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Confucius, and the October 1st news of the male and female singing Volkswagen network (October 1st). Yin Haiyang) the first night of the golden week of national day, the first large original opera to show Confucius's life with song and dance - Confucius, singing in the Shandong theater. A hundred people's chorus, Chinese and Western ensemble, and a powerful voice cast, show the life of the cloth Confucius incisively and vividly on the stage, and the tenor who play Confucius and Lao Tzu are more "golden and jade", singing three thousand years of elegance. the theme of Confucius's life "Confucius" with opera for the first time. It is not new in literary works. Cartoons, TV dramas, movies, dance dramas and dramas have all been involved, but it is still unexpected to show Confucius's life with an opera which has been regarded as "Snow White".
epic opera Confucius is written and directed by independent producer Zhou Jianping, composing music department of China Conservatory of Music and composing department director Wang Ning. In the play, Confucius is played by the famous domestic tenor and the dean of the Yunnan Arts University Music Academy Wang Hongxing. Lao Tzu is played by the domestic power soprano, the general manager of the Shandong performing arts group and the dean of the Shandong singing and dancing theatre. The provincial song and dance theater also specially invited the German conductor Alan Bach to play the music conductor of the play.
is the first epic drama of the first interpretation of Confucius's life in the form of opera. "Confucius" is divided into four acts and 11 scenes. It is composed of nshan San Hui, cloth Confucius, almond lecture, rite Lao Tzu, Jia Gu League, Zi Nan Zi, Confucius Gui Lu and so on. "Confucius" and "Laozi" all changed into tenors, and then brought up a collision of thoughts in the loud singing. Confucius's four great disciples, Zi Lu, Yan Hui, Zigong, Zi Xia's male quartet, run through the whole play, smart and witty.
Chinese and Western ensemble recur the ancient style of "shaogu" is a form of opera as a whole, but in music, "Confucius" still takes traditional Chinese music as its cornerstone, and does not break away from Chinese national music. It is worth noting that, after the study of the historical literature, the composer reproduces the great "Shao" music with the five tone scale, accompanied by the archaize "eight dance" with the 48 people, taking the audience to appreciate the music of the sage said by the Confucius, and the artistic realm of "the taste of the March."
not only that, "Confucius" combines the Western Symphony Orchestra with the Chinese Yale, the Chinese national element combined with the western contemporary music creation art. Lei Yan said, "foreign things serve the middle and the ancient for the present", which not only ensures the technical height, but also takes into account the strength of the art. In this way, it is the combination of music and dance that accords with the aesthetic acceptance of modern people, and at the same time does not lose the "ancient fan".
"Shao le" we have never heard of, nor do we know where the beauty of Shao Le is. My concept is to make the past serve the present. In the theater, no matter what music is, I can listen to it well. I can accept it. I think it is good. Lei Yan said, in the form of opera, to praise and praise Confucius with music is easier for ordinary people to accept. "After the play is finished, like the spring rain, moistening things silently, everyone will have a subtle understanding of Confucius's experience and thoughts.