“小茅威濤”蔡浙飛

玫玫

一出戲開演前，最熱鬧的莫過于后臺。

2016年12月19日，位于杭州教工路的浙江小百花越劇團九五劇場的后臺，狹窄的過道塞滿了一排排的戲服道具，每一個畫著柳葉眉的姑娘像跑接力賽一樣來回穿梭。在這個中國最著名的女子越劇團，有美麗的花旦，更有英俊的小生。

演出的“男一號”蔡浙飛正氣定神閑地坐在二號化妝間的化妝臺前，外賣打包的面條早就糊成了一團，可是她還是沒有空吃上一口。這場演出，是蔡浙飛作為第一批省屬舞臺藝術拔尖人才培養項目的成果匯報演出——《吳越王》的展演。對于1993年就進入浙江小百花越劇團工作的蔡浙飛來說，這個專場，是總結，也是新的起點。

“小茅威濤”與“小百花”的因緣際會

時間回放到20多年前，蔡浙飛還在新昌調腔劇團，演的是大靠的武生。但因為喜歡越劇，曾學過一年。而一次匯演，蔡浙飛的命運被徹底改變——“當時我的扮相被文化廳的領導發現，怎么這么像茅老師。”

那時茅威濤已經紅遍整個越劇界，蔡浙飛也經常在廣播和磁帶里聽她的唱段，“只是從沒想過我會和她像。”那一年，才18周歲的蔡浙飛加入了她向往已久的浙江小百花越劇團，一干就是20多年。“有時候茅老師都分不清我和她，一次她在看我們團里貼出來的演出照片，也恍惚地問我，怎么不記得有這一站的演出，后來才發現原來照片中的人是我。”

因演唱流派和舞臺扮相酷似茅威濤，蔡浙飛也被戲迷親切稱為“小茅威濤”。原生代版《西廂記》封箱之后，張生的接力棒，就傳到了蔡浙飛手里。而《西廂記》，也讓蔡浙飛在越劇舞臺一舉成名。1994年在中國越劇節的舞臺上上，蔡浙飛和顏恝一起搭檔出演《西廂記》。“當時茅老師因為要主持，就由我來表演，她來配唱，沒想到大家一下子關注到我。”

不過茅威濤一開始卻對蔡浙飛“非常像她”這一點很反感。“我擔心她有依賴性，一輩子大樹底下好乘涼了。沒想到她是一個特別樸實的演員，該跑龍套就跑龍套，該下鄉就下鄉演出，時至今日，她還是樸素得像剛來杭州的那個新昌小鎮姑娘。”茅威濤評價說。

為《吳越王》一改小生戲路，苦練話劇念白

《吳越王》的演出后臺，蔡浙飛一直安靜地坐著。貼鬢角戴頭套對于戲曲演員來說，絕對是一項“酷刑”——為了防止頭套掉下來，綁頭套的繩子一般會緊緊地把眉毛都吊高，最后鬢角部分再用膠水粘上。卸妝時，如果不注意，撕拉一下，疼得不行。“這次還算好的。有段時間我們演清宮戲《步步驚心》，我的鬢角都被剃掉了，丑得不行。”蔡浙飛淡淡地說。

一般戲曲演員的個人專場，都是用幾個折子戲來配，而蔡浙飛這次，卻是真真正正演一場為她量身打造的大戲，并且還是2015國家藝術基金資助項目。只是當初看到《吳越王》的本子，蔡浙飛的第一反應竟然是拒絕。“以前演的都是俊秀的小生，這次的吳越王，不僅要演孩子的爹，而且年齡跨度要到四五十歲了，對于我來說挑戰太大。”

更令蔡浙飛頭疼的是，導演郭小男要求大家去掉傳統越劇的腔調，用話劇的念白去念。“我的聲音太清脆了，一點也不沉穩。”蔡浙飛說，那段時間整夜整夜地睡不著，甚至在年初時，給茅威濤發了一條長長的微信，要退出《吳越王》。面對學生的不自信，茅威濤并沒有安慰她，而是甩出狠狠的告誡：“如果你退出，你的藝術生涯就徹底終止了，因為你放棄了自己！”

后來同時在排的《寇流蘭與杜麗娘》，邵燕因為椎間盤突出，寇流蘭的死敵奧菲迪烏斯臨時讓蔡浙飛頂替。這次的表演讓她漸漸找回了自信。“于是我看了大量話劇和電視劇的視頻，借鑒真正中年男演員的念白，終于找到了當國王的感覺。”

（本文攝影 姜勝利）

New Yueju Opera Star Shines

By Mei Mei

Cai Zhefei， a Yueju Opera artist， has eventually become a big star of the opera that originated in eastern Zhejiang over one hundred years ago and now is the second biggest opera genre after Peking Opera. Her career as a Yueju Opera artist started in 1993 at the age of 18.

Back then she was a young martial art artist at Xinchang Diaoqiang Opera Troupe. She appeared on the stage as a warrior dressed up with small and colorful flags over her shoulders. She had taken a one-year course for Yueju Opera performance. She did not know her life was to change forever. Someone with the provinces cultural authorities spotted her exact resemblance with Mao Weitao， the best woman who acts as a man in Yueju Opera plays. Nobody had ever noticed the lookalike before. Cai Zhefei was astonished to learn that she looked like Mao Weitao on the stage.

Mao Weitao herself sometimes gets confused by the resemblance. One day she was looking at some photos taken during the troupes road show across the province. Mao saw herself in some photos and wondered why she didnt have any memory of the road show. Later Mao found that it was Cai Zhefei in these photos.

The leaders who favored Cai Zhefei had their reasons. Mao Weitao is a huge success and a legend of Yueju Opera. For many with the cultural authorities and the troupe administration， Cai Zhefei could be another Mao Weitao. So they got her into Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yueju Opera Troupe and trained her as a future star.

Mao Weitao didnt like the idea at first. She dreaded that the young artist would take the appearance for granted and ignore hard work and dedication. Her misgivings evaporated eventually. Cai Zhefei works hard and she doesnt have any arrogance about the big star status. She does her assignments diligently. Mao finds the young artist as honest and simple as she was on the first day she came from Xinchang.

In 1994， Cai Zhefei made her name overnight at China Yueju Opera Festival. She and Yan Jia appeared in a new edition of one of the best plays among the Yueju Opera repertoire. Audiences wowed at her appearance and performance. Fans find her endearing and consider her as Mao Weitao junior.

Over years， Cai Zhefei has grown up as an artist. She is now a key player of the troupe.

On December 19， 2016， she appeared as the lead man in in Hangzhou. The Yueju Opera play was part of a big show designed to let the market see how young opera talents across the province had grown up. The provinces project for cultivating young opera talents has been going on for years.

was a big challenge to Cai. Her first reaction after reading the script in 2015 was impossible. She didnt want the role. The play tells the story of the king over a period of four decades. She was to appear as a middle-aged man and a father of children in the play. Moreover， all the lines must be spoken in mandarin as if in a drama， as demanded by Director Guo Xiaonan. She didnt have the confidence in her voice， which is too young and unsteady for the role. She worried so much that she lost sleep for many nights. She texted her lack of confidence to Mao Weitao and asked to back out of the cast. Mao replied that backing out meant giving up and giving up meant the end of her career.

Cai worked hard by watching the videos of dramas and television series. Eventually she found a way to sound like a middle-aged man on the stage. Through this artistic ordeal， Cai has come to understand the career is her own and suffering for art is her destiny no matter whether she looks like someone else.