Types and characteristics of Chinese opera

1. Peking Opera: Peking Opera, with its scenic layout emphasized on writing, its cadence dominated by xipi and erhuang, and its accompaniment of huqin and gongs and drums, is regarded as China's national treasure. Peking Opera stage art in literature, performance, music, singing, gongs and drums, make-up, face painting and other aspects, constitutes a set of metrical and standardized program.

2. Yueju Opera: Yueju Opera is long in lyricism, mainly singing, with a beautiful voice, moving performances, beautiful and elegant, and very beautiful and elegant, with the spirit of Jiangnan; it is mostly based on the theme of "Talented Sons and Beautiful Women", and has a variety of artistic genres. In the development, it draws on the achievements of Kunqu opera, drama, Shaoju opera and other specialties, and undergoes a historical evolution from men's to women's Yueju opera.

3, Huangmei Opera: Huangmei Opera singing simple and smooth, to bright and lyrical, with rich expressive power; performance is simple and meticulous, known as real and lively. Huangmei Opera singing euphemisms and freshness, divided into two categories of flowers and flat words. Huangmei Opera takes the gaohu as the main accompanying instrument, together with other ethnic instruments and gongs and drums, which is suitable for the performance of a variety of themes.

4, Yu Opera: Yu Opera is known for its resonant and atmospheric singing voice, its measured cadence, its smoothness, its clarity of diction, its mellow flavor, its vividness, its flesh and blood, and its ability to express the inner feelings of the characters, and it is popular among people from all walks of life because of its high degree of artistry. Yu Opera is developed on the basis of Henan Opera, which has been inherited, reformed and innovated. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was called Yu Opera because Henan is short for "Yu".

5, evaluation of the opera: evaluation of the opera to sing a long, clear words, sing the words easy to understand, singing as clear as a complaint, performing a strong sense of life, there is a kind of folk flavor. Although its performing arts absorbed the clappers, Beijing opera figure, program, but still maintains the folk lively, free, rich flavor of life characteristics.

Expanded Information

Artistic Characteristics:

1. Chinese opera is a form of drama centered on the integrated performances of singing, reciting, acting, and playing, which is rich in means of artistic expression, and its comprehensiveness closely integrated with the performing arts, which makes Chinese opera rich in special charm.

2. It melts the beauty of lyrics, music, art and performance into one, harnesses rhythm in a single play, achieves harmonious unity, fully mobilizes the infectious power of various artistic means, and forms the unique rhythmic performing art of China.

3. The most important feature of Chinese opera is its virtual nature. Instead of merely imitating life, stage art selects, refines, exaggerates and beautifies the original form of life, bringing the audience directly into the hall of art.

References

Baidu Encyclopedia - Peking Opera

Baidu Encyclopedia - Yue Opera

Baidu Encyclopedia - Huangmei Opera

Baidu Encyclopedia - Henan Opera

Baidu Encyclopedia - Evaluative Opera