In the golden autumn of October, the Navy's large-scale original musical "Equatorial Rain" was successfully performed at the Navy Auditorium, which can be said to have added a bright and gorgeous scenery to the capital's literary and artistic stage.
The passionate musical "Equator Rain" has been well received by audiences and experts alike. I think this is an exciting and good show and an important gain from the recent creation of Chinese musicals. Li Zhun (former Vice Chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles): Watching the musical "Equatorial Rain" is very enjoyable. It is a pleasure to watch and listen to. It is indeed an important gain in the exploration of Chinese musical creation. The whole play is high-spirited, majestic, bright, affectionate, beautiful to watch, pleasant to listen to and very moving. This play very cleverly reveals the story of China after its reform and development through the love story of a young man and woman from both sides of the ocean. The strong sense of national pride and self-confidence of the People's Navy as it moves into the world reveals the national sentiment and the appeal of national culture that blood is thicker than water. From the spiritual connotation, the main theme of patriotism and the national complex of the Chinese nation, reform and opening up The style of the times has been performed very well.
Liao Ben (Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Chinese Dramatists Association): I was very excited after watching this play. It is majestic and refreshing. Not only is the subject matter captured quite well, but the current creation has reached a considerable artistic level. It looks very shocking, the stage scene is magnificent, the dance is outstanding and outstanding, and it gives people a very strong feeling.
Zuo Qing (Director of the Art Bureau of the General Political Department Propaganda Department) especially thanked the Navy for launching another good work for the military and the national literary and art stage. Based on the development and exploration of original musicals in China, the musical "Equatorial Rain" is indeed a success. Not only is it highly ideological, but its sense of the times and enjoyment are beyond my imagination. It is currently the best among domestic original musicals. One of the works. How to work hard on artistry and appreciation? Using market methods to make people like to watch and make the audience like it, our military literature and art are conducting research, and the musical "Equatorial Rain" is worth learning from.
Yao Xin (former deputy director and inspector of the Arts Bureau of the Ministry of Culture): The musical "Equatorial Rain" is a work with a very good theme. Our literary and artistic works should reflect the increase in our comprehensive national strength and navy. In modernization construction, this drama is permeated with a strong spirit of patriotism, which is very valuable.
Huang Qishi (former vice president of China Opera and Dance Drama Theater and playwright): The selection of "Equatorial Rain" has a strong sense of modernity. It is a selection of materials that can be used by Chinese musicals to go global. This work is very new. The patriotism shown was very exciting. The play's structure of three springs and three voyages is very cleverly conceived, and the lyrics of the whole play are also beautiful. Just like the heroine Xiao Keyue's long aria on the seaside, it is refreshing and the whole stage of the play is full of dynamics, which is commendable.
Huang Weiruo (professor and playwright at the Central Academy of Drama) likes this play very much, it is very good. Because it has a masculine feel to it. The Navy's global tours have sent our pride and our desire to express peace and good things to various parts of the world. The shock it caused was huge. This drama expresses a beautiful love story under the theme of patriotism, which is very meaningful. The background of Xiao Keyue's love for Captain Pan Tianyu in the play is the patriotic feelings of overseas wanderers and their yearning and nostalgia for the motherland. The structure of the music is very complete.
Liu Yanjun (Director of the Drama Research Institute of the China Academy of Arts and doctoral supervisor): This play is good to watch and listen to. The visual impact of the stage is very strong, and the superposition of screens and projections makes people create new associations and gives people a refreshing feeling. The group dance was very energetic, upbeat, and had a strong sense of rhythm. The creators incorporated other artistic elements, making the whole performance very lively.
Ma Weigan (Deputy Director of the Art Bureau of the General Political Department Propaganda Department): As a military literary and artistic work, it is a great achievement for our military to produce such an excellent musical. The first is that the navy organizes joint efforts to tackle the problem, showing the modern heroic appearance and spiritual outlook of our navy; the second is that the theme of the naval fleet's global tour chosen by military and civilian literary and art workers is also an exploration of the creation of the entire military; the third is that this drama has a good theme , the text is good, the structure is good, and it is full of new ideas in the grasp of the subject matter and the in-depth exploration; fourth, the secondary creation form of the stage is beautiful, very exciting to watch, youthful and bright.
