The same song

Author: Meng Xin
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: Revolutionary Modern Peking Opera broke through traditional Peking Opera in aspects such as performance style, vocal tunes and patterns, accompanying music, and spoken dialogue. For example, in Revolutionary Modern Peking Opera, spoken dialogue adopted Mandarin instead of the Zhongzhou (a traditional tonal system) mixed with Huaguang and Beijing tones. Additionally, Revolutionary Modern Peking Opera adopted the scene-division method of (Chinese). Revolutionary Modern Peking Opera also absorbed and drew inspiration from the leitmotif technique of Western opera. To this day, these practices still hold certain reference value for contemporary theatrical art. In this collection of vocal selections from modern Peking Opera, we have compiled some outstanding vocal pieces for the readers. From the perspective of themes, the selected works are all related to the various stages of revolution and construction led by the Communist Party of China. During a certain historical period, these works were collectively referred to as "Revolutionary Modern Peking Opera." Many people associate these Peking Opera works closely with the "Gang of Four." They believe these works were produced under the guidance of Jiang Qing, which is not in line with historical facts. In reality, plays such as Red Lantern, Sand Bay, and Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy were created before the Cultural Revolution and achieved great success upon their premiere, producing a profound social impact.