"White-haired Girl" is a large-scale new opera born under the guidance of Mao Zedong's "Speech at Yan 'an Forum on Literature and Art" ... Through the tragic experience of Yang Bailao and Xi 'er's father and daughter, the theme script profoundly reveals the sharp contradiction between landlords and peasants, angrily accuses landlords of their sins, enthusiastically praises the bright new society, vividly expounds the theme of "The old society drove people to ghosts, and the new society turned ghosts into people", and points out the only way for peasants to turn over and liberate.

2. Creative features:

White-haired Girl is a new national opera that combines poetry, song and dance.

First, the plot structure of the opera, absorbing the method of traditional Chinese opera, and changing the scene flexibly.

Secondly, the language of traditional Chinese opera has inherited the fine tradition of the combination of singing and singing in China.

Thirdly, based on northern folk songs and traditional opera music, opera music has created and absorbed some expressions of western opera music and has a unique national flavor.

Fourthly, in the opera performance, I learned the performance means of China traditional opera, paid due attention to the dance form and rhyme, and learned the reading method of drama lines, which was beautiful and natural and close to life.

3. Importance:

White-haired Girl is the first landmark work in the history of China opera, and it is the symbol of the maturity and the cornerstone of the development of China national opera. Its successful performance is of great significance in the history of modern music in China, which has opened up a new stage for the development of China's opera creation. This work not only has a wide influence on China's operas and other art forms, but also has great significance for his later creation.