Characteristics of Chaozhou opera

The features of Chaozhou Opera are as follows:

Chaozhou Opera, also known as Chaozhou Opera, Yin Chao Opera, Chaozhou Dally and Bai Zixi, is mainly popular in Chaozhou dialect, and is a local opera sung in Chaozhou dialect. Mainly distributed in eastern Guangdong, southern Fujian, Taiwan Province, Hongkong and Southeast Asia. Chaozhou Opera gradually evolved from Southern Opera in Song and Yuan Dynasties, absorbed the specialties of Geyang, Kunqu Opera, Pihuang and Bangzi Opera, and combined with local folk art, and finally formed its own unique artistic form and style in singing, language, music, performance, stage and costume.

First, singing.

Chaozhou opera is sung with real voice and with the ancient song "Si Er Music", which is full of charm. Singing is a combination system of Qupai style and banqiang, which is mainly composed of Qupai combination. So far, it still retains the form of chorus. Two or three people sing a song or end a song, which has a unique style and strong expressive force. The "auxiliary voice" of early Chaozhou opera, that is, when the actors on the stage sing the most wonderful fragments, all the voices in the background sing together, is very rare in other operas and is one of the characteristics of Chaozhou opera.

Second, language.

The language of Chaozhou opera has distinct characteristics: first, it has distinct local colors; Second, a strong flavor of life; The third is a vivid metaphor. However, in the old society, due to the fact that most Chaozhou opera artists were prostitutes and their educational level was low, the language of the operas handed down from Chaozhou opera was unique, but most of them were vulgar, while some literati participated in the compilation, but they were abstruse and difficult to understand, which could not reach the artistic realm of "appealing to both refined and popular tastes".

After the founding of New China, many newcomers joined the Chaozhou Opera Troupe, which promoted the continuous improvement of the literary taste of Chaozhou Opera. Su six niang is a good example of appealing to both refined and popular tastes. Du is old and ugly in the play, and the peach blossom is Hua Dan. The language of the "transition" scene is full of local color and life flavor. Sue six niang and Guo are both talented people. The author designs their language as a fusion of poetry and folk songs, which is close to "true colors".

Third, music.

The accompaniment music of Chaozhou opera has absorbed folk gongs and drums, ancient poetry music, fine music, temple fair music and other musical and performance forms, and has local colors and unique performance characteristics. Chaozhou opera mostly retains ancient music since the Tang and Song Dynasties, with beautiful tunes, harmonious orchestral music and percussion music, and is good at expressing emotional changes. According to the different combinations of musical instruments, traditional plays are divided into Gong Opera, Xiao Gong Opera and Su Gong Xiu.

Dalong Opera has the most distinctive features, the longest history, elegant lyrics, complete qupai, lingering voices, lively music with six or five tones, and is good at expressing deep atmosphere and sadness. Most of Xiao Gong's plays are life dramas with strong flavor of life, and the music is mostly light and anti-line; The atmosphere in Su Gong Xiu is solemn and warm, and most of the plays are court lawsuits and struggles.

Fourth, performance.

When people in Chaozhou opera talk about the performance characteristics of Chaozhou opera, they often hear three kinds: one is the theory of "three small" (Chaozhou opera is characterized by Xiao Sheng, Xiao Dan and clown); The second is the theory of "exquisiteness"; Third, the theory of "avoiding hard and being soft" (longer than talented people and beautiful women, shorter than the drama dominated by emperors or avoiding male protagonists).

Chaozhou opera is the first opera with various performances such as singing, reading, doing and playing. Its performance is exquisite and vivid, and its body work is not only rigorous in programming, but also full of freehand brushwork and pays attention to the exertion of skills. Among them, Ugly and Hua Dan's performing arts are particularly rich, with unique styles and rich local colors. For example, fan skills, ugly collars, and ugly kicking shoes. In the old ugly drama Chai Fanghui, the clown's slide skill is unique to Chaozhou opera and enjoys a high reputation in the opera world.