Kunqu Opera -- Peony Pavilion 昆曲 牡丹亭 (华文漪 岳美缇)

[iysum]

People out of China dont know the performers, the legendary Kun Opera partners HuWenYi(华文漪) & YueMeiTi(岳美缇). This interpretation came out in 1980s. Shockingly successful, it was regarded as one of the best interpretations of 牡丹亭.驚夢 ever. HuaWenYi lived in US btw 1990-2000;she was the guest lecturer in Yale, Princeton & Columbia East Asia Studies. She received NEA National Heritage Fellowships in 1990s for her outstanding artistic achievement.

[iysum]

Watching it again and again. This is still be the best interpretation of 牡丹亭.驚夢 ever.  Love them. You simply cannot find such a comaprable pair for this any more.

[iysum]

And read the PG13 version wording. 1980s was really an age of innocence

[iysum]

华文漪 and 岳美缇 are perfect partner. Love them.

[huoleifengbrian]

dude, kunqu is fuckin' awesome when you're smokin' weed.

[cacalacapoo]

Kunqu is awesome, without the weed...

[colorwolf8888]

Thank you for sharing

[gokhiuhay]

the lyrics are pretty explicit by the classical Chinese literary standards. I watched in last night at some experimental theatre where this excerpt was shown in full traditional costumes and sounds - the singers were flwon in from Nanjing especially for this show. marvellous.

[Directionhome]

L'image est un peu pourrie mais le son est bon et les voix sont formidables. Merci.

[klss]

Very enjoyable!

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[reverdie]

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(合）是那处曾相见，相看俨然，早难道好处相逢无一言？

[tictacqq]

呵呵。。。。真的ei，好色。。。。

要是真这么唱多让人春心荡漾。

[shautora]

wuts a revise? ?_?

[reverdie]

oh, it was performed in the 80s, a puritan age. the erotic lines got changed. the action on stage also got changed and became "correct". but i love it nontheless. (it is a bit shocking how erotic this scene really is. it is supposed to stand for love-making.)

[shautora]

so then by "revises" they mean "content revisions". i can c that. i think its a good opera either way tho^^

[reverdie]

It's bowdlerized, but you are being too harsh. The performance is still very good.

[mydovegetwell]

the revises are ugly and disappointing.