32 future stars of Yue Opera are competing in Shanghai, most of them are born in the 1995s, and the youngest is only 19 years old. With "youth expression and breaking the circle and spreading", the large-scale Yue Opera culture promotion competition program "Yuexing Youth" was recently aired. Generation Z has allowed people to see the youthful power of opera through their respective inheritance and innovation. Yesterday, the three contestants were interviewed by reporters, bringing their thoughts.

In the first episode of the program, Xu school actor Wang Wanna brought the excerpt of "The West Chamber" "Stunning: The Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix", breaking through the traditional Yue Opera program, integrating the guqin performance into character creation, and leaving a deep impression on people with the innovative interpretation of self-play and singing. Audience comments: This way of expression not only inherits the essence of opera programs, but also injects contemporary aesthetic interest.

"In addition to being similar to the ancients, I wanted to further pursue similarity in spirit, so I taught myself to play the guqin. This not only became a hobby of mine, but also gave back to my performance on the stage." Wang Wanna told reporters that it was actually quite difficult to play and sing on the stage this time. "Every time I go on stage, I don't want to be stable, but to be challenging and fresh. Just like the name of our competition is "The Best of Youth", I actually hope to let the audience feel the youthful power and continuous vitality of Yue Opera."

"If we look at the history of the entire opera family, Yue Opera is a young little sister. She is a very charming Jiangnan opera genre. Judging from its core, it is also a drama that is constantly absorbing, innovating and learning. This is also very inspiring for us Yue Opera actors, and it inspires us to constantly absorb and learn." Wang Wanna said that "Yuedong Youth" is different from traditional opera competition programs. In addition to the competition process, it also captures some stories in front and behind the stage of the competing actors, and more shows some of the images of Yue Opera actors outside the stage. “In this way, we can get closer to the audience.”

What other new ways can Yue Opera be presented in the contemporary way? In the first episode, Chen Xinyu, also a Lu School actress, covered the game "Genshin Impact" song "Genshin Impact", boldly integrating game music with Yue Opera singing style, and forming a circle-breaking resonance between the "two-dimensional" and traditional opera in the collision of sword dance movements and stylized performances of opera.

"As game music, "The Goddess Split" was originally performed in Peking Opera singing style. After our sister Qiu Danli of Shanghai Yue Opera adapted it into the Yue Opera singing style version, she became popular on the Internet. This time, I added swordsmanship and some special figures to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". "As a game enthusiast, Chen Xinyu is very interested in the opera elements used in game music in recent years. "Young Yue Opera performers should move and exert their infinite possibilities and imagination. This time, I used Yue Opera singing style to innovatively interpret the song "Genshin Impact" of "Genshin Impact", and I also hope to attract more young people to like Yue Opera."

Will there be any contradiction between the inheritance and innovation of opera? In the first episode, Yu Guo, a Xu school student who has been learning from 6 years old, performed the excerpt of his mentor Qian Huili's representative work "The True and False Prince Consort: Poor Parents in the World". "The director of "The Young and Youth" actually communicated with me and asked me if I wanted to use innovative forms to present Yue Opera from the beginning, which might be more eye-catching. But I still insisted on presenting traditional Yue Opera excerpts in the first episode of the program... Later, I also made some innovative attempts in the program, and slowly discovered that this is actually a process of exploration." In Yu Guo's view, no matter what method is used, the most important thing is to keep the roots and soul of Yue Opera with a heart that respects tradition. Only by innovating again on this basis can such innovation be accepted by everyone. (Wenhui Po reporter Jiang Fang)

[Editor in charge: Tang Wei]