"The White-Haired Girl" - a five-act opera created collectively by Yan'an Lu Xun Institute of Literature and Art in 1945, written by He Jingzhi, Ding Yi, and composed by Ma Ke, Li Huanzhi and others. It was launched in the New Yangko Movement in 1943 It is my country's first new opera developed on the basis of "The North Wind Blows", "Tie the Red Headband", "Hate Like a Mountain, Sorrow Like the Sea", "Military and Civilian Unity as a Family" and "The North Wind Blows". , "Yang Bailao", "Ten Miles of Wind and Snow", "Crying Dad", "The Sun Has Come Out", "Big Red Dates to Send to Relatives".
"Xiao Erhei's Marriage" - a five-act opera by Tian Chuan, written by Yang Lanchun and composed by Ma Ke and others. It describes the ups and downs of the love between militiaman Xiao Erhei and the girl Xiao Qin. The music of the play absorbs The music materials of Shanxi folk songs and Shanxi clappers were expanded and developed to have a distinct sense of the times. The selected songs include "The Clear Water Comes to the Blue Sky".
"Liu Hulan" - a two-act opera narrates the heroic deeds of Liu Hulan, a young female Communist Party member who was unyielding on the execution ground and was killed by the enemy in the winter of 1946. The music is based on Shanxi folk songs. , successfully created an artistic image of a hero who is infinitely loyal to the party and the people. The selected songs include "Water after River, Mountain after Mountain", "Several Nine Cold Heavens and Heavy Snow", and "Look at My Hometown Again by the Moonlight".
"Honghu Red Guards" - a six-performance opera written by Zhu Benli, Zhang Jing'an and others, and composed by Zhang Jing'an and Ouyang Qianshu. The music of the play is composed of flower drum opera and other musical materials, with a strong local flavor, among which " Songs such as "Honghu Water, the Waves Beat the Waves" are widely circulated. Selected songs include "Honghu Water, the Waves Beat the Waves", "Watch the Hardworking People All Over the World Are Liberated", "No Tears, No Sadness", "Put Down the Three-Stick Drum, Pick Up the Red Tassel Gun", "Knocking on a Disc in Hands", "The Waves of the Great Lake", "This Battle Was So Beautiful", "How Can a Soldier's Heart Be at Peace", "The Little Song Is So Easy to Sing", "Defend the Soviets and Defend Hometown" , "Song of the Red Guards".
"Red Coral" - The music of the play draws heavily on folk songs, fishermen's songs and local opera music materials in Henan. Among them, "Ode to Coral" and other songs are widely circulated. Selected songs include "The Sea Breeze is Melancholy" ", "Fishermen should be good sons", "Ode to Coral", "Flow East", "Meeting in Gulanggang in Difficulties", "Fishermen's Song", "Coral Tree Red Chaoyang Station", "One Day the Storm Will Come" , "Looking across the sea and hoping for a sunny day", "Grandpa and Grandma of the Dragon King", "Fishermen should be good sons and daughters", "There is a fisherman in the palace of the King of Hell", "Rolling Waves" and "Ode to the Red Lantern".
"Sister Jiang" - written by Yan Su, composed by Yang Ming, Jiang Chunyang and Jin Sha. The play tells the story of Jiang Xueqin (Sister Jiang), an underground party member of the Communist Party of China, who was betrayed by a traitor on the eve of the national liberation. , was unfortunately arrested and died heroically. The selected songs include "Ode to Red Plum Blossoms", "Embroidering the Red Flag", "I Dedicate My Youth to Communism", "People from Five Continents Laugh Together", "Spring Silkworms Died on Silk Road" "Exhausted".
"Song of the Grassland" - an opera in six acts and five scenes written by Ren Ping and composed by Luo Zongxian. It describes the love story of the Tibetan young man Abuza and the girl Nongtsojia. The music is based on Tibetan folk songs, and also draws on The creative techniques of Western opera music are representative works of my country's new opera music. The selected songs include "The Strong Wind Blows Away the Clouds in the Sky".
"Wang Gui and Li Xiangxiang" - a five-act opera script adapted from Li Ji's long poem of the same name, with music composed by Liang Hanguang. The play uses folk songs from northern Shaanxi as the material, creating a recitative with a national style , the whole music is colorful and very moving. The selected songs include "You Hold My Heart".
"Hongxia" - a four-act opera written by Shi Han and composed by Zhang Rui. It tells the story of Hongxia rescuing many villagers in the autumn of 1935, leading the white bandit to a dead end and dying heroically. The music is beautiful, rich and dramatic. The selected songs include "Sun, please shine on me again" and "Wish the Red Army on Fenghuang Ridge".
"Sanjie Liu" - The eight-scene musical and dance drama uses a large number of folk songs (some are fighting, some are satirical, some are praising, and some are love songs). They are popular, simple, vivid and beautiful, and are very popular. It is loved by audiences at home and abroad. The selected songs include "Folk Songs Are Like Spring River Waters".
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The development of opera:
Generally speaking, unlike other dramas, opera performances pay more attention to singing and the traditional vocal skills of singers and other musical elements. Singers and choruses are often accompanied by a team of instrumentalists. Some operas only require a small band, while others require a complete orchestra. Some operas are interspersed with dance performances. For example, many French operas have a ballet performance. Opera is regarded as part of the Western classical music tradition, and therefore, like classical music, is not as popular as contemporary pop music, and modern musicals are regarded as modern versions of opera.
Opera first appeared in Italy in the 17th century and spread to various European countries. Heinrich Schütz in Germany, Jean-Baptiste Lully in France and Henry Pere in England Purcell pioneered opera in the 17th century in their own countries. Until the 18th century, Italian opera remained the mainstream in Europe, even though Paris attracted many foreign composers to make a living in France, and Handel eventually settled in England.
The mainstream of Italian opera has always been formal opera, until Gluck launched the "renovation opera" in the 1760s to combat the artificiality of formal opera. The 18th century opera giant who is still famous today is obviously Mozart. Mozart first started with serious operas when he was young, and then his Italian comedy operas became popular all over the world. He is especially praised for "The Marriage of Figaro", "Don Giovanni" and "All Women". The Magic Flute, Mo's penultimate opera (the last one being The Mercy of King Dido), is an iconic work of German opera. ?
The early 19th century was the peak period of bel canto style opera. Operas by Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini were popular at that time and are still commonly seen on the stage today. . At the same time, Giacomo Meyerbeer's operas became the model of French Grand Opera and became popular throughout France.
The mid-to-late 19th century is known as the "golden age" of opera, with Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi leading the way in Germany and Italy. After the golden age, in the early 20th century, Western European opera continued to evolve into different styles, such as Italian verismo and French contemporary opera, and later Giacomo Puccini and Richard Strauss. works. Throughout the 19th century, in Central and Eastern Europe, especially in Russia and Bohemia, the rise of the National Music School created opera works that developed in parallel between local and Western Europe.
Throughout the 20th century, modern stylistic elements were often attempted to be mixed into opera, such as the atonal techniques and twelve-tone compositions of Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg, and Igor Neoclassical music represented by Stravinsky and minimalist music by Philip Glass and John Adams. As recording technology improved, singers like Enrico Caruso became names known to outsiders of opera. As technology advanced in the 20th century, operas were also broadcast on radio and television, and operas written for broadcast media also appeared.
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