What is the most famous opera in Anhui?

Anhui Huangmei Opera is the most famous.

Huangmei Opera is one of the five major operas in China, and Huangmei Opera is the main local opera in Anhui Province. Huangmei opera is rich in expression; The performance is simple and meticulous, the singing is simple and smooth, and it is famous for its liveliness. A song "The Match of Heaven and Fairy" has made Huangmei Opera popular all over the country and has a high reputation overseas.

Huangmei Opera was in the early stage of development from the last years of Qing Qianlong to around the Revolution of 1911. Huangmei Opera, formerly known as Huangmeidiao or tea-picking opera, is a folk drama formed in the adjacent areas of Anhui, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces in the late18th century. One of them gradually moved eastward from Huaining County to Anqing, Anhui Province, and was called "Huaiqiang" or "Huaidiao". This is the predecessor of Huangmei Opera today. Huangmei Opera has experienced four historical stages from its emergence to its development: one-man show, three plays, three hits and seven songs, and orchestral accompaniment. The first three stages were completed in Huangmei, Hubei Province, which provided sufficient preconditions for the final formation of Huangmei Opera.

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Huangmei Opera originated in Huangmei and developed in Anhui. In 1950s, Anhui Huangmei Opera Troupe adapted Huangmei's traditional play Prostitution in Yong Dong into A Match Made in Heaven and put it on the screen. Since then, Huangmei Opera has become one of the "five major operas" in China. 1920 "Annals of Susong County, Anhui Province" records that "the city is in the southwest, bordering Huangmei, which is good at picking tea, also known as Huangmei Opera." The entry about Huangmei Opera in China Opera Quyi Dictionary is: "Huangmei Opera, a kind of opera. Formerly known as Huangmeidiao. Popular in Anhui and parts of Jiangxi and Hubei, it originated from tea-picking songs in Huangmei, Hubei. "

1959, the Preface to Selected Works of Anhui Opera, compiled by Anhui Provincial Cultural Bureau and published by Anhui People's Publishing House, wrote: "Huangmei Opera originated from tea-picking songs in Huangmei County, Hubei Province, and flowed into Anqing area after Daoguang Qing." Zhou, a China opera historian and theorist, said in the Outline of the Development of China Opera History: "Huangmei Opera originated from tea-picking opera in Huangmei County, Hubei Province."

In recent years, like other traditional operas, the development of Huangmei Opera is also facing a severe test. In this context, Huangmei Opera people tried to carry out some reforms and innovations on the basis of inheriting the tradition. Among them, the new Huangmei opera Huizhou Woman is the forerunner and representative. The play was created by Anqing No.2 Huangmei Opera Troupe, starring Han Zaifen and Huang Xinde, written by Chen Xinyi and Liu Yuncheng, and directed by Chen Xinyi and Cao.

1999 premiered in Hefei in June, which was earlier than the famous "Youth Edition" Peony Pavilion in the innovative attempt of traditional local opera. Compared with the traditional Huangmei Opera, this drama has made remarkable innovations. He has performed in many places and participated in the series of "Major Cultural Activities of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games", which aroused enthusiastic response and comments. Since then, some new Huangmei operas have been created one after another, such as Thunderstorm, Liuchi Lane and Peacock Flying Southeast.

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