Research On Jin Opera Performing Artist Ma Yulou

Ma Yulou,a famous shanxi opera artist,is a representative of the "Successor of ding School",an important part of the performing arts of Xushun.As an old artist connecting the past and the future in the history of Shanxi opera,taking ma Yulou as the research subject is of great significance for the inheritance and development of Shanxi opera.This paper takes Ma Yulou as the research object,mainly from its singing,chanting,performance three aspects to analyze its performance characteristics.After the actors of the Middle Wooden Clappers changed their tune to G,many of them faced the dilemma of not being able to move up.Ma Youlou uses the advantage of congenital high range to firm up her ascending style of singing.While inheriting Ding’s luck and rhyme,ma Youlou integrates her own singing style.The high range is full of words and sentences with penetrating power in stability,while the low range is soft and graceful without losing strength,gradually forming the soaring and passionate singing style of Ma School with free speech.She does not stick to the old stylized tone,according to different plot Settings and character characteristics to reform and innovate,summed up a set of five characters when the style: spray,knead,quiver,close,change.In addition,he is good at using pitch embellish cavity and timbre embellish cavity and other techniques,such as appoggiatura,glide,vibrato,echo and other grace notes to follow the word drawl,collect cavity to rhyme,so that xusheng singing of Jin opera is further standardized.As one of the first practitioners in the reform of Jin opera,Ma Yulou absorbed the strengths of various families and insisted on revealing characters’ personalities with traditional rhyme and serve for the plot.According to experience,Daobai is divided into three categories: shangyun bai,Pingbai and life white.In-depth study of pronunciation,articulation,upper rhyme,level and oblique tone,opening and closing,gradually formed the characteristics of clear articulation,clear level and oblique tone,full pronunciation,making Jin Opera more local art characteristics.Singing the first song,emotional expression is the soul of opera art charm forever.Ma Yulou’s portrayal of the characters is mainly reflected in mastering the inner world of the characters,grasping the feelings of the characters,paying attention to the emotional experience,entering the play with feelings,speaking out with feelings,feeling in the cavity,truly achieving the highest realm of hearts,eyes and actions with feelings,so as to achieve resonance with the audience.Strive for immersive performance,according to their own understanding of life and role,let the program to accommodate the role,for the role of shaping.It always adheres to the principle that Jin Opera performance should have the characteristics of The Times and provides a broad audience base for the development of Jin opera.In addition,this paper also discusses from three aspects: the cause of artistic style,the innovation of traditional repertoire and the inheritance of Jin Opera.This paper analyzes the characterization and bold innovation of the traditional dramas Such as "Beating the Golden Branch","Catching and Releasing Cao","Sitting Lou Killing Xi" and "Eight Pieces of Clothing".Although they are both traditional characters,they are presented in different ways due to their status and other factors.Compared with the modern drama "The Tale of the Red Light" and the TV drama "Jinshui Bridge",the drama performance under the modern media is also quite different from the traditional stage.After retirement,Ma Youlou will be decades of stage experience to teach the apprentice,spare no effort to cultivate young actors in Shanxi opera,fenyang to create "Ma Youlou Art School",to make outstanding contributions to talent training in Shanxi opera.Her representative plays and stage performance experience are worthy of reference for the younger generation of Shanxi opera young actors,and her opera education concept and teaching methods are worthy of praise.