Peking Opera at Shanghai Oriental Art Center· Opera Hal

Dates: (3/15/2012 )

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Shanghai Oriental Art Center· Opera Hal

No.425 Ding Xiang Rd
Shanghai,

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Phone: 4006-466-406 86-21-68541234

Tickets: 420/320/220/120/60 (RMB)

Running Time: 19:15

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Synopsis:

During the spring and autumn period in the Jin state of China, all 300 members of the patriotic Zhao family were ruthlessly massacred at the instigation of their treacherous political rival Tu An Gu. Only one survived-the newborn son of Zhao Dun, husband of the King’s sister, Princess Zhuang Ji.

Zhao’s Orphan is a story about the contrasting values of good and evil, and kindness and cruelty. It is a moving tale of how righteous people risked their lives to save Zhao Dun’s baby son, orphaned before his first month, and of how the physician Cheng Yin and his wife endured not only the excruciating pain of having to sacrifice their own baby son in order to save the Zhao’s orphan, but also shame and humiliation when they were despised by people who misunderstood their actions. After sixteen years, good eventually triumphed over evil when the Zhao’s orphan learnt about the treachery and killed Tu An Gu in revenge and restored Cheng Yin’s honour.

WANG PEIYU, PEKING OPERA ARTIST
"Shanghai Peking Opera House staged the ink painting edition of 'Zhao's Orphan'. I was the producer and acted in the drama. It was quite popular, especially among the younger audience members. They liked the creative way we expressed the Peking Opera."
32-year-old Wang has made it her mission to spread her love of Peking Opera to younger fans.
Wang is famous for playing Lao Sheng, one of the most common male characters in Peking Opera history.
And, by the time she was in her early 20s, she was already considered the best female artist in China, because of her portrayal of the middle-aged character.
In Peking Opera, men often play the cross-dressing role of dan, a general term for female characters, but what is less known is that talented actresses also play the parts of men.
Wang has gained a lot of respect for her gender-bending performances and has used it to try and broaden the appeal of Peking Opera.
She believes that cultivating the next generation of fans is necessary to the art form's survival.

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Wang Peiyu

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