This year coincides with the 100th birthday of Xiao Wenyan, the founder of the "Xiaopai" Danjiao Performing Arts, the master of Huai Opera, and on August 5th, the series of performance seasons and activities "Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Xiao Wenyan's Birth" officially kicked off in Shanghai. . Previously, the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe has launched the online exhibition and live broadcast of "Huaiyin Ya 'Cloud' • Tracing the Years of the Master's Opera" since March, to enjoy the master's demeanor in the "cloud" with fans, and walk into Mr. Xiao Wenyan's work. Drama life. 
"The development of Huai Opera art has been through the continuous innovation, advancement and exploration of Huai Opera artists, predecessors and artists of Huai Opera for hundreds of years. Today's Huai Opera has been created." Liang Weiping, Artistic Director of Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe It is said that in the promotion and development of Huai Opera, Mr. Xiao Wenyan is a bright star. She has created countless "Legend of the White Snake", "Blue Bridge Club", "Women's Trial", "Qin Xianglian", "Three Women Fighting for the Board" and so on. Classic Huai Opera repertoire.
Playwright Luo Huaizhen wrote in the preface "The Yuanshen of Huai Opera" for "Xiao Wenyan's Selected Repertoires" and "Xiao Wenyan's Selection of Singing Music Scores": "Xiao Wenyan's greatest contribution to Huai Opera is to promote the art of Huai Opera. The three transformations of development—from the countryside to the city, from the square to the theater, and from the grass to the stage. The three transformations of Huai Opera have achieved the contemporary character of Huai Opera, and also reflected the development and transformation of various Chinese opera in the 20th century. Common process. Therefore, Xiao Wenyan is a well-deserved Huai Opera's 'Yuanshen'."
This commemorative event is to cherish the memory of Mr. Xiao Wenyan's life of Huai Opera art, summarize the formation, development and artistic achievements of the "Xiao School" art, promote the cooperation of Huai Opera circles, and promote the development of Huai Opera art.
To this end, in addition to the summit forum and symposium, this series of performances is also a gathering of talents to sing Huaiyin. At the commemorative concert on August 5th, not only many famous artists from the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe came on stage, but also Chen Cheng and other famous Huai Opera artists were invited to pay tribute to the Huai Opera master Xiao Wenyan. The concert also injected "new Huai Opera forces", and young actors also showed off the style of a new generation of young opera players at the concert.
The Huai Opera "Three Girls Fighting for the Board" was originally a screenplay by the old artist Xu Koucheng, and it was combined with the original drama. In 1956, it was excavated in the traditional repertoire, which was dictated by He Zhentian, arranged and adapted. In 1957, the Shanghai People's Huai Opera Troupe premiered in Guizhou. In the theater, He Zhentian and Xiao Wenyan performed together. As soon as it was performed in the past, there was a wave of transplants and performances of various dramas. The Hunan Opera Troupe adapted "Life and Death" based on this drama, which was well-known throughout the country and was made into a movie. The Hong Kong Film Company also shot a movie with the same theme. In 2019, the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe rehearsed the play on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the old master of Huai Opera, He Sheangtian. After that, it was also used as one of the touring repertoires. It is also a tribute to the master to perform the play again this year.
Huai Opera "Women's Trial" is one of Xiao Wenyan's most well-known masterpieces, and it is also an "old drama" of Huai Opera. This version of Qin Xianglian's story created by Xiao Wenyan comes from the people, speaks for the people, and expresses feelings for the people. Especially the 'three major boards' are sonorous and powerful. In the work "Women's Trial", you can feel Xiao Wenyan's courage and determination to reform the tradition. On the occasion of the 95th anniversary of Mr. Xiao Wenyan's birth in 2017, the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe reorganized the play.
The Huai Opera "Pipa Shou" is a traditional classic that was reorganized by the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe this year. In 1954, the Shanghai People's Huai Opera Troupe premiered on the People's Stage. "Qin Xianglian·Pipa Longevity" is commonly known as "Shangliutang", also known as "Little Pipa". In the play, Xianglian embraces the pipa, and recognizes her husband before the banquet and sings six tunes with different rhymes. The audience sang Xianglian's singing, the Prime Minister's recitation, and Shimei's feigned sleepiness. There is a saying "Qin Xianglian who can't sing, Wang Tingyu who can't talk, and Chen Shimei who can't sleep." The play has been honed by long-term performance practice, becoming more and more perfect, and has become one of the repertoires of Huai Opera. This revival is led by young actor Xing Na.
It is reported that this commemorative event will also launch "Xiao Wenyan's Selected Repertoires" and "Xiao Wenyan's Selection of Singing Music Scores", which will preserve and pass on the precious Huai Opera history and literature through book records.
