"Sister Lin fell from the sky, like a light cloud just emerging from Xiu..." The familiar lyrics of the Yue Opera classic "A Dream of Red Mansions" sounded in the summer. On July 21st, the Huaihai Middle Road Community Cultural Activity Center joined hands with the Huaihai Middle Road Street Library and the Wutong Bookstore Reading Club to hold a reading of opera scripts "The more you read, the more you read, the more you enjoy the fragrance of books." Yu Guo, an outstanding young actor from the Shanghai Yue Opera Theater and winner of the Magnolia Theater Performing Arts Award for New Actor and Protagonist, served as the keynote speaker, leading young readers and parents into the splendid world of "Red Mansions".
"This is my first time to participate in an opera popularization activity for children." Yu Guo has been very busy with performances recently. "Most of our Yue opera sharing meetings are for colleges and universities. I heard that this activity is for children, so I came immediately. Shanghai Yue The theater is also holding summer camps, all to let more young people know opera and get closer to traditional culture. "
At the beginning of the activity, Yu Guo started to interact with readers to understand the children's understanding of the novel "Dream of Red Mansions" and the Yue Opera "Dream of Red Mansions". Knowing the situation, he also set up a small suspense about the role he played. When Yu Guo announced that she was a female student of Yue Opera and the role she played on stage was Jia Baoyu, the audience burst into warm applause.
Yu Guo interacts with the children
Yu Guo interacts with the children
After becoming familiar with the basic plot of the Yue Opera "A Dream of Red Mansions", the children and their parents read aloud the classic "Bao Dai Meets for the First Time" segment of the Yue Opera "A Dream of Red Mansions" under the leadership of Yu Guo. Just reading is not enough, the role-playing quickly ignited the atmosphere. The readers present were divided into several groups. The children played the roles of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu respectively, while the parents played the roles of Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang. Yu Guo first led everyone to read aloud in Mandarin, then shared the text of the Yue Opera "Dream of Red Mansions" in the Yue Opera recitation, and also introduced the profession of female students in the Yue Opera.
Activity photo
"It is actually quite difficult to recite the lyrics of Yue Opera. Most people may not be able to understand it when they hear it for the first time. Unexpectedly, after reading it several times, the children understood it clearly and got the feeling of the characters." Yu Guo invited the children to perform "Bao" on stage. The classic aria "The First Time I Met Dai" also performed Lin Daiyu's role as a supporting actor for the first time. "It can be seen that the children on stage have a certain performance foundation. One will sing Lin Daiyu, and the other will sing Jia Baoyu. I finished playing 'Jia'." Baoyu', and guest appearance as 'Lin Daiyu' again, which is a rare experience in my life." The young readers raised their hands and asked to come on stage to learn opera gestures.
"There are primary school students, junior high school students; girls, boys, and some wearing Hanfu." Yu Guo said that the enthusiastic response was beyond her expectation, "The students were even more touched when they saw their peers on stage. Parents are also actively learning Yue Opera, and the atmosphere is lively. "Although it was a reading, Yu Guo maintained his true nature as a strict teacher and did not relax his demands. He always reminded the young actors, "They sang very well, but they also need to pay attention to their pronunciation..." The activity ended. Finally, she grabbed a young reader and asked, "If you had to choose between watching Yue opera or watching a movie at night, what would you choose?" The young reader replied without hesitation, "Yue opera!"
According to reports, in Shanghai New Huaihai Middle Road Street Library was successfully selected in a batch of "Child-Friendly New Reading Spaces in the City" selection. In the future, "Huaihai" will continue its efforts to organize more rich and diverse child-friendly special reading activities to meet the spiritual and cultural needs of community residents.
