When folk music and Huai Opera meet, what kind of artistic spark will they collide? Yesterday, at the Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall, the "Feng Hua Huai Yin Ya Yun - Folk Music and Huai Opera Concert" was staged again after September 18th, allowing the audience to appreciate the beauty of the nation in the National Charm Exhibition. The unique charm of Huaiyin is felt in the sound.

These two performances are also one of the performances of the 2022 Shanghai Xiqu Art Center's "Endless Play" performance season. The Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe has participated in this performance season for many times. This is also the exploration made by the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe in terms of market development. The troupe's band is a relatively mature and distinctive opera and folk music team. It not only has strong performance in Huai Opera music, but also performs well in folk music. point. Therefore, the troupe combined its own advantages and made full use of all resources. On the basis of traditional stage opera performances, the troupe gradually combined folk music with Huaiyin. The people of the people gradually entered traditional art through classical folk music, pop music and Huai Opera music.

In the first half of last night's concert, folk music was played, and the second half was the interpretation of classic Huai Opera arias brought by famous Huai Opera masters and young actors.

This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Xiao Wenyan, the master of Huai Opera. In order to pay tribute to the master, the first piece of the performance is the Huai Opera piece "Xiao Feng Ya Yun", which was created according to the artistic characteristics of Xiao style Danqiang. Not only that, the troupe band also presented the "Dance of Yao Nationality" to the audience. The beautiful melody shows the life of the Yao people who are good at singing and dancing. At the scene, young performers Cao Jiawen and Zhu Chenyang performed "Deep Night" for the audience. Lin Xiaoyu, Cai Xiaoyu and Yu Jingyi respectively presented the classic folk music "Dragon Boat", "Qianshan Love" and "River Water". The wonderful performances undoubtedly reflected their solid basic skills and skills. Unique understanding of music. As the finale of the first half of the folk music performance, Yu Wei, a national first-class performer and a famous pipa player, brought you the classic pipa solo "House of Flying Daggers", which focused on the historical scenes of the Battle of Gaixia. This is a tragic and tragic battle. The Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe orchestrated the performance of traditional opera percussion, and performed a unique and perfect fusion with classical music, leading the audience to recall this magnificent and majestic historical epic.

In order to lead the fans to recall the master's demeanor, relive the classics of Huai Opera, and at the same time show the audience the struggle and efforts of the troupe in inheritance, promotion and talent training. The concert not only covered many classic and traditional Huai Opera repertoires, but also displayed many arias of new and innovative repertoires. There are not only the backbone of the troupe, but also the rapidly growing young generation among the actors on stage.

National first-class actress Xing Na sang a wonderful piece of singing in the drama "Pipa Birthday", which was revamped this year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the master. National second-level actors Wang Qin, Qiu Haidong, Liu Ya, and Du Yangyang sang excerpts from "The Legend of the White Snake", "Scholarly Wife Trial", "Send a Thousand Miles to Jing Niang", and "Fifteen Consciousness" excerpts. Excellent young actor Gu Xinyu , Lu Xiaolong even performed the Huaiyin Huai tune on the stage, showing the inheritance achievements, and brought the audience the excerpts of "Eight Girls Throwing in the River", "Mr. Wu Xun" and so on. While letting the audience feel the unique charm of Huai Opera, it also conveys the national spirit through arias: the women in "Eight Girls Throwing in the River" are righteous and fearless for justice; "Wu Xun" in "Mr. Wu Xun" sacrificed himself Asceticism is the sacrifice of the masses. The wonderful presentation drew continuous applause from the audience, and many audience members had tears in their eyes and excited emotions.

Audience Ms. Li said that the combination of music and opera is very novel, which not only makes people feel the unique charm of Huai Opera, but also fully demonstrates the diverse beauty of the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation.