Images courtesy of Xu XuanĪs Xu tells me, a career as an opera actor was considered a viable and stable path for a young child passionate about music, dancing and fighting. “They would always be playing in our house as I grew up.”Ī young Xu Xuan during a representation with the Jilin Municipal Opera Company, 1997. “My mother knew all the revolutionary operas from the Cultural Revolution by heart,” Xu says. “You won’t be spending time at a normal school and playing around with other children. “Your life will be very different from that of any other child,” she told him. It was his mother who first suggested he pursue a career in theater. Xu had just come out of elementary school when he started his long and grueling apprenticeship at the vocational school of the Jilin Municipal Opera Company. Then, in the afternoon, we had to train for the operas themselves – the spoken and singing parts.” We woke up at around 7am, had a quick breakfast and then immediately went down to training, until around 11.30am. “At the vocational school, we had physical training in the morning, involving martial arts, with kicking, jumps and acrobatics. Check out the full story right here.Īs he retells his story, Xu Xuan makes it clear that becoming a Chinese opera actor is no easy feat. 'Emperor Flower' is a tribute to the classics of Cantonese opera.This feature is part one of our June 2019 cover story. I hope that the peaceful and festive atmosphere created by the play will bring more joy and blessings to the 20th anniversary of Macau's return to the motherland.

Mei Lanfang, a rare reunion comedy in the art of Peking Opera. 'The Return of the Phoenix' is a classic repertoire of Mr. I believe that the audience in Macao can feel the feelings of the homeland and the country that the Chinese have admired for generations. He has both the performance and the form.

'Man Jiang Hong' premiered on the evening of the 8th, reinterpreted the story of Yue Fei's loyalty to the country.

Yu Zhikui said that he had spent a lot of thought on repertoire selection during his performance in Macau. 'Emperor Flower' three Peking Opera plays. On the occasion of the 'double celebration' of the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China and the 20th anniversary of the return of Macau to the motherland, the National Peking Opera Company visited Macau for the first time and will stage 'Manchu Red' and 'The Phoenix Returns to the Nest' at the Macau Cultural Center from November 8 to 10. China National Peking Opera Company Visited Macao the First Time nov 10th, 2019

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