200 games! The 4th Shanghai Opera Month 2023 has set a new record in performance frequency
On September 14th, 2023, the 4th Shanghai Private Drama Troupe Shanghai Opera Exhibition Month will open at the Tianchan Yifu Stage in Shanghai. From now until the end of November, 30 sets of 200 Shanghai Opera monthly performances will be held in more than 90 locations in 11 districts including Pudong New Area, Songjiang, Fengxian, Jiading, Qingpu, Jinshan, Baoshan, Chongming, and Minhang, with a record high number of performances.
On the 14th, "Jin Qiu Shen Qu, Gathering of Famous Masters - Original Classic Shanghai Opera Zhe Zi Xi" opened the Shanghai Opera Month, including excerpts from classic Shanghai dramas such as "An Tang Xiang Hui" and "Lu Yachen Sells His Wife", original Shanghai dramas such as "Faraway Niangjia Road", "Ren Ren", "Flying Over the Seventh Bridge", and "Early Spring", as well as original Shanghai opera skit "Where the Soul Returns". Shanghai Private Shanghai Opera Troupe National First Class Actors and Shanghai Opera Masters will fully showcase their outstanding plays in recent years during the opening performance.
In the middle of the month of Shanghai Opera, the New Dongyuan Shanghai Opera Troupe released a stunning heritage version of "Flying Over Bridge No. 7". "Encourage children to participate in Shanghai opera performances from a young age and pass on the treasures of Shanghai opera art from generation to generation," said Shen Huiqin, the group leader. The youngest actor in the inheritance version of "Flying Over the Seventh Bridge" is 5 years old, and the oldest is only 16 years old. Many people have won awards such as the Chinese Children's Opera Little Plum Blossom and the Shanghai Children's Opera Little Magnolia. Some young actors' parents are new Shanghai people, and they gradually fall in love with Shanghai opera through learning.
"Flying Over Bridge No. 7" launches a stunning heritage version
"Flying Over Bridge No. 7" launches a stunning heritage version
The Shanghai Tianhao Qinyue Shanghai Opera Troupe, which has been established for less than a hundred days, made its debut on the Shanghai Opera Month and collaborated with young actors from the Shanghai Opera Theatre to perform 12 traditional plays, "Lu Yachen Sells His Wife". Team leader Zhang Liuqin said, "It's really rare to have the opportunity to participate in the Shanghai Opera Month shortly after entering the private theater troupe family in Shanghai."
"Lu Yachen Selling His Wife"
This year's Shanghai Opera Month is divided into demonstration plays, special performances, participating plays, and peripheral congratulatory performances, with realistic theme plays accounting for over 60%. Demonstration plays such as "Broken Line Kite" by Wenhui Shanghai Opera Troupe, "Flying Over Bridge No. 7" and "Ah, Mother!" by Xindongyuan Shanghai Opera Troupe, "Warm Sun" by Caifang Shanghai Opera Troupe, and "Under Ginkgo Tree" by Qinyuan Shanghai Opera Troupe will take the lead in grassroots performances.
The Shanghai Wenhui Shanghai Opera Troupe and Qinyuan Shanghai Opera Troupe perform more than 400 performances for audiences every year. The focus of this Shanghai Opera Month is on delivering performances to people in remote areas such as "Five New Cities" and "Two Mountains and One Island". The traditional classic Shanghai Opera "Broken Line Kite" by the Wenhui Shanghai Opera Troupe is a representative play of the Wang School. The team made great efforts to make modifications and improvements. A vivid and vivid story, presented on a more fashionable and aesthetically pleasing stage, brings traditional opera closer and more in line with the current sense of the times and aesthetics. The Qinyuan Shanghai Opera Troupe not only serves the grassroots, but also accumulates many real-life stories from Shanghai. They bring original Shanghai Opera masterpieces such as "Under the Ginkgo Tree" and "Pomegranate Goes Red", as well as popular classic plays such as "Xianglan Madame" and "Jade Butterfly Strange Grievance" to the suburbs of Shanghai. The backbone of the Caifang Shanghai Opera Troupe, National First Class Actor Sun Caifang, and National First Class Actor Sun Caiwen's siblings once again appeared on stage, bringing excellent original Shanghai opera "Warm Sun" and interpreting touching stories that happened in nursing homes.
"Pomegranate turns red"
