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  • Wei Chunrong

    Famous actors of Northern Kunqu Opera Theater

    "I will not cater to the trend of aesthetic appreciation. I want to tell you what Kunqu Opera should look like." On the Kunqu Opera stage, Wei Chunrong has gone through 40 years of spring and autumn, and the giggles, anger and resentment on the stage have brought the beauty of Kunqu Opera to life. Du Liniang's beauty, Wang Xifeng's spiciness, Chen Miaochang's liveliness, and Yang Guifei's magnificence... She felt and sighed as she acted. "People of our generation love what they do. I came into contact with Kunqu Opera and engaged in Kunqu Opera. My understanding of Kunqu Opera along the way is like brewing a jar of old wine." See more

  • Yang Fan

    Director of the Performer Center of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater

    On the Kunqu Opera stage, he is the great Wusheng in Running at Night, Single Sabre Club, Farewell to Jingniang from a Thousand Miles, and Huarong Road, which perfectly portrays the forthright and upright men of Yan and Zhao in the north; In his life, he is gentle and gentle. Yang Fan, the great Wusheng of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater, has been associated with Kunqu Opera for more than 40 years. In the recently staged original large-scale Kunqu opera Lin Huiyin, he played Liang Sicheng, the first intellectual image Yang Fan encountered in his Kunqu opera stage career. How to play modern plays and modern people with classical Kunqu opera, and accurately find the common ground between the role and himself is the first problem he faces. "I must be infinitely close to the characters in stage performance, image and temperament." See more

  • Gu Weiying

    Famous Kunqu Opera Actor

    Gu Weiying, female, national first-class actor, is now a full-time professor of Kunqu Opera Boudoir Dan in the Performance Department of the Chinese Academy of Drama. Master of Arts, member of the Chinese Dramatists Association. Winner of the second Chinese Drama Red Plum Award. Winner of the first National Drama Culture Award. The first Plum Blossom Award won Zhang Jiqing's direct disciple, and won the second time that Mei De advocated the true transmission of Jingxian. He has successively learned from famous Kunqu Opera performing artists Liu Jiyan, Zhang Xunpeng, Liang Guyin, Shen Shihua, etc. See more

  • Yang Fengyi

    President of Northern Kunqu Opera Theater

    She was born in 1962, was admitted to the Chinese Academy of Traditional Opera at the age of 11, graduated to work in the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater at the age of 20, started to take on film and television plays at the age of 21, gave up acting in films and television plays completely and returned to the stage at the age of 28, until she walked from front to back in 2009... For Yang Fengyi, the director of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater, her whole life revolves around the word "Kunqu Opera". As the inheritor of Kunqu art, she once "sang three songs and sighed nine times", and performed the graceful tune and beautiful figure of Kunqu on the stage. Now, she manages the northern Kunqu Opera Theater, which is responsible for the inheritance and development of Kunqu in China, and becomes the "waiter" who promotes Kunqu to serve the public. See more

  • Liu Xiurong

    Famous Beijing Opera Performing Artist

    Liu Xiurong was born in 1935 in Beijing, and his ancestral home is Shanyin, Zhejiang. Her great grandfather passed the provincial examination and became an official in Beijing, so the whole family moved to Beijing. Liu Jiesan, Liu Xiurong's grandfather, worked in the Beijing Police Department and was a famous ticket friend. Under the influence of his grandfather, Liu Xiurong's father, Liu Weiliang, and his aunt, Liu Weizhen, also went to the sea to sing operas from ticket fans one after another. Liu Xiurong once said, "I was influenced and nurtured by my family when I was young, and I became very interested in Beijing Opera." See more

  • Shang Changrong

    Famous Beijing Opera Performing Artist

    Shang Changrong, male, born in July 1940 in Beijing, is a national first-class actor, a famous Peking Opera performing artist, one of the first batch of representative inheritors of national intangible cultural heritage (Peking Opera) projects, and has twice won the National May Day Labor Medal. He once served as the fifth vice chairman of the Chinese Dramatist Association, the sixth and seventh chairmen of the Chinese Dramatist Association, and is now the honorary member of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the ninth honorary chairman of the Chinese Dramatist Association, and the honorary chairman of the Shanghai Dramatist Association. See more

 "Inner Cohesion" and Contemporary Creation of Traditional Opera

"Inner Cohesion" and Contemporary Creation of Traditional Opera

An excellent opera work needs not only the "rival play" between actors on the stage, but also the seamless cooperation and foil of accompanists, as well as the cooperation of writers, singing design, music design, dance design, directors and other people. Only when the cooperation of all aspects is adequate, can excellent opera stage works be created.

2024-06-25 10:10 Opera Art
 Literary drama is not "warm" and "strange"

Literary drama is not "warm" and "strange"

Both Beijing Opera and Chinese painting belong to the quintessence of Chinese art. The legendary life of Qi Baishi, a master of traditional Chinese painting, is represented in the artistic style of Beijing Opera, which is an artistic creation of exploration significance. Qi Baishi, a newly edited Peking Opera, intercepts the important life experience of Qi Baishi, who was famous in the 1920s for his "reform in his declining years". It shows that he is dedicated to artistic ideals, not driven by secular utilitarianism, but only seeking for art, and has finally achieved achievements that ordinary people cannot achieve.

2024-06-19 11:34 New Peking Opera Qi Baishi
 To nourish and spread culture by means of drama

To nourish and spread culture by means of drama

Culture is the most lasting competitiveness of "Only Henan · Drama Fantastic City", and the high concentration of historical factors is the key for tourists to linger. Now, the popularity of "Only Henan · Drama Fantastic City" is growing. In 2023, it will be selected as the national pilot project for cultivating new space for immersive experience of smart tourism, with more than 12 million theater viewers, 85% of whom will be the post-85 audience.

2024-05-23 10:10 Drama Magic City Drama Culture Communication
 Henan Opera Immersive Resident Performance Launched in Beijing

Henan Opera Immersive Resident Performance Launched in Beijing

From May 16, the resident performance of Henan Opera Immersive Theater, which was created by Li Shujian, a Henan Opera player, was officially launched in Beijing. Since then, three wonderful performances will be performed in the small theater on the sixth floor of Henan Mansion in Beijing every month.

2024-05-21 10:53 Opera Art of Henan Opera
 Excellent opera works should resonate with the times (sound from the scene)

Excellent opera works should resonate with the times (sound from the scene)

Excellent opera works should resonate with the times at the same frequency, so that the dazzling ancient art can radiate new charm and style, integrate into the current people's life, and enter the hearts of contemporary audiences.

2024-05-16 10:43 works in traditional opera
 Contribute to safeguarding and inheriting the art of Qiongju Opera

Contribute to safeguarding and inheriting the art of Qiongju Opera

Every year, there are more than 100 performances in the countryside. Hainan Ding'an Qiong Opera Troupe, in serving the grassroots, protects and inherits Qiong Opera, an ancient art with nearly 400 years of history.

2024-05-09 09:53 Qiong Opera Qiong Opera Art

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