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Foundation for Chinese Cultural Heritage Presents

Peking Opera Neo-Classics from Taiwan

Produced by                            C. F. Koo Foundation

Performed by                          Taipei Li-Yuan Peking Opera Theatre

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《霸王別姬》Farewell My Concubine (day 1)

項羽│李寶春飾 XIANG Yu by LI Bao-Chun
虞姬│孔玥慈飾 YU Ji by KUNG Yueh-Tzu

楚漢交戰，項羽被困垓下，四面楚歌，軍心渙散，乃與虞姬飲酒作別，虞姬自刎。

The time is 207 B. C. At the wild hilly site of Gaixia, the Chu king Xiang Yu, leading his small troop, is ominously surrounded by the large army of his arch-rival, Liu Bang of the Han. Despite a brilliant fight Xiang Yu puts up, he is so outnumbered that he has to retreat and barely makes it back to his headquarters.

In his encampment, King Xiang recounts the humiliating battle to his favorite imperial consort, Lady Yu. Yu tries to console him by serving him some wine. And then, seeing how exhausted he is, she implores him to lie down a bit. As he retires to the back camp, she goes for a walk under the desolate moonlight to ease her own mind.

As she strolls along, she hears singing from the Han encampment, which, much to her surprise, was not of the Han, but the Chu songs. She hurries back to report this to her king. At the news, Xiang realizes that his front line has been totally broken down, and that he and the small army accompanying him are now alone facing destruction. Lady Yu tries to reassure him that he can still beat the enemy, but his anxiety soon turns to despair when one of his generals comes with a message from the enemy leader predicting Xiang’s imminent defeat and death.

In her attempt to distract him from the dire situation with some entertainment, Yu performs her famous sword dance. When the dance is finished, the Han army is reported to be quickly approaching. Xiang urges Yu to flee, but she chooses to kill herself with his sword. The play ends with the heartbroken Xiang holding his lifeless beloved.

金翅大鵬│徐彥凱飾 Golden Falcon by HSU Yan-Kai
天女鹿琳│孔玥慈飾 Precious Deer by KUNG Yueh-Tzu

《金翅大鵬》講天上的大鵬鳥與鹿仙戀愛不見容於天庭，鹿仙被打落凡塵受貧民之苦，大鵬鳥越出天牢到人間相尋，被天帝派羅漢追捕的故事。京劇陽剛的武功，融合曼妙的舞蹈，呈現武戲新風貌。

Because their amorous affair is against the laws of the celestial gods, Golden Falcon, a heavenly warrior, is confined to Heaven and Precious Deer, a celestial sylph, cast down to earth to live as a commoner. Their love for each other unstoppable, however, the two find a way to stay together in secret.

Fearful of what may happen to them if caught, they are alert of what is happening around them. When they hear thunder and see lightning, they think those might be the eyes of Heaven. They seek shelter in a temple, where they encounter the Lohans, who turn out to be enemies and take Precious Deer hostage. Golden Falcon rushes onto the earth for help, where he finds only more danger. The eighteen powerful Lohans, Buddhist priests who are allies of the celestial gods, vow that they will recapture the falcon.

Hiding now in the forest and confiding his troubles in his caring and sympathetic sibling birds, Falcon is more determined to fight for love. Before long, the army of the celestial gods approaches. With help from his winged siblings, the falcon smashes the army of his celestial foes. Golden Falcon rescues Precious Deer and the two live happily ever after.

Monk Tang and his disciples journeyed west in search of the scriptures. At Bai-Ling Mountain, they encountered the Skeleton Demon, who transformed three times to deceive Monk Tang and kidnapped him to devour his flesh. Once again, the Monkey King came to the rescue!

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