广东潮剧院三团 Guangdong Teochew Opera Troupe 3

安禄山犯长安

Saturday, 16 Sep 2006. After the show 节义夫妻, I took a stroll to People Park's Complex. As I stayed in the North, I did not want to travel to and fro since I have to watch 安禄山犯长安 in the evening. I made arrangement for my wife to meet at Chinatown MRT station so that we could have dinner together. We had our dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. On that day, the decorations for Lunar eighth month moon cake festival have already put up along the main street in Chinatown.

This evening, the backstage was slightly more crowded than before. May be, the opera fans wanted more opportunities to talk to the actors and actresses since the next day would be the last day of their performance. I was busy searching for 勇强 as I wanted to introduce my wife to him but I could not locate him. So we decided to leave the backstage. On my way out, I saw 许佳婉 and asked her where 勇强 was. She pointed to someone behind me. Oh yes, that 勇强 had already dressed up for the show. I introduced my wife to him. However, his wife 碧霞 was busy making up so we did not disturb her. In the show 安禄山犯长安, 勇强 played the role of 高力士.

According to a newspaper report by 汕头日报 (25 Jul 06) and a writer called 邵建生, the show was specially picked to showcase the skills and talents of Guangdong Teochew Opera Troupe 3. See reports extracted below:

倾力打造新编历史剧《锦香亭》在本次历史剧目中，三团颂力打造了一部新剧《锦香亭》，在抛弃原先广场戏拖沓冗长的基础上，以全新的构思理念、导演手法、演绎方式，力求融入现代都市剧的特点，予以观高雅、简洁的艺术感受，该剧分为上下两集，分别以《安禄山兵犯长安》和《梦圆锦香亭》.

上集《安禄山起兵》讲述唐开元末年，葛明霞与钟景期于葛府“锦香亭”邂逅而相爱。葛明霞这父葛太古因弹劾安禄山被贬范阳。这对恋人随之离异。钏景期考中状元，上表弹劾安禄山，又被贬四川，途中遇虎而为猎女天然所救。安禄山在范阳召集叛军进攻长安，葛太古斥贼被投监牢。

下集《梦圆锦香亭》讲述安禄山之子安庆绪图强占葛明霞，婢女红莲以身代死，葛明霞逃离虎口。玄宗皇帝与杨玉环逃难至马嵬坡，钟景期与天然前往救驾。得悉葛明霞已死，天然又真诚相爱，钟景期当着玄宗的面向她求婚。逃出虎口的葛明霞与书僮困顿于穷途之中，得天然救助。各路勤王大军杀败安禄山。葛太古得救，玄宗皇帝回朝。为了祭奠死去的葛明霞，葛太古和钟景期于锦香亭设坛拜祭，谁料葛明霞却在此时归来。故事曲折，剧情跌宕起伏，演出声情并茂，丝丝入扣，引人入胜。《锦香亭》由著名导演郭楠任艺术指导，编剧许镇焕、导演郑松明、作曲王庆苏，阵容较为强大，全剧共有30多名演员出场，在舞美设计、服装设计以及灯光器乐、音响投影等方面都结合剧情进行精心创作设计，融入了新的手法。新编潮剧《锦香亭》排了一个多月，花了编创人员和演员们的不少心血。

Personally, my wife and I did not find the show 安禄山兵犯长安 outstanding. I told my wife the show 碧血丹心 which I watched on Friday night was much far better than 安禄山兵犯长安. The show ended at about 10.30 pm. As it was not too late, we decided to go to the backstage again. We managed to meet up with 许碧霞.I introduced my wife to her. We talked to her for about 10 minutes. 许碧霞 also knows 蔡碧霞 and 林嘉. What a small world!