Chinese Kunqu Opera in movie Farewell My Concubine

Cast by Leslie Cheung 張國榮

Category:

Music

Tags:

• China
• Chinese
• Opera
• Kunqu
• opera
• culture
• 张国荣
• 張國榮
• 昆曲
• 戲劇
• 戏剧
• 戏曲

[PurpleRanger33]

I've seen the VCD of this movie in a shop before. Do you recommend buying this movie?

[zjlzz]

I recommend you buy it on joyo，please check your message i sent you the link.

[normalsoverrated]

This is so beautiful...

[380886]

柏林电影节落幕 《梅兰芳》空手而归 2月14日,鉴于同样题材更高水准的《霸王别姬》在戛纳电影节上­折桂，因此，让柏林电影节跟风戛纳，可谓难上加难。再加上演员的­表现并不出色，表演奖项也无法染指，整体的竞争力自然大打折扣。­

[otacs2]

Only the sun is still the same...

[wildkeny]

@jinilover and because kunqu was originated from kunshan, a city in jiangnan (jiang means yangtze river, nan means southern) area, it was influenced by wu-chinese pronunciation (wu-chinese is the native language of jiangnan, one of the most widely used unofficial languages in the world).

[wildkeny]

@jinilover although peiking opera was derived from kunqu several hundred yrs ago, they do have some apparent differences. kunqu is thought to be more elegant and classic since typically it is really slow (so that it has been called as "water tune"), using bamboo flute as its main instrument, and the content of it is more literary and poetic. peiking opera was sort of like pop music at that time, since kunqu was too poetic, too literary that most low-mid class people could not understand.

[jinilover]

as layman, i can't tell the difference between beijing opera and kunqu (probably a higher pitch), but isn't it true that a good beijing opera singer may not be good as singing kunqu as well?

[skubdeliou]

Thankyou for sharing, the movie is as good as the book and I like Kunqu

[SGarden7]

或許是外行的評論，不過我和友人都覺得裡面的身段唱段比近年的梅­蘭芳一片裡勝了好幾籌