【昆曲】《牡丹亭• 惊梦》单雯 Kunqu Opera -- " The Peony Pavilion • Broken Dream "

[igrung]

the most beautiful drama in the world, it has more than 600 hundred years already, the lyrics are not the lyrics like western drama, it is actually Chinese poems. the players are singing poems in the play, rhyme, sensible, elegant and fantastic.

[xiaodongzili]

有些洋人果然蛮夷到一定程度，他们的呆滞的脑子根本不懂得什么叫­美。

[igrung]

@xiaodongzili 先生说的太过偏激了 洋人不是不懂美 而是不懂得精致 高雅的美 西方文化是庸俗文化 就像他们把宗教搞的让每个老百姓都能接受一样 但是中国的宗教不一样 缺乏修养 没有受过教育的人是根本入不了宗教门槛的 简单而言 西方是粗且庸的美 而中国是精与雅的美 方向不同 天壤之别

[xiaodongzili]

@igrung 您说的对，我只是看到他不分青红皂白就来诋毁才愤怒的。他说每个­音都“不准，跑调”，殊不知我们中国传统音乐根本不是用的平均率­，怎么能用他们的率制来评判其他民族的音乐呢？

[xzhuucsc]

@xiaodongzili 老兄，你指望洋人领略这种含蓄且不失风韵的东方女性美，就和指望­猴子读懂唐诗一样，太不现实了～

[2xtrbo]

Every single note off key. Horrible.

[xiaodongzili]

@2xtrbo You pity "Well Tempered" tuning system creature.

[2xtrbo]

@xiaodongzili it is remixed by wavestrikeIDM if you go to his Youtube and look for Frozen Cedars.

[Nat6991991]

is a female singer

[cmrodomal]

Please, is a male or female singer? Very very beautifull!

[reggieobster]

@cmrodomal It is played by a lady. FYI -- As other Chinese Operas, Kunqu Opera was played by male actors when it originally appeared. However, it was not a very long time before females could play a real role. Now almost all the female rolls of modern version of Kunqu are played by female actress, unless in some fare specific conditions (very ancient original version)

[cmrodomal]

@reggieobster tks so much for share your knowledge... :)

[cmrodomal]

@reggieobster Thank you very much for answer my question. Very beautifull culture.

[FranticGrass]

@cmrodomal Kunqu's beauty is not only at its melody,costume and steps. It has great narrations and its lyric is just a poem, because it was not make by folks; at ancient time, Kunqu's lyric, was all made by real poets. Unfortunately, that is also part of the reason why it is not popular nowadays, because modern people don't understand ancient poem well.

[FranticGrass]

@reggieobster

hmm.... in A Dream of Red Mansions, female roles were played by female actors-- that was at least 4-hundred years ago......; In most cases, if the troupe was owned by private mansion and not played in public, actors are mainly females who played both male and female roles--- actually in ancient time, private troupe was the most popular form ....

[gaosalome1]

酥掉了：）

[patrickfang228]

@gaosalome1 沒錯～真的是酥掉了!!

[zoegrowing]

牡丹亭啊～～我最爱的昆曲，倒不如说正是因为有牡丹亭我才爱昆曲­吧～比京剧更缠绵撩人欲说还休。

[MrLasombra115]

比起杨妃，单雯果然更适合演杜丽娘

[theconnectercord]

In some parts she sounds like Lois from family guy :D



[oolight]

美得不得了。娇艳，温柔，多情，古雅，欲说还休的美。Timel­ess. 我觉得苏昆才是最适合这《牡丹亭》的。杜丽娘应该就是这样的吧！­！呓呓哎哎的吟哦，我的心都要化了。

[bitianfengchui1961]

shanwen will be my friend's wife.

[adrianokemos]

@bitianfengchui1961 Really? Gratz!

[bitianfengchui1961]

@adrianokemos 

of course 100%sure. because i will join the wedding.her boy friend also an artist, play the tradition instrument Guqin.

[coCoRaWk]

Beautiful just BEAUTIFUL now i wanna go to the Chinese opera house!

[square4869]

her lips were emphasized in this make up because it's her advantage

[helen19416]

這就是湯顯祖筆下的活生生的杜麗娘,每一個男孩想要的,每一個女­孩想變的模樣！



[ymey2717]

哎~看熟梅蘭芳的，就可以發覺她有幾個段落的音接得不夠順！尤其­是身段上的部分.余少群演的梅蘭芳,都比她強太多了！



[qcqy828]

@ymey2717 这是苏昆，和京剧唱腔以及表达方式都不一样，梅兰芳倒也唱昆曲的­，但是味道各有不同罢了。我超爱单雯，曲曲折折，宛宛转转，唱尽­韵味与风情。

[Chichiri520]

What is the Peony Pavilion about? I've been hooked on Chinese Opera now.

[freefleabane]

@Chichiri520

The plot is quite complicated. For whatever reasons, I can't share the link. You can read the detailed plot on wikipeida (type the peony pavillion).

The basics of the story is about:

 this girl who fell in love with a man in her dreams, but she died shortly after.

A couple years later, her lover (from dreams) found her in reality, and managed to bring her back to life.

However, they were struggling with their relationships due to several reasons.

[freefleabane]

@Chichiri520

I mean wikipedia.

[gnehzeey]

so beautiful! melted my heart!

[MoctezumaBlood]

im in love with this opera... just i want to know ....she does her own makeup?

and the characters are "playing" be guys only? (it doesnt matter for me really...just i want to know...)

[reggieobster]

@MoctezumaBlood

Nope, the actress's makeup is done by professional makeup artists. The process is very complicated. The characters are women in this show. In some special shows the rolls are played by men. This is different with japanese opera, whose central chatacters are mainly played by men.

[MoctezumaBlood]

@reggieobster oh thanks a lot (:

i saw a photo on National Geographic, the actors makeup themselves... well, i will look for more chinese opera, thanks (:

[countrymusic12344]

TANX!

Very beutifull and fantstisc music and song !

withe love from Armenia

[kristinsee]

单雯这段唱得很不错！

[liucarlgm]

好个娇滴滴嗲媚媚美妍妍的女娇娥！

[konkaywa]

Magnificent.

[reggieobster]

@konkaywa

yes, the kunqu opera is really graceful.