Non-opera repertoire

This time, it wasn't a recording, but a real live broadcast, and the location was the Water Mirror Opera Stage.

The host was Chang Dongqing, whom we hadn't seen in a long time.

“Welcome to the live broadcast of the Daxia Opera Association program!

Did you enjoy the opening just now?

But do you know who came up with this idea?”

Chang Dongqing was a bit helpless. There were audience members below the stage, either some old Grandpas and Grandmas or some members of the association.

The old Grandpas and Grandmas didn't like interacting, and the association members knew the internal matters, so they were too lazy to interact.

So he could only awkwardly chat to the camera.

Seeing that someone in the live stream room started asking questions, Chang Dongqing finally replied:

“The first 6 minutes of the opening were actually Nan Ye's idea, a work perfected based on his concept.”

【Ahhhh, it was Xiao Ge who came up with it, I really didn't expect that.】

【After all, it's Nan Ye's song. His understanding of the song must be far greater than others, so the picture can be so well-matched with the lyrics!】

【Xiao Ge has once again refreshed my worldview. Thinking about it now, his songs don't seem to have music videos. I strongly recommend Xiao Ge to shoot music videos, they will definitely be amazing!】

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Lin Family Courtyard!

Lin Shouyan didn't have too many thoughts when he saw the Zhengdan and Wudan at the beginning.

But when he saw the ancient opera stage appear, his mood instantly became complicated.

When he heard Chang Dongqing say that the opening segment was designed by Nan Ye, he suddenly remembered that the person who just sang seemed to be called Nan Ye.

Not only that, this name seemed to be the Nan Ye that his son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter talked about.

So, he couldn't help but ask:

“Is this Nan Ye the Nan Ye you are talking about?”

The three of them looked at each other, and all saw a smile in each other's eyes. Chen Xiaojing said happily:

“Yes, Dad, it's this Nan Ye. Isn't he very talented?”

Lin Shouyan nodded noncommittally: “The song is indeed okay, and this opening is also very creative, it made me see another side of Chinese Opera!”

Those who didn't know Nan Ye were also attracted by this opening.

Hearing that he had more programs coming up, they simply followed him to see if he had any other outstanding performances.

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Panda Conservatory of Music Dormitory!

When the six of them saw this opening, they couldn't help but clap their hands in admiration.

At the same time, they were full of envy. When could they have such a good song to sing?

“Huh, Chen Paopao, what are you searching for?” Ren Chou saw his roommate constantly searching on Baidu and couldn't help but ask.

Chen Paopao didn't even lift his head, looking very busy, and just replied with three words: “Song Jushuang!”

Ren Chou was a bit confused. Didn't this guy just say he didn't like Chinese Opera?

Why is he searching for Chinese Opera actors now?

No, there's something fishy!

He tentatively asked: “Chen Paopao, you don't like this young lady, do you?”

“What, no? This young lady is both cool and stylish, she's my type!”

“I didn't expect it, Chen Paopao, you like this type!”

“You two stop arguing, the first person to appear seems to be Song Jushuang!”

That's right, the first person to appear on the Water Mirror Opera Stage was Song Jushuang.

There was actually a reason for this arrangement.

In the opening segment, everyone knew there was such a heroic and stylish young lady, and they all liked her squatting turn and her hardworking appearance.

Now arranging her in the first act was for retention.

Just like watching TV series and movies, many people choose actors to watch.

And Song Jushuang's appearance at the beginning was undoubtedly successful. At least everyone in the live stream room knew there was such a Chinese Opera actress.

The association's arrangement was precisely to use this idea to retain more people with Song Jushuang's appearance.

She performed the well-known “Mu Guiying Takes Command”.

“Mu Guiying Takes Command” was originally Henan Opera, but later someone re-arranged it, enriched the plot, and finally formed a Peking Opera script.

Song Jushuang indeed lived up to expectations, integrating the performances of Qingyi and Daomadan, drawing on and absorbing the movements of Dawusheng, vividly portraying the image of “Mu Guiying”, a female hero.

She praised this female general of the Yang family who put the national interest first, disregarded personal gains and losses, and had noble patriotic sentiments.

This made the audience who love Chinese Opera applaud!

The person who could be promoted first by the association indeed had some skills!

What President Jiang didn't expect was that after this act, the number of people in the live stream room neither increased nor decreased.

Although some left and some came in, it was maintained.

In previous years, they hadn't thought about using live broadcasts to attract audiences.

But the problem was that at the beginning, there were a lot of people, but after one act, more than half of them had left, and after another act, there were almost no people left.

The current situation of neither increasing nor decreasing is already excellent.

At this time, of course, they should pursue the victory and continue to promote Chinese Opera culture.

However, too much is as bad as not enough!

Once the acts are one after another, the audience can easily fall into a state of numbness.

Leaving the live stream room will then become inevitable.

Therefore, the association tried every possible way to intersperse various performances related to Chinese Opera that could also retain people.

For example, face changing!

Face changing belongs to Sichuan Opera, a special performance technique of instantly changing facial makeup multiple times.

You know, this program is quite amazing in the eyes of foreigners, and not a few people like it.

In China, there is also a large market!

So when this program appeared, it pulled back those who were about to leave.

But only having face changing as a program is completely insufficient.

Therefore, the association is preparing to move the orchestra from the side curtain to the center of the stage!

According to the early tradition of Peking Opera, the orchestra sat in the center at the back of the stage, supporting the entire performance scene.

Therefore, the Peking Opera orchestra is also called the “scene”!

later, due to innovation, stage curtains and backdrops had to be set up, so the “scene” gradually moved to the side curtain, sitting near the “exit door” position, which has been followed to this day.

And today, in the program arrangement, this orchestra was invited to the front of the stage to star in an act.

Looking at the entire Chinese Opera world, this is very rare!

Chang Dongqing appeared at the right time: “The orchestra in front of everyone is the music Teacher of Chinese Opera.

You may not be able to name a single person, but it doesn't prevent them from having superb instrument skills.”

After a pause, Chang Dongqing walked up to the Banggu Teacher.

Banggu is actually the conductor of the Chinese Opera orchestra.

“Banggu Teacher, can you tell me what instruments the Chinese Opera orchestra plays?”

The Banggu Teacher faced the stage so formally for the first time, and was a little nervous in his heart, “We play quite a lot of instruments.

Erhu, Jinghu, Haidizi, Suona, Pipa, Bangzi, Guqin, Xiao, Di, Huqin…”

Chang Dongqing took over the Banggu Teacher's words: “So, they are all traditional Great Xia instruments!”

“Exactly, exactly!”

“Then I wonder what works our orchestra has brought today?”

The Banggu Teacher took the microphone: “I know everyone is unfamiliar with us and has a stereotypical impression, thinking that we don't know much besides Chinese Opera pieces.

But in fact, we know more than you might imagine!

Today, we will perform pieces outside of Chinese Opera!”