After 1949, the tune of the Bai folk art "Big Ben" was absorbed on the basis of blowing the cavity, which was further enriched and improved and renamed as "Bai Opera".
1962, based on the original Dali Opera Troupe, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture transferred some actors and performers from Dali Song and Dance Troupe to form the Autonomous Prefecture White Troupe, which was the first professional troupe in the history of White Opera. In the 30 years since the founding of the League, the State White Troupe has made remarkable achievements in arranging and adapting traditional plays, compiling innovative historical plays and transplanting modern plays. Play (song) 128, nearly 100 episode. Especially in the aspect of repertoire creation, nearly 20 repertoires participated in central and provincial drama performances and won prizes. From 65438 to 0980, Wang Fuyun, a mythological drama of the Bai nationality, was created by Yang Ming, Yang Ming and Bai Zhou Troupe, representing the performance style and artistic characteristics of a new generation of Bai drama. In terms of script content, Wang Fuyun not only retains the basic spirit of "swaggering through the city, swaggering through the city, resisting evil forces and striving for freedom of marriage" in the original factory legend, but also adds some plots with local ethnic characteristics, which skillfully integrates the two Bai folk legends of "Dragon and Phoenix Married" and "Girl Bai Gui" with the legend of "Wang Fuyun", enriching and developing the plot. Although the lyrics of the new white drama adopt the "mountain fancy" format of "37 15", they are not static, but often break through according to the needs of the plot and the emotional changes of the characters. Some lyrics are as many as ten sentences, and one sentence is as many as ten words, so as to meet the needs of expressing the complex thoughts and feelings of the characters, and at the same time make the lyrics more dramatic. The lyrics retain a strong flavor of Bai folk songs and are fresh and unique. The singing of Bai Opera combines the traditional blowing and blowing cavity with Big Ben, initially forming a banqiang, while retaining the characteristics of Legato, which is relatively free and expressive. For example, "Wang Fuyun" is mainly sung in Big Ben, and at the same time, some tunes and Bai folk songs are used, and a breakthrough is made according to the plot and the needs of the characters. Therefore, this drama not only maintains the singing style of the white drama, but also makes the singing of the whole drama rich in variety and expressiveness, simple, fresh and pleasant to listen to. The whole musical style has declined from top to bottom, which is unique. The use of interlining has a unique flavor and the use of accompaniment is also appropriate. In particular, the music sung around the mulberry forest in the scene of "Fixed Love" includes not only folk songs but also music, and the atmosphere is warm, cheerful and clear. In percussion, Bai Opera absorbed the characteristics of Beijing Opera and Yunnan Opera, which made the change of timbre more harmonious and enhanced the expressive force. Although the performance of Bai Opera has a certain program, it is not solidified and relatively free. In the design of dance, Bai Opera not only absorbed the folk overlord whip and flower-wearing dance, but also added solo dance, duet dance and group dance to make folk dance and opera performance harmonious and unified. In the design of stage and costume, Bai Opera is mostly designed according to the records of historical documents and ancient Nanzhao murals and sculptures, which not only maintains the sense of reality of history, but also makes the costume and stage design of Bai Opera have distinctive local ethnic characteristics.
The form of lyrics is basically the "mountain flower style" commonly used in singing white poems in white and Chinese. There are more than 30 kinds of singing tunes, with distinct rhythm, strict rules, relatively simple and simple, and rigorous and fixed procedures.
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White opera music consists of vocal music and accompaniment music. There are two kinds of singing music: blowing and big Ben, and some folk music has also been absorbed and adapted; Accompaniment music includes traditional suona, percussion and Big Ben, and also absorbs some folk percussion and song and dance music. Some vocals are divided into Xiao Sheng, Xiao Dan, Yao Dan and Xu Sheng by occupation; Some are divided into heroic cavity, crying cavity and bitter cavity according to the identity and action of the characters; Some are divided into flat, high-pitched, straight-line and running water board according to the beat and singing method. In addition, there are wind and snow, lessons and Bai folk songs, such as sparrow tune, loach tune and Chaoshan tune. The lyrics are mostly in the white "mountain flower" format, that is, "3715" or "7715", which is called "seven and a half sentences". Sing in white or Chinese, and use "China White Tone" to speak in white. Roles should be played according to life, courage, purity and ugliness. The performance rules are strict and the rhythm is clear. It is not only good at dancing, but also has some expressive martial arts. White drama only uses the unique facial makeup of red, black, white, blue and purple to distinguish different roles. The accompaniment band has developed into a Chinese-western mixed band mainly composed of national instruments, in addition to traditional instruments such as suona and Sanxian.