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Wu Bixia: The Endless Song of "Dream of the Red Chamber"

2024-03-27   

In mid March, in a classroom of the teaching building of the China Conservatory of Music, choir members were practicing and singing, while musicians were tuning their instruments. The laughter, once mocked by netizens as "laughing until High C", moved from far to near. The first person arrived at the rehearsal hall and everyone knew that Wu Bixia had arrived. This scene reminds people of Wang Xifeng in "Dream of the Red Chamber", who said, "If you don't see him, you should hear his voice first.". The "Dream of the Red Chamber Rhyme", produced by the Art Practice Center of the China Conservatory of Music and produced by the China Conservatory of Music, was recently performed at the Music Hall of the National Grand Theatre. During the rehearsal, Wu Bixia, a professor at the Vocal Opera Department of the China Conservatory of Music, a soprano singer, and a member of the Standing Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party Central Committee, talked about how she formed an inseparable bond with the full edition theme concert of "Dream of the Red Chamber", as well as her singing career and vocal education. Everyone has a dream of the Red Chamber in their hearts. In 1987, the TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber" adapted from the famous work of Cao Xueqin sparked a craze for drama enthusiasts, with interludes such as "Funeral Flowers", "Red Bean Song", "Sighing at Xiangling", and "Splitting Bones and Fleeces" becoming popular. In 2005, Wu Bixia became acquainted with the full edition theme concert of "Dream of the Red Chamber", and it has been nearly 20 years since then. As a scholar, she takes the poetic expression and inheritance of the music of Dream of Red Mansions as her research topic; As a singer, she always has new insights into how to interpret this classic repertoire well in her performances. "There is a significant difference between the concert version and the TV drama version of the same song." Wu Bixia said, "The TV drama score serves the plot and visuals, while the concert version uses music to tell the story, sound to shape, reproduce the people and stories in" Dream of the Red Chamber ", and highlight the tension of the live stage music drama." Wu Bixia and the theme concert of "Dream of the Red Chamber" grew together and cannot do without an important person. He is Wang Liping, a famous musician and former vice chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party Central Committee, who is the composer of the "87 version" of "Dream of the Red Chamber" and the creator of the soul of the entire Red Chamber music. Wang Liping spent 4 years painstakingly completing 17 songs, expressing the love, hate, and sorrow of the children of the Red Chamber, singing about the desolate world, and even making "every soprano in China want to have their own" Dream of the Red Chamber ". In 2005, Wu Bixia and Wang Liping collaborated for the first time to perform the suite "Dream of the Red Chamber", and then toured more than a hundred shows, which were fully booked. For many years, Wang Liping has almost always been present in every performance of Wu Bixia's "Dream of the Red Chamber". He will give encouragement to Wu Bixia after each performance, provide ideas and opinions, and discuss with her; It will also tell the story of the composition of the suite "Dream of the Red Chamber", as well as her own emotional journey, to help Wu Bixia better understand the background and wisdom behind "Dream of the Red Chamber". When Wu Bixia encounters problems, she also seeks advice from Wang Liping, including carefully confirming an uncertain word in her lyrics. Wang Liping commented that compared to before, Wu Bixia "has gradually shed her craftsmanship and grown from a technical singer to a more comprehensive and mature singer who pays more attention to connotation expression.". Wu Bixia is praised by many as a "nightingale that blends Chinese and Western elements.". She innovatively incorporated

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