传统与现代的会通——再评都市新淮剧《金龙与蜉蝣》

The Convergence of Tradition and Modernity——Review on the New Urban Huaiju Opera Golden Dragon and Mayfly

都市新淮剧《金龙与蜉蝣》,使中国传统戏曲淮剧意义中的“苦戏”上升为现代悲剧,实现了传统戏曲程式与现代人物塑造相结合,将现代审美成功地融合进了传统戏曲美学。它的成功让我们重新认识了本土文化传统对于当代戏曲发展的价值与意义:其一,传统戏曲的现代化总是在横向借鉴多种艺术手法来实现创新,但各种借鉴来的艺术手法能不能糅合到戏曲艺术中去,使之成为自然融合的整体,是戏曲现代化成功的关键所在;其二,任何戏曲改革最终都要回到本剧种的特色上来,各剧种的戏曲艺术价值必然要通过个性的强调、通过对民族性的强调而影响深远。

The new urban Huaiju Opera Golden Dragon and Mayfly endows the traditional“bitter drama”with characteristics of modern tragedy,combines traditional opera formula with modern characterization and successfully integrates modern aesthetics into traditional opera aesthetics.Its success enables us to re-recognize the value and significance of local cultural traditions for the development of modern opera.First,in the process of modernizing traditional opera,different types of art techniques are used for innovation,but how these borrowed techniques are naturally integrated into traditional opera to make it an organic whole is the key to a successful modern adaptation.Second,any reform of the traditional opera must pivot around the defining features of this genre.Only through emphasis on the unique characteristics of the genre and the nationality can its artistic value endure.