On the Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first lunar month (February 24), Guangzhou will usher in a feast of Beijing charm and beauty! The "2024 Guangzhou Concert of Famous Peking Opera Masters" will be held at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, a historical and cultural landmark in Guangzhou. This concert will bring together leading figures from many genres in the Peking Opera world, bringing classic Peking Opera pieces into the eyes of the Guangzhou audience, and demonstrating the unique charm and artistic charm of Peking Opera.
Peking Opera is a representative of traditional Chinese opera art and has rich historical and cultural connotations. Its unique performance forms of singing, chanting, acting and playing, as well as its rich and colorful opera tunes, are deeply loved by the audience. This concert will present classic pieces from Peking Opera, allowing the audience to appreciate the essence of Peking Opera art through superb acting skills and beautiful and moving singing. The organizer of the
concert has carefully arranged this artistic feast. Well-known artists from the National Peking Opera Company, Beijing Peking Opera Company, Tianjin Peking Opera Company and other troupes will jointly present classic Peking Opera plays, such as "The Orphan of Zhao", "Farewell My Concubine", " "Red Lantern" etc. Leading figures of various schools of Peking Opera, such as Meng Guanglu of the Qiu School, Wang Rongrong of the Zhang School, Yuan Huiqin of the Laodan School, Li Haiyan of the Cheng School, Zhu Qiang of the Peking Opera, Wang Yan of the Mei School, Song Xiaochuan of the Ye School, and other artists will perform in person. It will bring superb performances to the venue, allowing the audience to enjoy the splendid chapter of Peking Opera art.
This concert is not only a concentrated display of various schools of Peking Opera art, but also an ingenious combination of Peking Opera traditional culture and modern stage art. The performance process will be fully integrated with modern stage design and lighting effects, and through innovative stage presentations, the audience will enjoy both visual and auditory enjoyment while enjoying the classic plays.
In order to allow more audiences to better appreciate Peking Opera, the concert has arranged professional directors and hosts who will explain the basic knowledge and plot background of Peking Opera to the audience to help them better understand and accept this art form.
Program list:
Host: Song Xiaochuan and Xu Chang
1, Jinghu performed "Deep Night" and "Small Open Door"
- Performer: Zhao Jianhua (famous Jinghu artist)
2, "Lock the Five Dragons" excerpt "Tie out of the tent at the first command" , "Chisang Town" excerpt "My sister-in-law kissed her and told her the true love"
- Singer: Ma Li (an outstanding young female actor with painted faces)
3, "Farewell My Concubine" excerpt "Look at the king sleeping in his clothes in the tent" "Stable", excerpts from "The Phoenix Returns to the Nest" "Mother can't be too biased"
- Singer: Guo Xiao (national first-class actor)
4, excerpts from "The Story of the Red Lantern" "Ambitions soar into the sky" "The Party tells you to be a steel man" "Strong Iron Man"
- Singer: Zhang Haoyang (national first-class actor)
5, excerpts from "The Story of the Red Lantern" "Learn from your father, his heart is as bold as steel" "He will never leave the battlefield until he can defeat all the wolves"
- Singer: Lu Huimin (National First-Class Actor), Bi Xiaoyang (National First-Class Actor)
6, excerpts from "Taking Tiger Mountain Outsmarted" "Welcoming Spring to Change the World" "Sprinkling Blood to Write the Spring and Autumn Period"
- Singer: Li Bo (National First-class actor)
7, excerpt from "The Legend of White Snake" "On that day the treasures were burned in the furnace", excerpt from "The Meeting of Heroes" "It's hard to predict the gathering and separation of life"
- Singer: Song Xiaochuan (famous Peking Opera master)
8, "Xie Yaohuan" "Excerpts from "Xie Yaohuan has been in the palace for nine years", excerpts from "Mu Guiying takes command" "The sound of golden drums and painted horns is heard so fiercely"
- Singer: Wang Yan (famous Peking Opera master)
9, excerpts from "Ganlu Temple" " "I advise Chitose to kill the word and stop exporting it", the excerpt from "Four Jinshi" "It is written that Tian Lundun pays his respects"
- Singer: Zhu Qiang (a famous Peking Opera master)
10, the excerpt from "A Dream in the Boudoir" "It is pitiful to carry a crossbow to the front line", Excerpt from "Suolin Bag" "This is how unpredictable life is"
- Singer: Li Haiyan (famous Peking Opera master)
11, excerpt from "The Flower Spear" "Ask your grandson and you and I to prepare paper inkstones quickly", excerpt from "Fishing for Golden Turtles" "Call Zhang Yi, my son listens to his mother's lesson"
- Singer: Yuan Huiqin (famous Peking Opera master)
12, excerpt from "The Number One Scholar Matchmaker" "From that day I met Liulang in front of the formation", excerpt from "Wangjiang Pavilion" "Send the fishing boat Hidden outside Wangjiang Pavilion"
- Singer: Wang Rongrong (famous Peking Opera master)
13, excerpt from "The Orphan of Zhao" "I, Wei Jiang, woke up like a dream after hearing this" "Surprise Attack on the White Tigers" excerpt "Never let Mei Li One gangster escapes"
- Singer: Meng Guanglu (famous Peking Opera master)
(the program list is based on the day of the performance)
Ticket purchase information:
Time: February 24, 2024 (the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month)
Location: Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
Ticket price: 180/280/380/480/580
Ticket purchase inquiry: 83551489 / 83552430
Ticket purchase method: WeChat public account (Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Ticket Manager)
Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall North Ticket Service Center
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