How do you evaluate Li Shujian's Henan Opera?

As a pioneer in the current Henan opera performing arts, Li Shujian creatively put forward the performance proposition of "creating voice with emotion and creating process with emotion" while adhering to the stylized and freehand norms of Chinese opera. The singing and dialogue movements that reveal the characters' psychological emotions achieve the perfect combination of inner experience and external programming, creating a typical image with distinctive personality and full flesh and blood, allowing Chinese and foreign audiences to feel and appreciate the personality charm of the drama protagonist as the epitome of the Chinese nation's spiritual temperament.

It is very different from the single and facial makeup of traditional opera characters. In the process of creating stage models, Li Shujian deeply understood and grasped the spiritual temperament of the drama protagonists. Most of the drama protagonists he played showed psychological personalities. The gradual and sudden development process until the finale highlights the rich connotation of the protagonist's character in the drama.

For example, when Zhang Yuanxiu, the tragic protagonist of "The Breeze Pavilion" first appeared, he was a simple and honest farmer, living in poverty and doing good deeds, and pinned all his hopes for life on his adopted son. Li Shujian used a fresh and mellow singing voice His sincere and sincere character is reflected in his brisk and free dancing posture.

When he had no choice but to return his adopted son to his biological mother, he was so tender-hearted that it was difficult to part with him. However, in order for the child to survive hunger and cold in a wealthy family and get ahead, he finally endured the grief and pushed the adopted son to his biological mother. biological mother. Li Shujian used long gut-wrenching arias and stylized circling and staggering movements based on the plot to show the audience the tragic and lost state of mind of the drama protagonist and the upright feelings of independently bearing painful blows.

The white-haired man who was begging from door to door heard that his adopted son, who had devoted all his efforts to raise him, won the gold medal in high school and returned to his hometown after getting an official position. He was filled with sorrow and joy and was eager to find him. He never expected that Zhang Jibao was ashamed of his poverty and was afraid of losing his dignity. Refuse to recognize each other, the regretful and despairing wife hit a pillar and died. Zhang Yuanxiu, filled with grief and hatred, threw herself into his wife's arms and cried and wailed, bursting out with anger, and all the audience in the audience shed tears.

Ye Lao, a weather-beaten, honest and tenacious village man, cut off his last glimmer of hope in real life under the bullying and coercion of the cold world. In an instant, he changed from an old cow who was willing to bear all the hard work and lashing to a young man. A powerful and roaring lion launched a righteous denunciation against the sinful society where power is rampant and justice has been lost.

Also in "Cheng Ying Saves Orphans", Mr. Li Shujian, who can be regarded as the personification of Cheng Ying, with the ups and downs of dramatic conflicts, turned into a man who was originally a man who repaid kindness and fulfilled his duty. Dr. Kusawa was promoted successively to a generous righteous man who left his son alone, a counselor who endured humiliation and tact, and finally became a god of loyalty who put life and death at risk of honor and disgrace, despised power and wealth, and willingly shed blood to leave innocence in the world.

In "Su Wu Sheep", Mr. Li Shujian brought the stylized stage style, freehand choreography and tear-jerking singing functions to the extreme, allowing the audience to appreciate the upright character and righteousness of the protagonist. His spiritual temperament is in awe, and he is deeply impressed by his heroic spirit of adhering to his faith and integrity with his heart and soul, and fighting to the death against the brutal and evil forces.

Li Shujian pays attention to absorbing the specialties of singing performances of various schools of Henan opera, forging the desolate and tragic Li style singing, touching people's hearts with the simple, rich and melodious Zhongzhou Zhengyin, conveying the beauty and goodness of the world, and guiding China and foreign countries The audience reaches spiritual communication from the emotional resonance, transcends the boundaries of language, culture and even religious beliefs, breaks down the barriers between artistic forms of various ethnic groups, and allows the unique Henan opera performing arts to enter the global cultural perspective unimpeded. .

Whether it is north or south of the Yellow River, or inside or outside the country, those who watch Mr. Li Shujian’s stage performances are all impressed by his experience and grasp of the character’s temperament and character, and listen to his hearty, controlled, and emotional singing. The Chinese and foreign audiences were intoxicated by the harmonious and sonorous narration, and their hearts were moved. Sometimes they burst into thunderous applause, and sometimes they burst into tears.

People in the industry generally praise Mr. Shujian for his wide vocal range, pure timbre, resonant voice, and mellow rhyme. His control of the rhythm of minor and serious diseases in singing, and his grasp of the characteristics of using emotion to express emotions and express emotions. , the performance of the desolate and tragic singing style has reached the level of perfection and exquisiteness.

Therefore, his singing not only has the power of structure, but also is dramatic in itself, constantly generating expectations, as well as expected and unexpected surprises, forming another kind of drama and inner rhythm.