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Cantonese opera
opera genre
Yaɣ sheliChinese opera Mali niŋ
Tingbani shɛli din yinaChina Mali niŋ
Intangible cultural heritage statusRepresentative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Mali niŋ
Described at URLhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00203, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00203, https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00203 Mali niŋ
Cantonese opera
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Tɛmplet:Cantonese culture Cantonese opera nyɛla Chinese opera nima pubu puuni yini, ka di pili southern China Guangdong tiŋgbani yaɣili. Di nyɛla din mali yuli Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macau n-ti pahi Chinese tiŋ'si din be Southeast Asia. Kamani Chinese opera yaɣa zaa, di nyɛla Chinese kali tuma balishɛli, ka niŋdi ni binkumda, yila, "martial arts", "acrobatics", n-ti pahi kpɛrigu kpɛribu.

Nangbankpeeni beni zaŋ chaŋ Cantonese opera ni pili luɣ'shɛli, amaa sokam saɣiti ni opera daa yila northern China yaɣili na ka naan yi ti kpe Guangdong south polo 13th century bahigu ha, Southern Song dynasty naabu ni ha. 12th century ni, shɛli daa beni ka bɛ booni li Nanxi bee "Southern drama", ka bɛ daa dɛmdi li Hangzhou tiyaata nima ni, din daa na nyɛ Southern Song tiŋ'zuɣu lala saha ŋɔ. Mongol linjimanima ni daa kpe ni, Emperor Gong din be Song dynasty daa kɔŋ la Song ninvuɣi tuhi kɔbisi ban daa yi n labi Guangdong yuuni 1276. Bɛ ni shɛba n daa nyɛ Nanxi deendɛmdiba ban daa yina Zhejiang, ban daa ʒi Nanxi n chaŋ Guangdong ka sɔŋ lɛbigi opera nima din niŋdi zuŋɔ ŋɔ, kamani Tai Nui Fa din daa pili Ming Dynasty ni The Purple Hairpin din daa pili Yuan Dynasty, ka di sabbu nima mini di yɛltɔɣa nyɛ Cantonese. Zaŋ kana 20th century paɣaba ni daa tumdi shɛli zaa daa lɛbila dobba tuma.

 
Hand coloured photo of a Cantonese Opera Male Dan performer as Hau Mulan in 1927, Hong Kong

Notable people

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Major Cantonese Opera artists

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Ban dɛmdi Cantonese Opera (Steeji) yiliyiiniba[1] shɛba n-nyɛ:

English Name Chinese Notes
Bak Sheut Sin 白雪仙
Wong Chin Sui[2] 黃千歲 HKMDB
Mak Bing-wing 麥炳榮 [3][4] [5]
Sun Ma Sze Tsang 新馬師曾
Kwan Tak Hing 關德興
Luo Pinchao 羅品超
Chan Kam-Tong 陳錦棠(武狀元) [6][7][8]
Yam Bing-yee 任冰兒[9]
(二幫王)
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Lee Heung Kam 李香琴
Lam Kar Sing 林家聲(薛腔) [11]
Ho Fei FanIMDb 何非凡(凡腔) [12]
Tang Bik-wan 鄧碧雲(萬能旦后)
Leung Sing Poh 梁醒波(丑生王)
Lang Chi Bak[13][14] 靚次伯(武生王) [15]
Tam Lan-Hing 譚蘭卿(丑旦) [16][17][18]
Au Yeung KimIMDb 歐陽儉 [19]

Siyaasa ni daabiligu yɛltɔɣa nyɛla din zaŋ muɣisigu na Cantonese Opera din be Hong Kong ni. 1960s piligu ni, ninvuɣi yino ŋun daa niŋdi ʒingama daabiligu daa mɛla lala duu ŋɔ ni niriba tooi dɛmdi ni , lala n lahi nyɛli (zaŋ ku bukaata ni) zaŋ na hali ni zuŋɔ Yau Ma Tei Theatre ni, luɣ'shɛli ban na bɔhindi yila ni yan tooi deei baŋsim din yɛn dɛm steeji zuɣu. Ban daa paɣi neei bɛ suhuri ka lihiri lala Amusement Park Theatre ŋɔ zuɣu daa nyɛla veteran deendɛmda Chan Kam Tong [zh] mini o paɣa ni ban pahi pahi.

