臺前幕后
臺上說學逗唱,引得觀眾開懷大笑;臺下認真練功,誨人不倦。青野五音戲劇團每到之處定會吸引眾多充滿好奇的孩子,他們圍著濃妝艷抹的藝人,眼里滿是好奇和羨慕。五音戲一定已經(jīng)在這些孩子的心里生根發(fā)芽了,五音戲也必將會傳承下去。
章丘市文祖鎮(zhèn)青野村——瀕臨失傳的濟南地方劇種五音戲的發(fā)祥地,愛好五音戲的村民們,為了不讓這一傳統(tǒng)劇種失傳,于1982年重建五音戲劇團——就是現(xiàn)在的青野五音戲劇團。
劇團特地請來“五音泰斗”鮮櫻桃,從青野村挑選出十五六個孩子,并舉辦了隆重的拜師大會。鮮櫻桃將這些孩子收為關門弟子,把自己畢生的舞臺經(jīng)驗和表演技巧悉心傳授?,F(xiàn)在青野劇團的臺柱子們大多師承鮮櫻桃。
五音戲,純樸自然,地方色彩濃郁,深受百姓喜愛。現(xiàn)有20多個版式,主要曲目有《王小趕腳》、《王二姐思夫》、《趙美蓉觀燈》、《拐磨子》、《彩樓記》、《訪桑園》、《王定保借當》、《親家頂嘴》、《墻頭記》等。
Qingye Village, Wenzu Town, Zhangqiu County is the birthplace of Wuyin opera—a local opera popular in the region of Jinan, which is facing the danger of extinction. To ensure that Wuyin opera would be inherited by later generations, villagers of Qingye established the Qingye Wuyin Opera Troupe in 1982.
The troupe invited Xian Yingtai—a senior performer of the Wuyin opera to act as their advisor and selected 15 children from the village to learn the performance of Wuyin opera. Xian Yingtao received these children as his last disciples and taught them with all his life-time stage performance experience. So most of the star actors of Qingye Wuyin Opera Troupe are the disciples of Xian Yingtao.
Featuring local characteristics, Wuyin opera is very popular with the people of Jinan. Nowadays, there are more than 20 different operas, such as Wang Xiao Hired out with a Donkey, Wang Erjie Missing Her Husband, Zhao Meirong Watching Lanterns, Guai Mozi, Cai Louji, Visiting the Mulberry Garden, and Stories of Sitting on the Fence.
簡陋的化妝室
幾根鋼管搭建的后臺是青野五音戲劇團的化妝室,在這里,愛好五音戲的業(yè)余演員們,描眉畫目、精雕細琢,無不用心化妝。臺上惟妙惟肖的表演,不光靠精湛的演藝來表達,在妝容上也要做到生動傳神,藝人們深諳此理,更是精益求精。
整裝待發(fā)
青野五音戲劇團里的白繼貴老人,年輕時唱小生,與鮮櫻桃同臺演出過。他經(jīng)常細心地為上場演員整裝。青野劇團的藝人們大多是鮮櫻桃的徒弟,現(xiàn)在都是舞臺上的頂梁柱。
風餐露宿
青野五音戲劇團是一個自由組合、自負盈虧的演出隊伍,每場的演出費一般在千元左右。除了正常開支養(yǎng)活劇團外,演員的收入并不高,但她們毫無怨言。老藝人靳成章的外孫女馬乃景說得好:“演戲是我一生的快樂,收入再少也情愿,這也算是苦中作樂吧。”
青野五音戲劇團
青野五音戲劇團是個鄉(xiāng)村劇團,由青野村25名村民組成,登臺演戲的全是女性,年齡在36至45歲之間。她們大多從十三四歲時就拜鮮櫻桃為師,不僅“唱念做打”樣樣精通,而且都是多面手,既演旦又演丑,臺上演戲,臺下幫工。
場場爆滿
鑼鼓一響,演員出場,臺下人頭攢動,擁擠得水泄不通。只見戲臺上的演員邁著秧歌步,邊舞邊唱,既“土”又“酸”的唱腔散發(fā)著濃濃的鄉(xiāng)土氣息,劇情高低跌宕,引得觀眾前俯后仰,笑聲不斷。青野五音戲劇團所到之處,場場爆滿,五音戲在鄉(xiāng)野間有極高的聲譽。