Ouyang Yibing (Director of China Children's Art Theater): Chinese theater audiences have higher requirements for storytelling, even in musicals, which will inevitably bring higher requirements to screenwriters. difficulty.
The literary script of "Equatorial Rain" achieves several valuable points: first, it tracks the pace of the times. What is the pace of the times? It is to grasp the psychological emotions of this nation's historical process in a specific period. The time of creation and the time of the story are synchronized, which is difficult to achieve; secondly, it reflects the relationship between national psychology and playwrights. In today's world , it is common for foreign warships to go to the port of another country, but for a developing country like us, it is not easy today. The screenwriter of "Equatorial Rain" expressed his sincere love for the country Destiny, confidence and pride in one's own nation express high-spirited national emotions, such a unique psychological activity; thirdly, the author did not stay in the joyful atmosphere of such a grand event as our country's navy going to a foreign country, but Try to explore how much weight the profound and distant historical background where the story takes place has on the scale of reality. There are two important characters in it, one who appears and one who does not, namely the heroine's grandfather and mother. These two characters can be traced back to the fate of the Chinese navy, making "Equatorial Rain" although it shows the general background. The love between children is long, but what it tells is the history of a nation, and it has a deep sense of history, which marks the thickness of this script. As a playwright in the army, it is very rare to be able to combine that unique historical mission with the national emotions that pervade one's heart.
Ding Xiaoli (composer of the General Political Department Song and Dance Ensemble) sincerely lamented that "it's very beautiful, very beautiful, and shocking." Wen Dayong (Deputy Editor of Script Monthly) also thought that the play was very interesting and showed his strength. Comrades Yan Su and Cao Qijing also praised the overall performance as "good". Cao Qijing also specifically mentioned, "The stage design, director's handling, and actors' performances are all very good. Among the recent musical creations, it is the one closest to the success of the musical." .
Jiang Xiusheng (Secretary of the Art Bureau of the General Political Department Propaganda Department): The musical "Equatorial Rain" is a good story performed with good songs and good dances. It brings great pleasure to people. I am very happy after watching it. excited. Drama Literature The theme of the script is clear and the main characters are successfully created.
Wang Qing (Vice President of China Children’s Art Theater): First, the theme of "Equatorial Rain" is very good, and second, it is a unique advantage of a powerful naval theme, which is a prerequisite for attracting others to watch it. , and thirdly, some of the arias in the play are very good, which is difficult for ordinary orchestras to do.
Huang Huilin (Professor of the Art Department of Beijing Normal University): This musical cannot be produced by ordinary opera houses. It has the characteristics of the military. I was shocked after watching it. I sincerely hope that it can become a masterpiece. , became a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation. The stage of the whole play has a grand and high-spirited tension, and there is also an architectural charm in it, which pursues poetry and has cultural heritage. This has a certain appeal to our college students. The whole play integrates multiple creative styles. Being together is very rare.
Wang Xiaoling (national first-level composer): The theme of the musical should be youthful and urban. The theme of the naval mission is exactly in line with this. The selection of the material is very good. The concept of "Equatorial Rain" is also Beyond imagination.
Cai Tiliang (President of China Stage Art Research Association): This play is very grand, very energetic, and has artistic weight that retains value. The musical "Equatorial Rain" has a high artistic value, especially on the stage, which has a sense of form and visual impact, including the director's handling, including the secondary creation of the stage, etc. The stage scenery uses structural devices to unify the stage space and schedule, and the effect is not bad. Musicals are indeed a difficult art form. Over the years, military literary and art workers have continuously produced operas and musicals, which is indeed awe-inspiring.
Hu Zongqi (director of the General Political Opera Troupe): It is very rare for the Navy to be able to produce such a play. As a special branch of the military, the navy is relatively cool. Putting a special military "language" like "semaphore" on the stage is very novel and beautiful. Specific to the stage design, it is very grand, beautiful and clever, fully reflecting the characteristics of the musical. The stage design also has the characteristics of a musical, especially the alternation of lights in the editing room and the computer room on the warship, which is very beautiful.
