A few days ago, the 2023 performance season of the Chinese Academy of Drama - the 7th "Youth Research Class" teaching report performance "Xie Yaohuan" was staged at the Mei Lanfang Grand Theater in Beijing. Yin Xiaodong, deputy secretary of the party committee and dean of the college, and Li Shengsu, the tutor of the 7th "Youth Research Class" and a famous Peking Opera artist, performed.
In 1962, "Xie Yaohuan" was premiered on stage by Du Jinfang, a Peking Opera master of the National Peking Opera Company. For decades, Du Jinfang, Li Weikang, Li Shengsu and many other artists of the National Peking Opera Company have portrayed Xie Yaohuan's heroic image. This performance was jointly presented by the students of the 7th "Youth Research Class" from the National Peking Opera Company, Tianjin Peking Opera Company, Shanghai Peking Opera Company, Jilin Provincial Opera Theater, Fujian Peking Opera Company, and Shandong University of the Arts, reproducing the moving story of Xie Yaohuan asking for the people's lives and bravely fighting traitors.
Yang Yang of the Shanghai Peking Opera Company looks elegant and delicate, playing Xie Yaohuan who combines the softness of women and the rigidity of men, sometimes affectionate, sometimes brave and rape, a song "The maid is originally from Jiangnan" The emotions are sincere and sincere, showing Xie Yaohuan's strong spirit. Yan Wenqian of Tianjin Peking Opera Company changed her daughter's costume in the "Garden Oath", and expressed her loyalty and friendship with Yuan Xingjian, expressing the complex and tactful entanglement of the characters' hearts accurately. Zhu Hong of the National Peking Opera Company made an appearance in the "Public Court", and the song "I suddenly heard a call from the hall" complained about Zhongliang's unwillingness to be wronged, showing Xie Yaohuan's unyielding generosity and tragedy, and creating a flesh-and-blood Xie Yaohuan with a distinct personality across the industry.
Chang Fenghe of Jilin Provincial Opera Theater and Sun Yajun of Shanghai Peking Opera Company co-play Yuan Xingjian, Liu Yongbo of Fujian Peking Opera Company plays Wu Zetian, Wang Dun of Shanghai Peking Opera Company plays Wu Hong, Wang Chao of National Peking Opera Company plays Cai Shaobing, and Li Lu of Shandong University of Arts plays Xiao Mu. The First Troupe of the National Peking Opera Company escorted the stage presentation of the students of the "Youth Research Class" with the artistic level of excellence, fully demonstrating the spirit of "one vegetable" in the pear orchard industry.
This performance is the finale of the teaching report performance of the 7th "Youth Research Class" in the fall semester of 2023, and the students will return to the troupe to practice, constantly polish the repertoire they have learned, and further complete the professional research Xi with high quality standards.