More than 1,500 years ago, by the West Lake, Su Xiaoxiao, who looked like a fairy and was full of literary talents, took an oil-walled fragrant carriage to the Hefang Pavilion to enjoy lotus flowers. He unexpectedly met Ruan Deyu, a young man in trouble who had fled to escape disaster... Today , Huanglong Yue Opera Troupe announced on the painting boat by the West Lake: They will use a Hangzhou opera that has not been performed in 40 years to sing the beautiful girl from Hangzhou - Su Xiaoxiao. The folk tale drama "Su Xiaoxiao" will become a major Hangzhou opera created and staged by Hangzhou Huanglong Yue Opera Troupe with an investment of more than 1 million yuan. Its creative team has united many well-known figures in the theater circles of our province and Hangzhou opera experts to make full use of the beautiful singing and melody of Hangzhou opera, combined with modern stage performance techniques, and strive to create a show that has both Hangzhou's humanities and history and the richness of Hangzhou opera. This unique classic allows the audience to understand and love Hang Opera, an ancient type of opera, from a completely new perspective.
As a Hangzhou native, you may have heard of Hangzhou opera a long time ago. Perhaps, you have never heard of Hangzhou opera, or even heard of the name. The old playwright Shen Zuan explained that Hangzhou opera The play, also known as "Wulin Diao" and "Wulin Class", is composed of Hangzhou Tanhuang and Hangqu. It has a long history of more than 800 years. It was officially put on the stage in 1923. It was quite prosperous before the Anti-Japanese War and spread throughout Hangzhou, Shanghai and Ningbo. After liberation, there were still three or four troupes, and only one professional troupe remained. The most famous plays are "The Oiran", "Li Huiniang" and "Silver Ping". The troupe was canceled during the Cultural Revolution.
Hangzhou opera is a real local opera in Hangzhou. It is an opera sung by Hangzhou people in authentic "Hangzhou gossip". This authentic "Hangzhou local specialty" has not been seen for 40 years, but it has a broad mass base. In 2001, Zhu Yanyan, the leader of the Huanglong Yue Opera Troupe, took a fancy to Hangzhou Opera, which has been discontinued but has not died out among the people. Hangzhou opera is a "local specialty", and they tried to rehearse excerpts of the opera "Double Down the Mountain" and the Hangzhou opera "The Beautiful Beauty of the West Lake is Yangming in the World". The tunes sung include "Pan Ping", "Continental Tune", "Youhun Tune", "Dajing Tune", "Xiao Jing Tune" and "Hangzhou Tanhuang". The performance in Huanglong Cave attracted bursts of applause from the audience. , I feel that this "local specialty" of Hangzhou becomes more and more interesting the more I look at it.
Because of the first two small successes, the Huanglong Yue Opera Troupe boldly created and staged the Hangzhou opera "Su Xiaoxiao" and invested more than 1 million yuan at once. Although these Part of the investment is funded by the government, but this is definitely a risky move for a private Yue Opera troupe that is self-financing. However, after living independently for so many years, Zhu Yanyan and her Yue Opera Troupe have become very familiar with the market. Therefore, under the advice of experts, she carefully selected Su Xiaoxiao, a well-known story, to adapt it to attract the audience.
These days, director Yu Zhenzhen and sister Wang Yihua, who sang Hangzhou opera 40 years ago, are rehearsing the scenes for the actors in time. In mid-April, "Su Xiaoxiao" written in Hangzhou dialect will debut at the Hangzhou Theater. After tasting Longjing, Hangzhou people will soon be able to appreciate the local opera with strong local accent.