English Name Chinese Notes
Man Chin Sui* 文千歲
Yuen Siu Fai* 阮兆輝 [20]
Wong Chiu Kwan* 王超群 [21]
Yan Fei Yin* 尹飛燕 [22]
Ng May Ying* 吴美英 [23][24]
Nan Feng* 南凤 [25]
Law Kar-ying* 羅家英 [26]
Leung Hon-wai* 梁漢威

Toondaan paɣaba

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Yuya din doli ŋɔ na nyɛla Cantonese opera deendɛmdiba ban nyɛ paɣaba ka bɛ mi ka bɛ tumdi paɣaba tuma (Chinese: 文武全才旦后):

Actress Name Chinese Notes
Fung Wong-Nui 鳳凰女 Started performing Cantonese opera at age 13.[27][28]
Law Yim-hing 羅艷卿 Started training on Cantonese opera at age 10.[28]
Yu Lai-Zhen 余麗珍 Started performing Cantonese opera at age 16.

[28] hkmdb

Ng Kwun Lai 吳君麗 [28][29]
Chan Ho-Kau 陳好逑 [28]
Chan Yim Nung 陳艷儂 IMDb HKMDB

Female Vocal Styles

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Yuya din doli ŋɔ na nyɛla Cantonese opera deendɛmdiba ban nyɛ paɣaba ka niŋdi bɛ kukoya(著名旦腔):

Actress Name Chinese Notes
Sheung Hoi-Mui 上海妹(妹腔) IMDb, HKMDB
Lee Suet-Fong 李雪芳(祭塔腔) IMDb

HKMDB [30]

Hung Sin Nui 紅線女(紅腔)
Fong Yim Fun 芳艷芬(芳腔) Fong-style or the Fong tone.[31][32][33] HKMDB
Lee Bo-Ying 李寶瑩(芳腔) [34]IMDb HKMDB

The Male Leads

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Yuya ŋɔ nyɛla Cantonese opera deendɛmdiba ban nyɛ paɣaba ka bɛ yuya du dunia zaa ka bɛ yiini yila ka tooi tumdi dobba tuma. Bɛ yino kam niŋ la yuun gbaliŋ steeji zuɣu, ka tooi wumsi niriba o maŋmaŋa.(著名女文武生): [35]

Actress Name Chinese Notes
Yam Kim Fai 任劍輝(任腔) Last on stage in 1969.(40 years)
Loong Kim Sang 龍劍笙(任腔) First time on stage in 1961.(60 years)
Koi Ming Fai 蓋鳴暉 Finished training in 1980s. (30 years)
Lau Wai Ming 劉惠鳴 Finished training in 1980s. (30 years)
Cecelia Lee Fung-Sing 李鳳聲 Not notable[36][37][38]

Great Male Vocals

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Din bɔŋɔ nyɛla Cantonese opera paɣaba ban yiini yila ka sokam mi ba "Four Great Male Vocals" (平喉四大天王):

Actress Name Chinese Notes
Tsuih Lau Seen 徐柳仙(仙腔) [39]IMDb HKMDB
Siu Meng Sing 小明星(星腔) [39][40]IMDb HKMDB
Cheung Yuet Yee 張月兒 [39]IMDb HKMDB
Cheung Waih Fong 張惠芳 [39]

Four Super Stars

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Di bɔŋɔ nyɛla Cantonese opera deendɛmdi shɛba bɛ ni booni "Four Super Stars" (四大天王):

Actor Name Chinese
Sit Gok SinIMDb1IMDb2 薛覺先(薛腔)HKMDB
Ma Sze TsangIMDb1IMDb2 馬師曾HKMDB
Kwai Ming YeungIMDb 桂名揚HKMDB[41][42]
Bak Yuk TongIMDb1IMDb2 白玉堂HKMDB

Four Super Clowns

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Din bɔŋɔ nyɛla Cantonese opera deendɛmdiba ban nyɛ dobba ka bɛ booni ba "Four Super Clowns" (Cau) (四大名丑):

Actor Name Chinese
Boon Yat OnIMDb 半日安HKMDB
Lee Hoi-Chuen 李海泉
Liu Hap WaiIMDb 廖俠懷HKMDB
Ye FunuoIMDb 葉弗弱HKMDB
 
