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發(fā)表于 2013-3-30 18:56:37|來自:中國浙江寧波
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本帖最后由 NewYork 于 2013-3-30 18:59 編輯
Among all the famous stars of the opera, the most well-known one is Yan Fengying. She was born in Anqing and made her successful debut performance there in 1945. Audiences were madly in love with this beautiful girl with an amazing voice.
Years later, Yan played the leading role in the first Huangmei Opera Film "Husband and Wife Admiring the Lanterns." (夫妻觀燈)The 7-minute long film was released nationwide.
The opera not only became popular all over China. In 1957,the musical film "Heavenly Match" was shown at a film festival in Finland. Queen Elizabeth of England(女皇伊麗莎白) was very interested also in the story about the marriage between a fairy maid in heaven and a man on earth.
While "The Heavenly Match"(牛郎織女?) gained great success, Run Run Shaw(邵逸夫), the head of the Shaw Brothers Hong Kong Ltd film company, decided to produce a film adaptation of the Huangmei Opera "Butterfly Lovers."(梁山伯與祝英臺) Since there were no professional Huangmei Opera singers in Hong Kong, director Li Hanxiang almost copied all the music and tunes from "The Heavenly Match" directly except for the tempo.
When it was released in Taiwan, the film set a record of 930 screenings in 162 days, and 90 percent of Taipei residents watched the movie. Actress Ling Bo's interpretation of the role of the young scholar in the film made her extremely popular in Taiwan.
"Almost all the record stores in Taipei were playing its soundtrack. An elderly woman watched the film more than 100 times. She had my photo in her bag when she went out. Almost all the Taiwan people could sing the songs in the film." |
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