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Famous Kunqu Actor Yu Zhenfei

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Born in the late years of the Qing Dynasty, Yu Zhenfei was an outstanding artist of Kunqu Opera. Fairly accomplished in classic literature, he blended perfectly in his performance the quintessence of Beijing Opera and Kunqu Opera, giving rise to a style of cultural refinement, elegance, profundity and vigor. He was especially well-known for his "scholarly rendering" in the opera circle. The characters rendered by him are all vivid and highly acclaimed by opera fans at home and abroad, such as those in Li Bai Writing Poems while Drunken, Peony Pavilion, and Broken Bridge…

Kunqu Opera

Kunqu Opera is a sort of stage art. Its name suggests that it originates in Kunshan of Jiangsu Province. Originally called Kunshan Accent or abbreviated as Kun Accent, it has been called Kunqu Opera since the Qing Dynasty. It is also called Kun Opera nowadays.

Status of Kunqu Opera in China's Operas

Status of Kunqu Opera in China's Operas

Kunqu Opera boasts a history of 600 years, which is over four hundred years earlier than the birth of Beijing Opera.
Representative Works of Kunqu Opera

Representative Works of Kunqu Opera

Fifteen Strings of Bronze Coin Cash is a representative detective story in the repertoire of Kunqu Opera, which narrates how an official with a high sense of responsibility comes upon a queer case...
Kunqu Opera on the Screen

Kunqu Opera on the Screen

Taiwan film director Yang Fan applied Kunqu Opera to the film Peony Pavilion, whose leading actress Rie Miyazawa won the best leading actress for this film at the Moscow Film Festival.