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Huangmei Opera set amid war
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Huangmei Opera, a traditional art from Anhui Province, started as tea-picking folk songs. Long ago it flourished in Shanghai for its beautiful melodies and love stories. Now, in the new, modern play “Half Moon,” the latest charms of the opera are presented.
It is the first Huangmei Opera play set during China’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-1945). It tells a tragic story set in Japanese-occupied China.
A Japanese colonel overhears a beautiful folk song, which reminds him of his dead wife. He asks the Chinese girl Lotus to sing it, but he is turned down since her song is only for her lover. The colonel threatens all the lives in the village to try to force the girl to sing.
Playwright Yu Qingfeng said a visit to Anhui three years ago inspired him. He said he was amazed at the province’s well-preserved cultural heritage.
“The play tries to show the power and influence of culture even in wartime,” Yu said. “It also unveils the cruelty of war and the complexity of human nature in exceptional circumstances.”
Huang Xinde, a 70-year-old actor in the play, is also winner of the Plum Blossom Prize, the highest theatrical award in China. Huang said new innovative efforts need to be made to revive Huangmei Opera.
Date: November 17-18, 7:15pm
Venue: Shanghai Art Theater, 466 Jiangning Rd
Tickets: 180-680 yuan
Tel: 6217-2426, 6256-8282
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