Frontiers in Art Research, 2025, 7(5); doi: 10.25236/FAR.2025.070516.
Yanlin Chen
School of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
Teochew opera is one of the top ten operas in China and the representative of local operas and local culture in eastern Guangdong Province. Its performance and music have distinctive regional ethnic characteristics. In the performing arts of Teochew opera, there is a saying that "seven partners and three singers", which reflects that band accompaniment is particularly important in Teochew opera performance. Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, the accompaniment instrument group of Teochew opera has also experienced continuous improvement and perfection. In particular, the addition of cello has made up for the limitations of the performance of ethnic instruments, widened the space of accompaniment music, improved the artistic level of Teochew opera art, made it more expressive, and has a wider audience, providing certain conditions for Teochew opera to gradually move towards prosperity. Therefore, from the perspective of performance effect, inheritance and innovation, the addition of cello is an important step to improve the art of Teochew opera, and is also an important measure to improve and integrate under the background of globalization, and realize the dialectical unity of ethnic cultural inheritance and innovation.
Teochew Opera, Cello, Teochew Opera Band
Yanlin Chen. The Application and Exploration of Cello in Teochew Opera Accompaniment—Based on the Dual Perspective of Historical Evolution and Artistic Innovation. Frontiers in Art Research (2025), Vol. 7, Issue 5: 103-107. https://doi.org/10.25236/FAR.2025.070516.
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