Huangmei Opera has a history of more than one hundred years since it came out. In the development trend and evolution of Huangmei Opera, many humanistic elements of other operas have been borrowed. In Huangmei Opera, you can see Chu Opera, Han Opera, Tea Picking Opera and Beijing Opera. Huangmei Opera combines the essence of this kind of opera, which can be said to be a thousand years old.
Huangmei Opera combines the characteristics of various dramas and is deeply loved by folk customs, so it has become one of the popular drama culture and arts at present. Even good friends who lack a good grasp of Huangmei Opera have mostly heard of classic tracks such as "A Fairy Descending from Earth" and "Female Ma Xu", and even can join a group of opera fans at will and sing one or two classic dialogues.
Looking at the whole development process of Huangmei Opera, it can be said that from scratch, from simple to complex, this whole process is of course inseparable from the diligent efforts of the older generation who are keen on Huangmei Opera. Today's Huangmei Opera conforms to the trend of development and becomes a perfect drama to cater to today's culture and art, no matter singing, hometown dialect or accompaniment music, it is not the same as it was nearly a hundred years ago. In the way of performance, you can see Huangmei Opera on the podium, and you can also see its charm in radio programs and film and television dramas.
So, what kind of artistic style does the enduring Huangmei Opera have? Today, we can analyze the artistic style of Huangmei Opera plastic arts from the perspective of relativity specialty.
The first is the popularity of Huangmei Opera, which is easily accepted by the people. As far as the spread of classical culture is concerned, "being close to life" is a key feature. For a long time, many classical cultures have been pursuing perfection so much that they have divorced from the people and become elegant art that is out of touch with the world.
Judging from today's significance, this kind of classical culture, which cannot be passed down, lacks popularity and simplicity. The simplicity of Huangmei Opera lies in two aspects:
First, the singers of Huangmei Opera may not have professional ability. Generally speaking, most operas are performed by all performing groups, but Huangmei Opera is not. Huangmei opera can be performed by opera fans who never understand the basic knowledge of music theory and even fail to reach the standard in singing.
Farmers, tailors, textile workers and other ordinary people can often be seen performing completely free folk performances. They are all enthusiasts of folk culture. Before singing, this kind of opera fans get together in groups of three or five, and after dinner, they spontaneously perform in the pictures of temple fairs, on the performance stage, and even in the squares of small cities. After the performance, everyone went home without any pressure.
It is not easy for amateur performers to make a living by Huangmei Opera. Their love for drama is sincere, and this simplicity is not available in many drama cultures and arts. Second, the performance of Huangmei Opera is similar to national songs, with elements of life.
It is easy to see from the lyrics of Huangmei Opera that some hometown dialect casually said in daily life will also appear in the lyrics, and the audience seems to be in the real life environment instead of watching a false plot.
For example, some funny jokes, such as "Blue Bridge Club", "Beating Pig Grass" and "Couples Watching Lights", are trivial things that describe ordinary people and reflect their basic necessities. Perhaps for some masters who claim to be elegant, this kind of content is fragmentary and meaningless, but ordinary people like this kind of approachable performance. Bian Xiao has been paying attention to the "popularity" of Huangmei Opera. So, at what level is the popularity of Huangmei Opera?
According to incomplete statistical analysis, the audience who like Huangmei Opera has increased by millions at this stage, and this number is still growing steadily. Generally speaking, the audience of drama is relatively narrow, which can't compare with pop songs and movies. Only a certain age audience will be interested in a certain traditional drama, while Huangmei Opera is not. In China opera competitions all over the country, there are both old people over 500 years old and innocent teenagers, which shows that Huangmei Opera is a plastic art suitable for all ages.
Technicians in the field of acting know that no matter how solid the basic skills are, it is not easy for the audience to personally comment on "good-looking" or "super good-looking". Some people may think Huangmei Opera is "rustic", but they don't know that this vulgarity is also developing. We must understand that there was no definition of "popularization" nearly a hundred years ago, and there is no "popularization" today. Huangmei Opera is often enduring because it will evolve at any time and place according to the social background and always maintain a wider audience.
Secondly, I will talk about the uniqueness of Huangmei Opera singing. "Singing" is a general term for "singing" in China drama performance industry. It can be said that "singing" is all the actors of every drama art school. Different from the traditional instrumental accompaniment, singing is completely composed of vocal accompaniment. Therefore, the sound quality of different performers is very different, and the number of singing skills will also hurt singing.
