DIRECTORIAL CREATIVITY IN THE STAGE PRODUCTION OF QU BO'S TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN BY STRATEGY

Music is an ancient art form in Nigeria and across the world generally, from the remote ages to the modern age we are in presently and it has greatly flourished. This study examines the process of actualization of this performance via directorial creativity for the purpose of achieving a smooth and enjoyable production of the Peking Opera Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy which I will be giving the acronym (TTMBS) for easy writing and reading experience. This study will be exposing its readers to the importance of music as an accompaniment in any performance especially in an opera theatre performance, the study is also meant to serve as a reminder for every theatre practitioner and the general public as a whole. This work will be approached through the participant observation method which gives room for the researcher to be able to experience gained from his general involvement in the performance, and also the analytical method in which we would be examining the multi genres of music that were used in the actualization of this western opera by the musicologist through adaptation. From the discoveries in this study, it is evident that more attention needs to be given to the use of music as an accompaniment in any theatrical performance most especially in an operatic performance, it importance, inseparability and essentiality to making any theatre performance lively and clear to the audience because it is the soul of any performance in which other elements in theatre like drama and dance rests on for easy implementation. This study concludes that Asian and African music genres are very important in the music world as we see a conglomeration of the Asian cultural elements with actors with African indigenes. Musicologists should also be aware that these different genres play a very important role in the use of music as an accompaniment in any theatre performance and in an operatic performance in particular. We recommend various theatre practitioners to do more research on different genres of music both old and the new ones as they are very instrumental to our musicianship and should also take every elements or aspects of the theatre very serious, so as to achieve success in any theatre production.