"The Spring Tour" has been repaired!" With the ecstatic shouting of the restorer of the Forbidden City cultural relics in the play, the audience erupted in warm applause and cheers. On September 9th and 10th, the large-scale original Ping Opera "A Thousand Miles Away" carefully created by China Ping Theater premiered at Haidian Theater in Beijing. The novel and profound themes, the ups and downs of the plot, and the superb performances of various genres deeply attracted the audience, and the applause and applause from the audience came and went. After the performance, the audience gave a thumbs up and waved to the main creators and actors on the stage, expressing their love for this new work and their recognition of the actors' performances.
"A Thousand Miles Away" takes the restoration of the national treasure-level calligraphy and painting cultural relics "Spring Tour" as the starting point, connecting the three time and space of modernity, the Republic of China and ancient times, showing the Chinese nation's family and country feelings and pious attitude towards cultural relics. While retaining the essence of the art of Pingju, the play incorporates more modern elements and innovative techniques, and perfectly integrates tradition and modernity through a narrative method that transcends time and space, which is not only a successful exploration of the living performance of traditional culture by China Pingju Theater in the new era, but also a strong promotion for the inheritance and development of Pingju art.
The successful performance of the play is inseparable from the joint efforts of the strong creative lineup and the cast team. The play is written by Kong Peipei and directed by the famous director Guo Xiaonan, bringing together senior singing designers such as Huang Zhaolong and Liu Wentian, outstanding composers such as Weng Zhigen and Wang Tianming, as well as top talents in stage art, lighting, costumes and modeling design such as Huang Haiwei, Ma Lu, Wang Qiuping, and Zhao Yueling. Famous drama critics Sun Luyang, Wang Lijing, Zhao Zhen, and the younger generation Zhang Guoqiang, Zhao Yan, Chen Siyu, Wang Wei, etc., showed superb skills and profound artistic skills. The Wei School, the Ma School, the Bai School, the New School, the Zhang School and other schools are diverse, fully demonstrating the blossoming and vigorous development of the art of Pingju.
The performance of "A Thousand Miles Away" has won the love of new and old audiences, and there are not only many old audiences who love Pingju, but also many young audiences, and even many people are watching Pingju for the first time. Fontaine, an audience member who brought his daughter to watch the performance, said that he was attracted by the theme of the play: "The first time I watched the Pingju, I watched it and listened to it. The screenwriter has very skillfully designed the pursuit of the characters in each era, the dramatic conflict between the characters' hearts and characters, and the sublimation of the ending conflict. The stage is simple and grand, the costumes are classical and contemporary, and the lines and singing are coupled with the rendering of music, which vividly portrays the hearts of the characters. sang to the wonderful place, and the audience applauded repeatedly. The end of the play is finally frozen in the moment of restoration, and I like the design of this ending so much! I enjoyed the whole viewing process very much, because of a good play, I felt the spirit of craftsmanship, and because of a good play, I fell in love with a drama. ”
Yin Xiaodong, President of the Chinese Academy of Drama, believes that the creation and rehearsal performance of "A Thousand Miles Away" fully demonstrates the persistent pursuit and excellent practice of the artists of the China Ping Opera Theater in creating high-quality repertoire. He commented: "The music and singing design of the play are first-class, which not only retains the singing voice and style of traditional Pingju, but also cleverly incorporates new elements, making the auditory image of the whole play extremely vivid and infectious." Although there are not many scenery and props on the stage, they are used very cleverly, presenting a variety and rich visual effect, leaving enough space for the actors to perform. From this, we can deeply feel the unique charm of freehand and virtualization of opera art. It can be said that "A Thousand Miles Away" is not only an excellent drama review work, but also a vivid portrayal of the inheritance and development of China's excellent traditional culture. ”
Zhao Jiachen, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Beijing Performing Arts Group, said: "The original play "A Thousand Miles Away" launched by China Ping Theater is undoubtedly a very successful attempt. It not only fully implements the major requirements of 'carrying forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture' and 'focusing on continuing the Chinese cultural context', but also reaches a new height in artistic creation. The ingenuity of the screenwriter and the novelty and uniqueness of the director's technique all make this play show such a high level at the premiere, which is gratifying! ”