The Ideological and Artistic Features of Peony Pavilion (Garden)

Once upon a time, in the Ming Dynasty, operas were developed. The song "Soul Returning to Hometown" by Linchuan Tang Ruoshi has alerted countless literati and folk spectators for hundreds of years. Is it enough? If you lose it! How many descendants compete to perform, how many situations can be expected! In addition to the regular passbook performance, I also want to systematically introduce several major performance versions to avoid controversy and briefly introduce them. In fact, they are all complicated and not redundant.

Traditional peony pavilion. There were many people who were good at this play in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is estimated that the whole book may only exist before the middle of Qing Dynasty. 1932 65438+ 10/4 "The Opera List of the Great World Xianni Kunqu Opera Society" shows that "Peony Pavilion" was performed for about three hours. Beijing-Kunming actors' metropolitan singing, which has been performed since the times of Mei and Yu, often performs, but it is limited to passbook, especially in schools, gardens, dreaming, seeking dreams, picking up paintings, portraits, leaving souls and so on. Usually, if the above performance is repeated several times, it is also an abridged version.

Peony Pavilion in Yu Zhenfei. Adapted from Su, composed by Zhu Chuanming. Female education in the boudoir, dreaming in the garden, taking photos for divorce, waiting and seeing in the snow, wandering ghosts, dark scolding, returning to marriage and leaving, and copying forced marriage. The whole play lasts for 8 scenes and 3.5 hours. 1957 65438+February results. Starring Yu Zhenfei and Yan Huizhu.

Hunan Kunming Edition Peony Pavilion. Yu, Zhou, Tan Guichang, Kuang Shengping and Peng Shenglan served as artistic directors. The whole drama consists of seven parts, namely, learning to train women, seeking dreams in the garden, describing the soul, wandering for a long time, picking up paintings to visit dreams, calling paintings to death, and getting married. Performance in June 1962. Very Hunan-Kunming.

Hua's Peony Pavilion. And Liu were re-edited, and Fang and Zheng Chuanjian were artistic directors. There are seven plays in the whole drama: training women in the boudoir, dreaming in the garden, mourning for dreams, examining thousands of souls, and picking up paintings in the garden, calling paintings a dream of coming back to life. Performance in May 1982.

Zhang's Peony Pavilion. Script arrangement by Hu Ji, production designer Yao Chuanxiang and vocal music design by Qian Hongming. There are five scenes in the whole drama: going to the park, dreaming, seeking dreams, portraits and being far away from the soul. 1982 65438+ 10. Zhang also used it to tour overseas. Recently, celebrity Yu Dan said this version.

Cai Yao Mill Peony Pavilion. When the script was sorted out, the directors were Fu and Ma Xianglin. There are eight scenes in the whole drama: training women to delay teachers, flowers embarrassing teachers, dreaming, visiting the park, painting to keep the soul, wandering about asking for flowers, picking up paintings for a tryst, and the soul fleeing. 1983 performance.

Peony Pavilion in Wang Fengmei. 1993, 4th edition: dreaming, dreaming, portrait, far from the soul. Tidy up, Bishop. Around 2000, the first and second volumes were rehearsed, totaling 10. Starring Wang Shiyu and Wang Fengmei. [font= ??] [size =12pt] [color = # 000000] This is the basic version of Peony Pavilion, the youth version. [/color][/size][/font]

The Peony Pavilion by Liang. Adapted by Tang Baoxiang. There are six performances: Flower God Parade, Garden Surprise, Portrait Dreaming, Soul Wandering, Drawing Lonely Life, Digging Graves, and Coming Back to Life. 1994 65438+ 10.

Shanghai Peony Pavilion-Kunming Edition 1. Produced by Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe. A total of 34 copies, 7 hours long. , Zhang Jingxian//Yue Meiti, Li//Zhang Jun, Shen Qili, etc. 1999 premiered in the Experimental Theater of Shanghai Theatre Academy in August and in China Kunqu Opera Art Festival in April 2000.

Shanghai Peony Pavilion Kunming Edition 2. Produced by Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe. Screenwriter Wang Renjie and director Guo Xiaonan. There are 22 volumes in the first and second volumes. , Zhang Jingxian//Yue Meiti, Li//Zhang Jun, Shen Qili, etc. On August 30th, 2003, it premiered in the Experimental Theater of Shanghai Theatre Academy.

European Peony Pavilion. Directed by American Peter Scheler, bilingual and English-oriented. The duration is 3 hours. /kloc-0 premiered at Barbican Center in London in summer of/998, and premiered at Black Lake in spring of 1999. Western bel canto, drama and Kunqu opera go hand in hand. Part of Kunqu Opera is played by Hua, and Shi Jiehua plays Chunxiang.

American peony pavilion. Director: Chinese American Zheng. All 55 works, the performance duration is 20 hours (the published DVD is reduced to 2 hours). Wen Yuhang (formerly known as Bei Kun) and Yao Qian (formerly known as Shang Kun, who is traveling in the United States) starred. 1999 premiered at Lincoln Art Center in July. This version is the first complete performance since the Qing Dynasty. Weird, supplemented by pingtan.

Youth peony pavilion. Thanks to Bai Xianyong's strength, it is popular at home and abroad. Three nights in a row, a total of 25. Produced by Suzhou Kunqu Theatre in Jiangsu Province, starring Bishop, Zhang and Yu Jiulin. It premiered in Suzhou University on June 6th, 2004. This version is the most popular Kunqu opera in colleges and universities at present.

Palace version peony pavilion. Produced by Beijing Professional Voice Culture Communication Co., Ltd., with Lin Zhaohua as artistic director and Wang Shiyu as director. Performance duration: 120 minutes [font= ì] [size =12pt] [color = # 000000], totally 8 performances [/color][/size][/font]. Zeng Jie and Hu starred. It premiered in Beijing Royal Granary at 438+08 on May 6th, 2007. This version is the most expensive Kunqu opera at present.

[font= ??] [size =12pt] [color = # 000000] Kabuki Peony Pavilion. Planning and creation. Wang Shiyu plays Liu Mengmei, and Japanese kabuki master Yusaburo Bando plays Du Liniang. It is planned to start at the end of the year and perform in May next year. The Chinese and Japanese version of Peony Pavilion adopts an all-male cast. YuSaburo from Beijing Peking Opera Theatre, Hu Wenge and Zheng Liu from China Peking Opera Theatre will take turns to play Du Liniang, while Wang Shiyu will play Liu Mengmei with Wang He from Beijing Kunqu Opera Theatre and Yu Jiulin from Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theatre. [/color][/size][/font]

With so many versions, it is naturally the charm of Kunqu opera and the charm of the script itself that makes it difficult for the world to give up and forget. I really want to thank my ancestor Don. However, once the eyes are focused on peony, other Qian Qian beauties in Xiangguo should not be ignored or even forgotten. There must be something missing, please make it up.