Huangmei Opera can be divided into two parts, namely the dominant tone, and a small "Yin Si tone" can be extended. The main style, also called Zheng Qiang, belongs to the main style in most traditional plots. If optimized again, the main styles can be divided into flat characters, two lines, three lines, fire meters and so on. Pingci is a widely used singing method in the original work, which has a magnificent style and is suitable for description or debate. In The Fairy Couple and butterfly lovers, you can hear a lot of Pingci singing.
Coloratura will also appear in other operas, but the coloratura in Huangmei Opera is slightly different. Generally speaking, the coloratura of Huangmei Opera is kept in the same palace tune, and this "couplet" is simpler. The coloratura of Huangmei Opera also refers to the singing methods of some national songs. Therefore, when listening to Huangmei Opera, it is not easy for people to feel uncomfortable when they hear "stiff cavity". In addition, even players who have not practiced the professional knowledge of music theory can study properly in a short time.
Every time the performer sings brightly, it is to better recover the reward anchor from the audience. Although this kind of singing was invented by actors for better economic development, its expressive force is still very worth spending money. Huangmei Opera is highly plastic in vocal music. For example, Guan Yang, a master of Huangmei Opera in Anqing City, once included the commonly used vocal music work Baidu in his solo album Dream Club. In this music album, Guan Yang used orchestral instruments as a collocation, which made the design style of Huangmei Opera more and more novel.
There is also the flexibility and application of Huangmei Opera's hometown dialect. In Huangmei Opera, people can hear a lot of Anqing hometown dialect, which sounds very close to the standard of Putonghua and is more comfortable for ordinary people in Jiangzhun language area. The lyrics structure of Huangmei Opera is very different. The lyrics in the original work are mostly seven-character and cross-sentence, and the singing rhythm follows the norms of "223" and "334". Naturally, in some lyrics with more or less length, they can also be fully expanded, reduced or enlarged according to the original rhythm.
For example, the word "de" in the sentence "birds in the tree are in pairs, green mountains and green waters are smiling" is obviously added in seven sentences. But when singing, everyone didn't feel disobedient. In addition to the original, Huangmei Opera's coloratura is more flexible.
Judging from the lyrics, the lyrics of coloratura drama range from three sentences to seven sentences, and oral interlayer appears repeatedly in this sentence. In singing, you can also sing in Mandarin with Anqing rural flavor. Often Huangmei Opera will last for a long time in many areas of China, or it is related to this easy-to-understand lyric design style. Many opera fans are usually ignored by the more difficult hometown dialect when listening to the drama with regional design style.
But when listening to Huangmei opera, you don't have to have this scruple. Although vocal accompaniment is the main actor in drama, traditional musical instruments are also very important. Without the accompaniment of traditional musical instruments, the 3D rendering of dramatic atmosphere will be greatly affected. In terms of accompaniment music, Gao Hu is widely used in Huangmei Opera, accompanied by other national instrumental music and suona gongs and drums. This composition is very universal and can be applied to almost all subjects. No matter what kind of atmosphere the script must be rendered in 3D, this combination of percussion instruments can create the atmosphere to the extreme.
In the early stage of Huangmei Opera, three performers and actors should follow the standard of "three strikes and seven sings". In addition to playing traditional musical instruments, performers will continue to provide help in the performance. The scheme of playing musical instruments is: one person carries bamboo roots, cymbals and drums, and this person sits in the center of the performance stage; One person undertakes to knock on the gong and sit at the door of the venue; One person takes a big gong and sits at the door of the venue.
This distribution of voices can make fans feel "surround sound" properly, and obey the lyrics properly with the concert, giving people an immersive experience. Moreover, the design style of Huangmei Opera accompaniment music will change with the flexibility and diversity of singing. According to the cooperation of several performers, various psychological atmospheres such as sadness and joy can be rendered in 3D, which can obviously show the sadness and joy of the characters in the play and make the psychological dynamics of the characters.
As mentioned above, the singing of Huangmei Opera is infectious, no matter whether it is porcelain or coloratura. As we all know, only the taste can't make the style of Huangmei Opera look hearty, so the traditional musical instrument accompaniment music has a filling function.
In recent years, many Huangmei opera lovers have performed different interpretations of Huangmei opera with western musical instruments such as guitars, making Huangmei opera more popular and fashionable. It is not difficult to see that traditional culture is not necessarily limited to traditional expressions. Without a lot of changes, trying to match some western musical instruments may make the plastic arts of Huangmei Opera show another charm.