Today is the first day of the senior high school entrance examination in Hangzhou. The temperature is expected to be similar to yesterday, especially during the day when the temperature is high and the body feels sultry. Please take appropriate cooling measures; tomorrow, there will be moderate rain in Chun’an, Jiande and Tonglu during the day, and it will be cloudy in other areas. There are sometimes showers when it turns overcast. Everyone, especially candidates, please pay attention to the adverse impact of rainfall on traffic, etc., arrange travel in advance and pay attention to safety.
Don’t be too busy throwing away the admission ticket after the test. With the admission ticket for the senior high school entrance examination and the college entrance examination, you can buy tickets at the Hangzhou Grand Theater and get a 30% discount on the designated plays.
Today is also the weekend. What programs are you planning? The Butterfly Theater had a luxurious lineup last night: a special performance for teachers and students of “The Legend of Wangmen” brought by the 81-year-old Kunqu Opera performing artist Wang Shiyu and his students who gathered 10 “Plum Blossom Award” winners. There is one more tonight.
81-year-old Kunqu Opera master Wang Shiyu takes the stage again
The audience was hooked
“The moment the curtain call music sounded, I got goosebumps all over. It’s so good to see such an endless life of opera, passing on from generation to generation, and seeing such lush vitality of opera.”
“Mr. Wang can still perform such a wonderful performance in his 80s and present it without any compromise. I really admire it.”
Last night at the Butterfly Theater in Hangzhou, the special performance of Wang Shiyu, teachers and students of “The Legend of Wangmen”, the audience sighed with emotion.
In a theme song with a strong Kunlun rhythm, the 81-year-old Kunqu opera artist Wang Shiyu turned around and walked slowly to the stage. In front of and around him, the stage was full of people, all of whom were his students.
Tao Tiehui, the “big disciple” who has been behind the scenes for many years, brought a special “Peony Pavilion: Picking Up Paintings”. In addition to him, there are not only Zeng Jie, an “Olympic student” of the “Wan” generation, and Wu Xin, a young actor of the new generation of Ou Opera. Xi Bingqi and Wang Hengtao, as young actors of the “Dai” generation of Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupe, performed “The Peony Pavilion: You Yu” and “The Story of the West Garden: Night Festival”. The authors, Zhou Ziqing and Lou Sheng, are the “professional households” of Xu Xian, two generations of Wu Opera. He Lei’s Yong drama “The Destiny of Laughing and Laughter: Split Tickets”, Xu Ming’s Yue opera “Lu Ding Ji: Parade”, Zhou Zeze’s Shao drama “Cinnabar Ball”, and “The Prince of Ou Opera” Fang Ru will present a discount on the classic Southern Opera “Killing the Dog”. “Remember to Save Brother” brought a different surprise to the special session.
“And enjoy the treasure box in the garden, showing dignified and dignified eyes…” There is also a fold of Yue Opera “Peony Pavilion: Calling Painting” in the special performance. This is the answer sheet handed over by Mao Weitao as Wang Shiyu’s “non-staff” student.
The finale performance, “The Lion’s Roar Kneeling Pool” brought by Wang Shiyu and Wang Fang, was praised by the audience as “a lifetime” and “see you for a long time”. Many audience members have come from out of town for this play. Even though he is 81 years old, Wang Shiyu’s performance of Chen Jichang is still uncompromising. The dexterous figure moves one by one, coupled with the lively small expressions, it is extremely vivid and hilarious. Wang Fang’s performance of Liu Shi is also lifelike, and the cooperation of the three actors on the stage made the audience addicted, “This is a textbook-like existence, and my eyes can’t bear to leave for a second.”
Kunqu OperaYong OperaYue OperaWu OperaShao OperaOu Opera
His disciples are all over the genre
The 81-year-old Kunqu Opera performing artist Wang Shiyu is the representative inheritor of Kunqu Opera, the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects in my country, and is known as the “Kunqu Opera Leader”. He learned from Zhou Chuanying, from Liu Mengmei in “The Peony Pavilion”, to Zhang Jihua in “The Story of the West Garden”, to Hou Chaozong in “Peach Blossom Fan”, and Han Qizhong in “The Kite Mistake”, Wang Shiyu has created many popular characters. image. After the performance last night, Wang Shiyu said: “Thanks to my mentor Zhou Chuanying, who teaches not only art, but also life.”
After the age of 50, Wang Shiyu took a back seat and focused more on the inheritance and development of Kunqu Opera. His disciples spread across various genres and fields.
Last night, the special performance of Wang Shiyu’s teachers and students of “The Legend of Wangmen” can be called a feast of opera art. The three-hour performance gathered six operas, including Kunqu Opera, Yong Opera, Yue Opera, Wu Opera, Shao Opera, and Ou Opera, including ten “Plum Blossoms” including Wang Shiyu, Mao Weitao, Wang Fang, Zhou Xuefeng, Xu Ming, Lou Sheng, Fang Rujiang, etc. ” (Winner of the “Plum Blossom Award”, the highest award of Chinese drama performance).
Mao Weitao, the head of Butterfly Theater, is also a “non-staff” student. Wang Shiyu was not only one of Mao Weitao’s enlightenment teachers when he was in the advanced class of the theater school, but also when the Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe created the Yue opera “Kou Liulan and Du Liniang” in 2016 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu, Mao Weitao even invited him to come. Wang Shiyu taught the play by hand.
Last night, Mao Weitao said: “Mr. Wang Shiyu, with his conscientious artistic career at the age of 80, has set an example for Zhejiang drama – to learn acting, you must learn to be a person.”
The endless and tireless inheritance has gathered into the special performances of “Wangmen’s Heritage” last night and tonight.
Bring the high school entrance examination admission ticket
Hangzhou Grand Theater gives you 30% off
Graduation season is coming, where are you going to celebrate your summer? Why not consider going to the theater? Hangzhou Grand Theater has launched the season of courtesy for the middle and college entrance examinations. As long as you don’t lose your admission ticket, you can get 30% off tickets for many performances in Hangzhou Grand Theater!
There are a variety of performances that can be discounted, including the drama “Lin Zexu” starring Pu Cunxin, the drama “Lu Yao” with strong northern Shaanxi flavor, and the dance drama “White Snake: Apocalypse” by Beijing Contemporary Ballet.
Before July 29th, 2022 freshmen can enjoy a 30% discount on the on-site purchase of performance tickets in designated plays with their admission tickets and ID cards (or citizen cards and student ID cards) to the Hangzhou Grand Theater Ticket Center. , you can purchase up to 6 pieces.
Event time: June 18th 11:00-July 29th 17:00
Hangzhou Grand Theatre Ticketing Center Opening Hours: Daily 9:00-17:00