The 17th Mandarin Award was announced, Mao Shanyu and Li Li won the single prize for "Dunhuang Daughter" and "Red Agent" for Shanghai

The event of art, the festival of the people. The 13th China Art Festival ended in Xiong'an New District tonight. At the closing ceremony, the 17th "Mandarin Award" and "Mandarin Single Award" award list was announced. The two single prizes recommended by Shanghai were successful. Performance award, screenwriter Li Li won the Wenhua screenwriter award with the modern Peking Opera "Red Agent".

Ten years of grinding a sword, Shanghai's voice sang "Mogao Spirit"

The original large Shanghai drama "Dunhuang Daughter" was founded by the Shanghai Shanghai Theater. Mao Shanyu played the role of Fan Jinshi, honorary dean of the Dunhuang Research Institute, who is also "Shanghai Daughter", portrayed his 50 years to persist in Gansu Desert. Going to the University of Dunhuang University, his life was committed to the life course of Dunhuang's research, and the generations of the generations of Dunhuang people adhered to their ideal and lofty feelings. In the play, Mao Shanyu performed from the hero of the protagonist to the year of the puppet, and accurately brought the characters familiar to the public to the Shanghai opera stage.

"Very emotional, everything you paid in the past was worth it," Mao Shanyu told reporters. "Dunhuang Daughter" is a work of Mao Shanyu for ten years. During this period, she and the main creative team went to Dunhuang to live in eight times. Fan Jinshi's self -reported book "My Heart is Dunhuang" has been written by her. Fan Jinshi's singing section was designed by Mao Shanyu himself. There are dozens of stages of narrative and sigh in the play. In order to integrate the customs and customs in the northwest with Jiangnan charm, she added ups and downs to the basic song of the Shanghai opera, integrated into Peking opera and opera singing, making it more powerful and more tension. The "Mogao Spirit" of choosing one thing, one lifetime ".

Although it has shaped a series of familiar characters, Mao Shanyu still believes that Fan Jinshi is a highly high role in his stage career. "Dean Fan is a huge and influential figure at home and abroad. She can see her deep cultural connotation and years of accumulation." Mao Shanyu said.

Explore contemporary aesthetics and create the topic of Peking Opera

Modern Peking Opera and red themes, in the face of the two creative requirements put forward by the Shanghai Peking Theater, the screenwriter Li Li first thought of the suspense type loved by young people at the moment. The Peking Opera "Red Agent" has created the precedent of the theme of the drama spy war. The work is based on the revolutionary and heroic deeds that have long been working on the CCP's concealed front for a long time. The process has a distinctive sea school characteristics.

"Both" Wisdom to Wisdom "and" Shajiabang "have spy war elements, but the whole work is centered on this, and it has not been before." Li Li said. "Film and television can shoot spy wars, how can the opera be done?" At the beginning of the creation, some people questioned the feasibility of the work. Li Li decided to use the strengths of the opera to pay attention to the inner portrayal and challenge once. During the performance of "Red Agent", Li Li often sat in the audience's response. She found that the comprehensive stage art and interlocking of the ring made most people "sit down and can't help watching."

"Red Agent" has been modified before and after. In order to participate in the Wenhua Award for the review, Li Li has worked hard in the three aspects of accuracy, depth, and tightness to the two scenes of "deciphering passwords" and "couples deep affection". Focus on adjustment. "This is a bold practice. I have accumulated a lot of experience and lessons for the creation. In the future, I will continue to explore on this basis." Li Li told reporters.

Author: Wang Xiaoli

Edit: Chen Xihan

Editor in charge: Huang Qizhe

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