Beijing Opera

[Udany147]

I *think* I get it

*screeeeeeeeeeeeeeech*

[Platschheimer]

Bing Bang Boing!

[AveryushkinJr]

Does anyone know how i can get english transcript of this piece?

[LUXIN1993]

wangbaochuan！最爱的段子之一！lol

[shimsham35]

Wonder how many cats they killed to learn the pitches.

[allanboyanyue]

it seems really beautiful. reminds me of new china educational institute 25 years ago. mr. fang loved beijing opera. everything was based on old and traditional chinese culture and norms, nothing american. New China Educational Institute was entirely Chinese culture-based until 2005, when it started to Americanize itself.

[ajv2014]

One of my favorite theater art forms, hands down. The combination of visuals, sound, and movement is so striking, and the voices are hauntingly beautiful.

[83NewMexico]

@ajv2014 Voices are hauntingly annoying you mean. 

[ajv2014]

@83NewMexico lol

[enzorarara]

what is the story of this play?

[ivansonb]

@MrSigninging You may not appreciate it, but opera has been a hugely significant part of Chinese culture. It is a wonderfully lyric language and these operas, whether uplifting or tragic (often tragic, like a lot of Eastern literature and film), tell a beautiful story. In addition, these grainy videos don't capture the power of a live performance. I suggest caution in your words - your comments reinforce the idea of Westerners as arrogant and ethnocentric.

[ivansonb]

To my knowledge, Li Shengsu is a woman. Traditionally, men played all roles, whether male or female, but in more recent times women have taken on the female roles once given to male actors.

[MademoiselleChopin]

@MrSigninging Whoaaaa. Are you serious? So is he a countertenor or something? And is he playing a girl or a guy? Because I seriously thought he was a girl...playing a girl.

[marcusyuguang]

@MrSigninging

If you really are a musician, you could really easily tell that it isn't just composed of pentatonic scales, it may not be your cup of tea, but for christ's sake try to respect other cultures. Plus, Chinese opera isn't all about music, but also composes of action/fighting scenes, and complicated gestures which symbolise different things

[Fergusforslipknot]

nightmares.

[gaudnorm]

I love this. 

[FierceTrickshotting]

I brush my teeth to this song

[MademoiselleChopin]

Wow, I've never heard traditional Chinese opera before. Her voice sounds more like an instrument than a voice. At first it was kind of unpleasant, because it's much more tight and sort of nasally than Western opera, but I guess people used to this opera would same the same thing about our opera, wouldn't they? :P

[marckykarina]

esos anuncios molestan



[queenlemoness]

I found a new way to torture my kids

[NiteFlame33]

@queenlemoness trololol :D nice.

[hhpasten]

Yesteday I saw a cat just hit by a car. It was pretty much the same.

[poisendarkblood]

>-<

[Mamemitsu1]

where do you find this? it is so pretty! i need to have english subtitles because my love for the opera does not mean i know what the hell is being said! good job, thanks for posting!

[MARIOFREAK821]

Peking Opera? More like Peking Duck Opera, because she sounds like she's fucking quacking the whole time.

[2dayBlue]

Extraodinary! I love the makeup especially!

[pennyandhistoy]

can't they use a stand to hold that fking sign?

[Chichiri520]

Very beautiful! I love Beijing Opera! The subtitles really help too :) I hope to see more ^_^

[Aifsaath]

I will never get how is it possible to sing in Chinese so the listeners would understand the words. -.-

[MyNameIsEarl1066]

thats 1:30 minutes of my life, not to mention 2 ear drums, I'll never get back...

[leon6266]

its time to sleep...what the fuk

[dualcats7]

ALiens... They ARe ALiens....

[leon6266]

@dualcats7 lolzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[danj1701d]

PETA should investigate to find out who was strangling a cat!  yeeech!

[leon6266]

@danj1701d hahahhaha thats funny what u wrote lol

[abakusek]

@danj1701d PETA already investigated it and they later came up with a new motto: " I'd rather go naked than visit beijing opera!" xD

[tisalew]

thanks 4 the subs!

[GlassTears8]

The Monkey King came to my school today and taught us some of these things..... I am officially in love with Beijing Opera now :)

[unclealand]

Well, of course, you really need hear Callas do this role.

[xatomicsmilex]

<3

this is magnificient!~

[boss6tg]

GREAT TRANSLATION. GREETINGS FROM BEIJING, CHINA.

