A Chinese Peking Opera !

[alekx58]

bestimmt teuer die eintrittskarten das kann nur das beste sein was die welt je gesehen hat

[alekx58]

chun wu kuang shi tien chien shi

[alekx58]

jiu gai ting she bu lia khan nao chi dao ih kan jiu kong tai li shu su scheng xin tao man wang shui yin jian ching chi hai ming yin schin

[alekx58]

ting lao hzsien neh schou lao hzsien

[condorX2]

smooth and entertaining

[MrSalamander7]

This is awesome! It sounds like Grindcore music.

[mikawa1205]

中間有段歌舞伎的是怎麼回事？

還是什麼中日合作的劇碼？

2：22~2：24，Is not Peking Opera.

[gorgonite08]

baduy

[bortomatcha]

Monkey King's Chinese Peking Opera is skill very great mind and body

[MpLMx]

Absolutely fantastic performance...

[Qcumber]

Did you notice the short passage with Japanese-style music (flute and drums)? Where was this version performed?

[iysum]

It is wired. You meant at 2:30, right? That is obviously Kabuki music. The uploader must mixed the sound. This is a very tradictional piece of Peking operat, should never have Kabuki music in it.

[Qcumber]

Yes, the Kabuki-style scene runs from 2:23 to 2:44. Not only is the music the Kabuki rendition of Noh music (violent spirit's dance), but the choreography and the spirit's costume are borrowed from Kabuki, too. The dais is also reminiscent of the lower dais used in such Kabuki dances. It is obvious this performance of the Monkey King is an experimental one.

Besides, I noticed that the Monkey King's part in this act is played by two actors, the second relaying the first.

[iysum]

"I noticed that the Monkey King's part in this act is played by two actors, the second relaying the first"

When?

[Qcumber]

For instance at 1:38

[iysum]

Character in 1:38 is not monkey king; it is an enemy that the monkey king is fighting against.

[Qcumber]

Oh! Thanks for the info.

[bortomatcha]

great move

[baikabaga]

my eyes are welling up here. so much passion. and they work so hard to achieve it. they start training at childhood and it becomes their life after that. amazing.

[insertafeckingname]

it looks more like a circus than an opera...

[Qcumber]

Chinese drama has speech, aria, song, mimicry, dance and acrobatics. It's more complete than our Western drama, isn't it?

[yastunt]

Excellent Opera stunts!

[Cmohammed3atef]

amazing power body and mind

[Marimylonopoulou]

It is superb!

[Cmohammed3atef]

nice play mythology china incorruptible

[Neonrommel]

absolutely amazing!

=]

[zodiak121]

this is juorney to the west right

[JamesSchirmer]

For future making of Chinese Xiju videos I'd liek to know if anyone else agrees with using Xiju (theatrical performance), in place of opera. I say this because opera is an artform developed in the west and Chinese theatre was not inspired by opera but was developed in different areas of China. Instead of BeiJing opera, use Jingju. What are people's opinions on that topic?

[AndresInChristus]

What you can do best.

[dedclownsRfunny]

Pssht. I could see the wires ;)

[bajubner]

There are no wires. That's why this is so amazing.

[dedclownsRfunny]

I see sarcasm isn't popular wherever it is you're from ;)

[bajubner]

You can't SEE sarcasm, how was I supposed to know.

[dedclownsRfunny]

Over the internet the winky face ie. ;) or ;-) is widely understood to be an indication of sarcasm, or at least potential for sarcasm.

That wasn't sarcastic by the way :)

[24NerF]

you're a funny guy ;)

[PicklesForEveryone]

you can tell by the little winking smiley face

---> ;)

[2003JL]

do they have peking opera training in the states?

[tomgeorge1313]

simply great............

Tom George

Florida International University

USA

[2003JL]

do they have opera schools in the us?

[AmandyZhao]

yes.. Check with city of college in SF..

[yvonneluk]

I believe my chinese opera teacher, Zhu chu shan is the director of this play. He graduated from the Shanghai Chinese Opera school. He currently lives in the US.

[BignRichfan]

what does peking opera mean?

[mm9562]

What does broadway mean, stupid?

[fearlesshyena872]

Is this the seven little fortunes?

[sevenstarfist777]

insane almost like wushu

[prozak4mac]

cave of the silken web

[marienwuermchen]

I love every sort of peking opera...

[ZanshinStudios]

very nice performance!