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Cantonese Opera Promotion Centre - Cantonese Opera Moon Pavilion Pre-performance Demonstration Workshop and Performance cum Post-performance Discussion (Completed)


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Renowned Cantonese opera artist Sun Kim-long has been engaged in the education of Cantonese Opera for many years and works tirelessly to promote the art form to the academia.  In line with the 'aesthetic development' learning experience under the new senior secondary school system, he has specifically designed an educational programme featuring the classic, Moon Pavilion to the students.  It aims to enhance the students' ability to appreciate Cantonese Opera and to stimulate their interest in the art form.  The programme includes pre-performance demonstration workshop and performance cum post-performance discussion.

Programme Content

This is the story of Ruilan, the daughter of Wang Zhen, a minister.  Ruilan was separated from her mother during wartime, but she was lucky to meet scholar Jiang Shilong in the countryside.  They helped each other in adversity and she made with him the pledge of a lifetime by giving him her hairpin. Ruilian, Shilong's younger sister, met Mrs. Wang and became her adopted daughter.  Shilong and Ruilan went to take refuge in Qin Xingfu and got married.  Unexpectedly, they met Wang Zhen again.  The minister despised Shilong's poverty and broke up the affectionate couple.  Shilong was painfully sad and threw himself into the river.  He was saved by a mother and her son of a Bian family, and became an adopted son of the mother.  Three years later, Wang Zhen was promoted to prime minister and forced Ruilan and Ruilian to marry the new first place and third place of the imperial examination respectively.  It turned out that they were Shilong and Xingfu who changed their names.  Ruilan and Shilong mourned each other at Xuanmiao Temple and met there again.  They taught the snobbish prime minister a lesson, and this pair of lovers lived happily ever after.

Cast

Sun Kim-long

Jiang Shilong

Tang Mi-ling

Wang Ruilan

Chan Hung-chun

Wang Zhen

Chan Yuk-hing

Mrs Wang

Man Shuet-kau

Jiang Ruilian

Wong Seng-pan

Qin Xingfu

Enquiries

Tel:

5943 1323 / artsareamgt@gmail.com (Programme / ArtsArea Management & Cantonese Opera Promotion Centre)
2591 1722 (Enrolment / LCSD)

Date
29.3.2023 (Wed)
Venue
Auditorium, Ko Shan Theatre New Wing
Time
2:30pm - 5:00pm
Target
S.4 - S.6 students
Ticket price
$20 (Students, Teachers)
* Tickets at $10 are available for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients on a first-come-first-served basis.
Duration
2 hours 30 minutes  (including Post-performance Discussion)
Capacity per performance
566

Language

Cantonese

Pre-performance Demonstration Workshop

Date 

February - March 2023

Content

Based on Moon Pavilion and supplemented with elaboration and demonstration, the workshop covers:
  •  introduction of the writer and the script of Moon Pavilion

  •  the artistic features of singing, reciting and gesturing in Cantonese opera
  •  music elements in performance including banghuang, xiaoqu, gong and drum, etc; and
  • symbolism in Cantonese opera: the time-space compression concept and artistic performance techniques

Duration 

Approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

Speaker

Creative team or performers of the arts group

Language

Cantonese

Remark

  •  For purchase of 150 tickets or more, a pre-performance demonstration workshop will be conducted in school premises
  • For fewer than 150 participants from a single school, students and teachers are invited to attend workshop held at LCSD venues
  • Educational material will be delivered to participating students
  • Actual date and time to be arranged with participating schools