Wang Shuzeng (Head of the Art Troupe of the Political Department of the Armed Police): The script communicates the three stages of people's thoughts: the setting of the old grandfather actually implies the feeling of a century of national humiliation and the feeling of history. It communicates history, present and future. The whole play looks very solid and can arouse many associations. The first is that the theme of "Equatorial Rain" is very good, and the naval theme has a unique advantage. This is something that others must watch. The second is that the actors and some arias are very good, which is difficult for ordinary orchestras to do.
The stage is very beautiful and generous. In particular, this play highlights the original colors of the navy, which are two clean tones of blue and white, which are also pure tones and youthful tones. In the entire process of the play, no scene has a darker feeling. Even when the protagonist is "howling" in his heart, we still see a relatively transparent blue. This includes the careful setting of the main creative staff, which makes our entire party look more coordinated, making the style established by the literary script and the style presented on the stage more unified, without the feeling of being stripped or imposed. The main actors did a very good job, especially Song Zuying's large part singing, which really feels like a Western opera aria. Although it is still in the style of folk songs, I still think it is very moving. Several key points in the play were also completed very well by the male and female protagonists, especially the stormy part in the middle, which was very well done.
Liu Heping (stage design of the General Political Department Song and Dance Ensemble): From a professional perspective, the stage design is still very successful and very impressive. The stage is used very cleverly. Several high and low platforms not only represent things on the ship, but also use the high and low feeling of urban buildings and docks. The methods are very clever. Moreover, the presentation of the stage is also very beautiful. It is a typical environment after the opening, but it is not cumbersome, giving people a very beautiful and attractive feeling. At the same time, it provides actors with many uneven performance fulcrums, and provides many good fulcrums for the scheduling of actors and the development of the plot. The stage design of this play is difficult to design, because it takes place on a ship and in a city in different locations. How can the style be unified and elegant yet varied? A lot of effort has indeed been put into the stage design of this play. The big scenes are beautiful and there are many and rich stage techniques. Overall, the stage design is very successful. In terms of music and stage performance, the music is generally very bold and gorgeous.
Huang Dingshan (Dean of the Drama Department of the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts): If our solo actors or solo actors at the party can reach the level of "Equator Rain" in the musical, it will be a big step forward. This is a qualitative change. The art form of musical, whether it is musical elements or dramatic elements, is extremely important in terms of expression. The theme of the navy is the most suitable material for a musical. Because the navy's visit can show grandeur and beauty.
Wang Jian (screenwriter of the Kongzheng Art Troupe): To evaluate "Equatorial Rain", we cannot discuss this play based on this play, nor can we simply look at it in the creative system of military dramas, but should put it in If we examine and demonstrate the origin, process, and exploration of original Chinese musicals in such a large scope, once such a positioning is placed, this play will be extremely valuable, because it has made a huge contribution to Chinese musicals. At the same time, because the limitations of military-themed creations are very large, and musicals are very unfamiliar to China, it is not easy to find such a breakthrough in military themes. Therefore, the significance of the success of "Equatorial Rain" is very prominent in terms of our army's military-themed drama creation. From the perspective of the openness of military themes, "Equatorial Rain" not only goes out of the military camp, but also integrates into modern times, allowing military life and social life to intersect, to explore the social value and social significance of soldiers and society's own recognition, understanding and recognition of soldiers. Fusion. Therefore, "Equatorial Rain" is the unity of openness, modernity, and fashion. Its spiritual realm is modern and very fashionable. Our military-themed dramas often avoid fashioning and emphasize the promotion of the main theme and its political meaning. Its fashionability and ornamental quality are our weaknesses. And "Equatorial Rain" is exactly in this regard. It has made intentional explorations and made successful breakthroughs, and it has also made up for the shortcomings of our military-themed works in this regard. Especially when it appears in the form of a musical, its fashionability and ornamental value have left a deep impression and imprint.
In short, experts believe that "Equatorial Rain" is "new" first. It expands the field of military themes and expands new ways of Chinese original musicals. Its territory is very fresh, strange, and has never been expressed before. What comes to mind is a new picture of life, both material and spiritual. The second is "strange", which is very Chinese legendary. The audience catches it; the third is "strong", from the visual and auditory senses, it feels very strong; the fourth is "beautiful", some music passages are very beautiful, giving people a pleasing feeling. At present, there are many criticisms of other domestic musicals, and they believe that China cannot produce musicals. The emergence of "Equatorial Rain" is gratifying.