Commemorative concert photo
On the opening day of the event, the heads of Huai Opera (Academies) from Shanghai and Jiangsu gathered together to hold a seminar on the inheritance of Xiaopai art and the training project for young Huai Opera actors. Huai Opera Troupe·Huaiyin Home Exhibition Hall was officially unveiled. That night, generations of actors from Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe and famous Huai Opera artists all took the stage on Shaw Stage and held a grand and warm commemorative concert. On August 6, drama experts gathered for the "Symposium to Commemorate the Centenary of Xiao Wenyan's Birth". Next week, the representative works of "Xiaopai", "Three Women Fighting for the Board", "Women's Trial" and "Pipa Shou" will be performed on the Tianchan Yifu stage on August 8, 9 and 11 in succession.Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Xiao Wenyan's birth poster
At the Huai Opera (Academy) Head Summit Forum on the opening day of the series of activities, Gong Xiaoxiong, head of the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe, said that Shanghai and Suzhou were invited to hold the event together because Mr. Xiao Wenyan was not only the first head of the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe , is also from Huai'an, she is the treasure of Huai Opera, and it is the common wealth of Huai Opera industry. During her tenure as head of the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe, she was a beacon in the establishment of aesthetics and the creation of performance forms, illuminating the way forward for future generations. She is also the master of Huai Opera. Her thoughts and actions bear the imprint of Shanghai opera culture and Jiangnan culture.live performance
Gong Xiaoxiong introduced that the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe's plan in recent years is to slowly restore the traditional old drama of "Nine Lotus and Thirteen Heroes" in 10 years. Hold high the banner of Xiaopai and make efforts in inheritance. Focusing on traditional opera, and constantly adhering to the Huai Opera style, we will increase the contemporary aesthetic sense of modernity and the modern sense of music. I hope to bring more innovative traditional plays to Jiangsu for exchanges in the future. This year, we also made a repertoire collection and a singing collection. The Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe has the responsibility to do these projects, cherish the existing resources, continuously integrate them, record them, and pass them down from generation to generation."The development of Huai Opera art has been through the continuous innovation, advancement and exploration of Huai Opera artists, predecessors and artists of Huai Opera for hundreds of years. Today's Huai Opera has been created." Liang Weiping, Artistic Director of Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe It is said that in the promotion and development of Huai Opera, Mr. Xiao Wenyan is a bright star. She has created countless "Legend of the White Snake", "Blue Bridge Club", "Women's Trial", "Qin Xianglian", "Three Women Fighting for the Board" and so on. Classic Huai Opera repertoire.
Xiao Wenyan "Female Trial"
Xiao Wenyan's artistic experience can be called the development history of Huai Opera art, and her own life is also full of legends. She fled to Shanghai with her parents when she was a child, and was sold to the people in the theater. After a rough childhood, she eventually grew into a generation of "Queen of Huai Opera" and "Master of Huai Opera". Xiao Wenyan not only created the famous "free tune" of Huai Opera, created countless vivid artistic images, left behind many well-known classic plays and popular singing arias for future generations, but also formed a unique Huai Opera performance style.Playwright Luo Huaizhen wrote in the preface "The Yuanshen of Huai Opera" for "Xiao Wenyan's Selected Repertoires" and "Xiao Wenyan's Selection of Singing Music Scores": "Xiao Wenyan's greatest contribution to Huai Opera is to promote the art of Huai Opera. The three transformations of development—from the countryside to the city, from the square to the theater, and from the grass to the stage. The three transformations of Huai Opera have achieved the contemporary character of Huai Opera, and also reflected the development and transformation of various Chinese opera in the 20th century. Common process. Therefore, Xiao Wenyan is a well-deserved Huai Opera's 'Yuanshen'."
This commemorative event is to cherish the memory of Mr. Xiao Wenyan's life of Huai Opera art, summarize the formation, development and artistic achievements of the "Xiao School" art, promote the cooperation of Huai Opera circles, and promote the development of Huai Opera art.
To this end, in addition to the summit forum and symposium, this series of performances is also a gathering of talents to sing Huaiyin. At the commemorative concert on August 5th, not only many famous artists from the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe came on stage, but also Chen Cheng and other famous Huai Opera artists were invited to pay tribute to the Huai Opera master Xiao Wenyan. The concert also injected "new Huai Opera forces", and young actors also showed off the style of a new generation of young opera players at the concert.
live performance
The representative repertoires of the three Xiao Wenyans also have their own characteristics.The Huai Opera "Three Girls Fighting for the Board" was originally a screenplay by the old artist Xu Koucheng, and it was combined with the original drama. In 1956, it was excavated in the traditional repertoire, which was dictated by He Zhentian, arranged and adapted. In 1957, the Shanghai People's Huai Opera Troupe premiered in Guizhou. In the theater, He Zhentian and Xiao Wenyan performed together. As soon as it was performed in the past, there was a wave of transplants and performances of various dramas. The Hunan Opera Troupe adapted "Life and Death" based on this drama, which was well-known throughout the country and was made into a movie. The Hong Kong Film Company also shot a movie with the same theme. In 2019, the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe rehearsed the play on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the old master of Huai Opera, He Sheangtian. After that, it was also used as one of the touring repertoires. It is also a tribute to the master to perform the play again this year.
Huai Opera "Women's Trial" is one of Xiao Wenyan's most well-known masterpieces, and it is also an "old drama" of Huai Opera. This version of Qin Xianglian's story created by Xiao Wenyan comes from the people, speaks for the people, and expresses feelings for the people. Especially the 'three major boards' are sonorous and powerful. In the work "Women's Trial", you can feel Xiao Wenyan's courage and determination to reform the tradition. On the occasion of the 95th anniversary of Mr. Xiao Wenyan's birth in 2017, the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe reorganized the play.
The Huai Opera "Pipa Shou" is a traditional classic that was reorganized by the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe this year. In 1954, the Shanghai People's Huai Opera Troupe premiered on the People's Stage. "Qin Xianglian·Pipa Longevity" is commonly known as "Shangliutang", also known as "Little Pipa". In the play, Xianglian embraces the pipa, and recognizes her husband before the banquet and sings six tunes with different rhymes. The audience sang Xianglian's singing, the Prime Minister's recitation, and Shimei's feigned sleepiness. There is a saying "Qin Xianglian who can't sing, Wang Tingyu who can't talk, and Chen Shimei who can't sleep." The play has been honed by long-term performance practice, becoming more and more perfect, and has become one of the repertoires of Huai Opera. This revival is led by young actor Xing Na.
It is reported that this commemorative event will also launch "Xiao Wenyan's Selected Repertoires" and "Xiao Wenyan's Selection of Singing Music Scores", which will preserve and pass on the precious Huai Opera history and literature through book records.
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