Fong Yim Fun performing outside the realm of Cantonese opera in 1953

Lihi pahi

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Kundivihira

  1. 王勝泉, 張文珊(2011)編,香港當代粵劇人名錄,中大音樂系 The Chinese University Press (Description and Author Information) Archived 25 Silimin gɔli June 2017 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 978-988-19881-1-9
  2. IMDb
  3. IMDb
  4. HKMDB
  5. His wife Yu So-chow
  6. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155266/ IMDb1
  7. IMDb2
  8. HKMDB
  9. HKFA document YAM Bing-yee Archived 8 Silimin gɔli April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Yam has been acclaimed as '‘The Queen of Second Lead Actresses’'.
  10. Rehearsal of "Merciless Sword Under Merciful Heaven" (19.1.2016).
  11. Lam Kar Sing. Virtuosity and Innovation – The Masterful Legacy of Lam Kar Sing 20 July 2011 – 14 May 2012.
  12. HKMDB
  13. Credited as Leng Chi Pak, 'King of Chinese opera' to step down at 72, New Nation, 20 October 1976, Page 4
  14. IMDb
  15. HKMDB
  16. IMDb1
  17. IMDb2
  18. HKMDB
  19. HKMDB
  20. Artistic Director:Yuen Siu-fai.
  21. Awardee List 2010 (2010).
  22. Artistic Director:Wan Fai-yin.
  23. https://www.facebook.com/mayying.ng.14?fref=ts Tɛmplet:User-generated source
  24. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003314793077 Tɛmplet:User-generated source
  25. Rehearsal of "Red Silk Shoes and The Murder" (16.1.2016).
  26. Artistic Director:Law Ka-ying.
  27. Stokes, Lisa Odham (2007). Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema. Scarecrow Press. pp. 143–144. ISBN 9780810864580. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  28. 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 Iconic Heroines in Cantonese Opera Films
  29. Ng Kwun-Lai. A Synthesis of Lyrical Excellence and Martial Agility – The Stage Art of Ng Kwan Lai 22 December 2004 – 15 September 2005.
  30. Story of Mei in the North and Suet in the South 戲曲視窗:「北梅南雪」的故事 – 香港文匯報 2016-01-26
  31. Ms Fong Yim Fun, 1928-, Actress.
  32. Heritage Museum Exhibition to feature the female Cantonese opera artist Fong Yim Fun as of 8 October 2002.
  33. McHugh, Fionnuala (16 July 1998). "The queen who came back to her people". South China Morning Post. http://www.scmp.com/article/248309/queen-who-came-back-her-people.
  34. Credited as Li Po-ying, Operatic revival, The Straits Times, 3 July 1982, Page 4.
  35. CANTONESE OPERA YOUNG TALENT SHOWCASE – Artists Archived 16 Silimin gɔli February 2016 at the Wayback Machine Only about 15 in male costumes are lead actors. Actresses dominate as a result of the Yam-Loong Effect for over five decades. Both Koi Ming Fai and Lau Wai Ming were not old enough to be in the audience for Yam's final performance on stage in 1969.
  36. Cantonese Opera Day 2016 - Cecilia Lee Fung-sing's Legendary Rise to Opera - Introduction (2016).
  37. Press Releases - Film Archive to screen Cantonese opera films of Cecilia Lee Fung-sing in support of Cantonese Opera Day 2016 (with photos) (October 25, 2016).
  38. Cecelia Lee Fung-Sing.
  39. 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 Famed female Cantonese opera singers Xiao Minxin, Xu Liu-xian, Zhang Yue'r and Zhang Hui-fang 6 December 2011 Hong Kong Central Library
  40. Xiao Mingxing zhuan (1952) at IMDb  
  41. Yam Kim Fai 有"女桂名揚"之稱的任劍輝 is one of the more famous exponent of Kwai Ming Yeung style of acting and vocal (腔). Movie The Red Robe(1965) Archived 7 Silimin gɔli April 2016 at the Wayback Machine demonstrates 'masculine' traits of Yam style(任腔).
  42. Kwai Ming Yeung style 聽"桂派"名曲 藝海 2010-07-08