Sister Jiang" excerpts "Spring Silkworms Silk Silk to Death", "Wei Fengying" excerpts "I Run to Beijing", "Home" excerpts "Red Candles and High Fever", "Qingfeng Pavilion" excerpts "To the Evil Son", etc., which made the audience They were hooked, and the applause continued throughout the performance. The audience was also hooked. They didn't expect to see so many wonderful performances by famous artists at their doorstep.
At the end of the performance, 94-year-old Wang Qiheng took the stage and composed an impromptu poem to express his gratitude and his lifelong love for Pingju opera.
Shenyang Daily, Shenyang Daily All-media reporter: Gai Yunfei Photography: Li Hao
Editor: Wang Peiting
Editor in charge: Zhang Hongjun
[Source: Shenyang Daily]
