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16 May 2010
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Maestro of Yue Opera
Wang Wenjuan
王文娟
Yue Opera singer Wang Wenjuan (王文娟), one of the most
beloved Chinese opera artists with a
career extended for more than half a
century, played the leading role in Meng
Lijun. Her other memorable stage roles
include Lin Daiyu (Black Jade) in the
Dream of Red Chamber, Miss Fish in
Chasing the Fish (追鱼), Miss Jade in
Western Garden (西园记), Ms Emperor in
Women Emperor Wu Zetian (则天皇帝).
Shortly after the deadly Sichuan
earthquake in 2008, at age of 81,
Wang Wenjuan returned to the stage at
Shanghai Yifu Theatre (上海逸夫舞台), along with Baoyu's player Xu
Yulan (徐玉兰), empress
dowager's player Zhou Baokui (周宝奎) and many other great
masters of Yue Opera, to participate in a
join performance to raise the funds for
the quake victims.
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Wang
Wenjuan as Black Jade |
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Wang Wenjuan as
Black Jade with her most trusted
servant girl Purple Cuckoo,
played by Meng Liying (孟莉英)
who also played Ronglan (荣兰),
Meng Lijun's servant girl.
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Wang Wenjuan as
Yang Kaihui (杨开慧), new
China's founding father Mao
Zedong's first wife, in
Yueju Opera The Song of A Nobel
Spirit (忠魂曲). Lady
Yang was executed by the Nationalist
Party, today's ruling
party in Taiwan
Province, for her refusal
to denounce her husband. Her
eldest son Mao Anying (毛岸英) was
killed by Americans during
the Korean War that was fought to
defend China's right to peace and
security.
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Wang Wenjuan and
her husband during the production
of the film in 1996.
The opera
Men Lijun was made into film in
1996, directed by her husband Sun
Daolin (孙道临), one of China's
best performing artist in film
industry. By then Wang Wenjun was
nearly 70-year old.
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