The classic repertoire of Yueju Opera

The Classic Repertoire of Yueju Opera:

1. The Story of the Western Wing

The famous section of Yueju Opera, "The Story of the Western Wing," is known as one of the four classic repertoires of Yueju Opera, one of the retained repertoires of Shanghai Yueju Theatre, and a classic repertoire of the Zhejiang Little Hundred Flowers Yueju Opera Company. The play is based on the Yuan writer Wang Shifu's miscellaneous drama "The Story of the Western Wing", which tells the story of Zhang Sheng, a scholar during the Tang Dynasty's Zhenyuan period, who encounters Yingying, the daughter of the late Cui Xiangguo, at the Pujing Temple and falls in love.

It celebrates the innocent love of Yingying and Zhang Gong and their spirit of resistance to break free from the shackles of feudalism. It is a typical Chinese opera, a poetic opera, with many famous cantatas that have become classics of Yueju Opera, and one never tires of listening to it.

2. Xianglin Sister-in-Law

This Yueju Opera "Xianglin Sister-in-Law" is adapted from Lu Xun's "Blessing".

The play was performed by the Xuesheng Troupe in 1946, choreographed and directed by Nan Wei and starring Yuan Xuefen, and was regarded as a milestone in the reform of Yueju opera in the 1940s. In 1962, the play underwent a major artistic process, with the structure changed from a split-act system to a split-scene system, and the music changed to the music arranged by Liu Ruzeng, which further utilized the functions of opera singing, reciting, and acting to deepen and embody the spirit of the original play.

3. Dream of the Red Chamber

The Dream of the Red Chamber is definitely a classic Yueju opera not to be missed when enjoying the famous Yueju opera, which is adapted from the classical literary masterpiece of the same name, and the story is the familiar tragic love between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu.

4, He Wenxiu

"He Wenxiu" is one of the most famous Yueju Opera plays, which tells the story of the Ming Jiajing period, the "Yan Party" dictatorship brutalized the Ministry of Ceremonies Minister He Zhong's family, whose son He Wenxiu and his wife Wang Lanying left home at night to run for their lives on the way to the Haining by the bullies Zhang Tang, and escaped three years later, He Wenxiu! After three years of escape, He Wenxiu was able to get his name on the gold list, and the injustice was cleared.

From the plot point of view did not come out of the "Prince in distress in the back garden, the gold list in the reunion" cliché, but it is still involved in the end the struggle between good and evil, which "mulberry garden to visit their wives", "crying card fortune-telling "is indeed characteristic, is considered" bone old play ", often performed, the audience loved.

5, Jasper Hairpin

The Jasper Hairpin is a classic Yueju Opera masterpiece, one of Jin Caifeng's masterpieces. In the 1980s, Hong Kong Yisheng Company published the "Sending the Phoenix Crown" milquetoast record sung by Bai Yumei Jr. and Xing Yuefang, and Hong Kong Marisa Company published the "Jasper Hairpin" milquetoast record sung by Jin Caifeng and Chen Shaochun.

While the adapted version of The Jasper Zen was ridiculed as another cliché of "The Scholar's Crown" and "The Great Reunion," it has become an important repertoire of Yueju Opera, which is often performed and often used as a single-fold performance and for teaching purposes.