Under the dual oppression of feudal ethics and warlord rule, he has the courage to sacrifice himself for the pursuit of lofty revolutionary ideals and pure love.Īt the same time, it shows that in the torrent of the May 4th wave, the new young people's thinking about the real society and the firm pursuit of the ideal society. The new modern Peking Opera 'Shi Pingmei' revolves around the revolution and love story of Shi Pingmei, one of the 'Four Talented Women of the Republic of China'. The Beijing News interviewed Guo Wei, the actor of 'Shi Pingmei' and a national first-class actor of the Beijing Peking Opera House, to review the creative process.Ī talented woman and a young man with a strong heart On the basis of fully inheriting the traditional performance program of the Cheng School, Guo Wei created a sentimental, loving, flesh-and-blood, infectious and inspiring artistic image of Shi Pingmei for the audience on the Peking Opera stage.

This time, he actively participated in the creation of new plays. The new modern Peking Opera 'Shi Pingmei' is the first modern Peking Opera with revolutionary themes that she has acted in. Guo Wei, the actor of 'Shi Pingmei' in the play and a national first-class actor of Beijing Peking Opera Theatre, is an outstanding successor of the new generation of Peking Opera Cheng School. In the play, Shi Pingmei is played by Guo Wei, a national first-class actor of the Beijing Peking Opera Theatre and a famous young master of the Cheng faction, Zhou Enxu, an outstanding young martial artist, as Gao Junyu, and Li Hongtu, the head of the Peking Opera Troupe, Mei Lanfang, and a famous Yepai niche star, plays Yu Shuhao. An Fengying is the director, and Zhu Shaoyu, a famous opera musician, is the vocal designer and composer. The play is produced by Cui Wei, member of the Party Group and Secretary-General of the Chinese Drama Association, Liu Tong, President of the Beijing Opera Theatre, and Li Wenmin, an educator of Peking Opera, as the artistic director. The project's first work, the newly edited modern Peking Opera 'Shi Ping Mei', was successfully premiered at the National Local Opera Performance Center from July 23rd to 24th. As one of the key repertoires of the Beijing Peking Opera Theatre in 2022, it is also a key creation project of the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, and an excerpt project of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism.

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