The Beijing opera "Drunkenness of the Imperial concubine" is the masterpiece of Mei Pai, the founder of Mei Pai, and Mei Lanfang, the founder of Mei Pai, who made Yang Guifei's aesthetic drunkenness fascinating and incisive. The Peking Opera "Drunk Life and Dream Death" is a classic masterpiece of Mr. Mei Lanfang. Drunkenness of the Imperial Lady is the most famous work of Mei School in Beijing Opera.
Mei School is the first school of Peking Opera founded by Mei Lanfang, which has far-reaching influence. "Mei School" mainly integrates the performance modes of Tsing Yi, Hua Dan and Beijing Opera blues, and constantly innovates and develops in singing, reading, doing, dancing, music, clothing and costume. The singing and performing arts of Beijing opera have been raised to a new level and reached a perfect realm.
Characteristics of Mei School's Artistic Means
Singing: Mei Lanfang's singing is mellow and beautiful, with rich and delicate feelings. Because his voice is clear and mellow, sweet and crisp, and his timbre is extremely pure and full. Singers never pretend to be talented, and always maintain a calm and calm attitude, without any discouragement. His singing is basically from the traditional singing method, but none of them are copied from the tradition. But through the way of polishing the vocal cavity and the law of singing, it has become a calm and implicit Mei-style vocal music with beautiful melody and smooth rhythm.
Reading: Mei Lanfang's chanting is full of emotion and expresses the distinctive personality of the characters. The application of Huguangyun and Jiantuan characters has reached a new height and has completely become an artistic language of life. There is no feeling of deliberately looking for a job. This is a rhyme used in some plays. In other plays, Bai Jing's use is always gentle, natural and sweet, giving consideration to the identity and plot of the characters everywhere, blending with the body, hands, footwork and facial expressions. Especially in his new fashion drama, the lines are all in vernacular, and Mei Lanfang has created many slow reciting methods different from traditional dramas.