目录 Foreword The Birth and Evolution of Peking Opera Anhui Troupes Moved into Beijing The Art of Listening, Old-Style Theaters Old Beijing in Peking Opera’s Heyday Theatrical Companies and Old-Style Opera Schools Theaters, Temple Fairs and Tanghui The Stage, Props and Orchestra A Table and Two Chairs Wen Wu Chang Performing Art Four Roles of Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou Acting Singing, Dancing and Acting Skills “Realms” of Acting Performers and Performing Schools Nan Dan, or Men Playing Female RolesGenerations of Famous Actors Mei Lanfang, Famous Dan Impersonator Classic Plays Modern Peking Operas Conventions of Peking Opera It is Not Easy to Appreciate Peking Opera Peking Opera in the Contemporary Era
Seeing a Peking Opera performance for the first time, a foreigner would wonder: why are faces of actors painted red, white, black, yellow or green? Are they masks? But masks are separate from the face. Facial make-ups in Peking Opera are different from masks. Intrigued, many foreign tourists would go backstage to see actors and actresses remove stage makeup and costume. Next time, they would go there before a performance starts to see how performers do their makeup. Luciano Pararotti, the great tenor of international fame, once had a Peking Opera actor paint on his face the makeup of Xiang Yu, a valiant ancient warrior portrayed in numerous Peking Opera plays.
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