[Dan557788]

Beijing Opera is one of the greatest art forms on Earth

[0casteloencantado0]

eighteen years is a long time.

does anyone know how much does a ticket to the beijing opera cost?

[NikkiSavella]

Thank you for the translation newtutube. :D

[hyslekens]

wo ai ni

[Jiyuu89]

This is Farewell My Concubine right?

[newtututube]

@Jiyuu89

This isn't Farewell My Concubine. This is Da Deng Dian.

[Jiyuu89]

@newtututube Okey dokey :-)

[sanasorilor]

question: are europeans allowed to study this kind of opera?

[Jiyuu89]

@sanasorilor Of course.

[sanasorilor]

question: are europeans allowed to study this kind of opera?

[samueldejon]

@sanasorilor maybe yes,maybe no.

[titatus08]

Me fascina la opera china!

[animefreakdk97]

uhwhat? were the embedded translations accurate? it sounds pretty but i dont understand what it is saying...

[newtututube]

@animefreakdk97

It's accurate.

[VimalaNowlis]

@animefreakdk97 Yes, the translation is accurate. The abandond 1st wife meeting and greeting the 2nd wife. The husband was a Chinese general captured by the Liang and married one of their princesses and stayed for 18 years. The faithful 1st wife became a famous Chinese heroine.

[draio666]

wow....sad

[Qcumber]

The imbedded translation is very useful. Thanks a lot.

[newtututube]

@Qcumber

you're welcome.

[Exodus00603]

this is beautiful and very traditional

i noticed it is the opposite of western opera, she keeps her mouth very tight and sound very "eeeee" when western sounds, more "O"

[reggieobster]

@Exodus00603

it is becoz one of the main factors of chinese art form is to keep graceful & gentle. It is considered well-bred to keep reserved manners.

[moni2415]

Thank you so much for the translation! I could learn Chinese only for Beijing opera. If I had time. :(

[newtututube]

@moni2415

you're welcome. I'm glad that it will help you.

I'll upload more Beijing opera with translation in future...

[moni2415]

That would be great. :) Finally, I bought one DVD with subtitles in English but it's Kunqu (The Peony Pavillion Young Lovers Edition) but I can't find any DVDs of Beijing operas with subtitles in English. :(

[NiteFlame33]

@moni2415 everyone has time. just expand it

[brasiliennr1]

so cool!

[MpLMx]

What a beautiful woman...

[TangTiantian1990]

haha, most of the time, it's a male~~~~

[newtututube]

@TangTiantian1990

It was decades ago.

Nowadays mostly it's female.

[emptyna]

王宝川实在是太倒霉了．．　怀疑是待战弄死她的．．要不然怎么十八天就死了．．．．

[On1y1Ch1na]

i think im in love with chinese opera. whether its suzhou opera or beijing opera. theres just so much art, culture, and expression in it. i never knew this day would come, the day when i actually want to listen and watch chinese opera.

[laughsky06]

should be PEKING OPERA

[n0thingness]

it depends just on how you romanize it

[ReikoYubikiri]

No it shouldn't. In fact, Beijing people don't like this way of naming their town. It is "Beijing" -we the Europeans, though, just don't write the tones of the pinyin, that's all.

[pepeyjack]

@laughsky06 Peking is the name of the city according to Chinese Postal Map Romanization, and the traditional customary name for Beijing in English. The term Peking originated with French missionaries four hundred years ago and corresponds to an older pronunciation predating a subsequent sound change in Mandarin.

[elcamaleon1]

I agree, and especially since the sound change is still ongoing we shouldn't change the romanization of the city name. In 50-100 years it may just be wei3jing (no first tone on the second syllable, and changes according to present-day changes).

The Mandarin dialect of Chinese has changed so much from the original that Classical Chinese is next to incomprehensible for normal native speakers.

[elcamaleon1]

For example, 亦, 弈, 意, 易, 異, 疫, 益, 義, 翌, 藝, and 邑 are all [î] in Standard Mandarin, but one reconstructed form of their pronunciations in Confucius's time is /lhiak/, /liak/, /ʔǝh/, /leh/, /Łǝh/, /wek/, /ʔek/, /ŋajh/, /Łǝk/, /ŋeć/, and /ʔǝp/ respectively.

[ydwk]

thanks or translation

[newtututube]

you're welcome. enjoy beijing opera.

[mflulder1013]

very good !