On November 28, the red classic Shanghai Opera "The Golden Embroidered Lady" starring Shen Huiqin, the leader of the Shanghai Xindongyuan Shanghai Opera Troupe and a national first-class actor, will be grandly staged at the Mei Lanfang Grand Theater in Beijing. As an important mi

On November 28, the red classic Shanghai opera "The Golden Embroidered Girl" starring Shen Huiqin, the director of Shanghai Xindongyuan Shanghai Opera Troupe and a national first-class actor, will be grandly staged at the Mei Lanfang Grand Theater in Beijing. As an important milestone in the 10th anniversary of the founding of the New Dongyuan Shanghai Opera Troupe, the play will be performed in Beijing and will show the unique charm of Shanghai Opera to the audience in the capital.

"Jin Xiu Niang" is based on the cross-river battle of the Liberation War in the spring of 1949. It tells the story of Jin Xiu Niang, an underground party member, and Liang Chao, a staff member of the People's Liberation Army, who join forces to fight against the enemy. The play has become a classic memory in the hearts of Shanghai opera fans with its touching plot, rich emotions and popular arias. As early as 1977, when the Shanghai Hu Opera Art Transmission Institute (formerly Shanghai Theater Company) created and staged the first version of "The Golden Embroidered Girl", it had the dream of performing in Beijing. At that time, the teacher of the director Shen Huiqin, Zhu Huiqin, played the role of the Golden Embroidered Girl. However, due to various reasons, the trip could not take place. 47 years later, bearing the weight of history and contemporary innovation, the New Dongyuan Shanghai Theater Company and the Shanghai Theater Company jointly revived "The Golden Embroidered Lady", which not only fulfilled the dream of performing in Beijing, but also fulfilled the dream of Zhu Huiqin and Shen Huiqin, masters and apprentices of two generations. The artistic inheritance and dream continuation.

In the play, Jin Xiu Niang played by Shen Huiqin is the soul of the whole play. With her delicate performance and soulful singing, she made the character vivid and moving. The classic aria "Drinking water and remembering the origin without forgetting the roots" is the emotional high point of the whole play. Shen Huiqin uses 45 complex singing lines to show the character's inner world of forbearance, tenacity and courage. She said that this play is not only a test of her artistic attainments, but also an inheritance of her mentor’s spirit.

Qian Sijian, a famous Shanghai opera actor, will play the role of Liang Chao in the play. Chen Yu, artistic director of Xindongyuan Shanghai Opera Troupe and Shanghai Opera performing artist, also joined the play. She said: "Zhu Huiqin is my senior sister. When she played the role of Jinxiu Niang, our teacher Shi Xiaoying played a supporting role for her. This is an excellent example in the Shanghai Opera industry. Tradition, seniors are always willing to be green leaves. Today I help Master Shen Huiqin inherit the scriptures. "

The new version of "Golden Embroidered Lady" is directed by Shen Gang, a national first-class director. His father Shen Renwei played the villain in the first version of "Golden Embroidered Lady". Shen Gang saw this drama for the first time when he was 11 years old, and he has been passionate about drama ever since. This time, he adopted the concept of "new rehearsal of old operas", injecting classic operas into modern narratives and visual expressions. He brought the original story background of the Battle of Crossing the River to the forefront, using multimedia technology and real images to show the urgency and dramatic tension of the event. In the stage design, "red plum embroidery" is used as the image throughout the play, combining the poetry of Jiangnan Su embroidery with modern technology to create a unique aesthetic expression. Shen Gang said: “We not only retain the traditional charm of the original drama, but also give it the vitality of the new era."

reporter/Wang Run

source/Beijing Daily client