LI Bao-Chun on Traditional Chinese Operas
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10/5 Legend of the White Snake
The White Snake, after practicing magic for hundreds of years, became immortal. She fell in love with Gui-Zhi, an arhat in heaven. Because this love was against the holy rule, Gui-Zhi was punished and sent to the earth as a man named Xu Xian, and the White Snake was locked up. She escaped, and the Buddha sent the toad, who guarded her, to catch her. The Buddha also ordered Fa-Hai, a monk, to wait at Jinshan Temple to help the toad.
Along the way, the White Snake’s deep love for Gui-Zhi moved the Green Snake, who was to stop her and propose marriage. Green Snake transformed into a young maid. Calling herself Xiao Qing, she acted as The White Snake’s bodyguard. The White Snake and Xu Xian finally met again by the West Lake and got married.
But the toad disguised himself as a Daoist priest named Wang Dao-Ling. He tricked Xu Xian into giving the White Snake realgar wine, which made her show herself in snake form. Xu Xian was shocked to death. The White Snake found a magic herb and brought him back to life.
Later, the toad (now pretending to be a young monk) helped Fa-Hai trick Xu Xian into entering the Jinshan Temple, where they locked Xu Xian up. The White Snake and Xiao Qing tried to rescue Xu Xian by organizing the water spirits in the lake and combating Fa-Hai’s troops.
Xu Xian realized how deeply the White Snake loved him, but he was trapped and couldn’t help her. Since she was pregnant and outnumbered, the White Snake had to retreat.
10/12 The Enchanted Muse
--- An Evening of Zhou Xuan’s Golden Oldies in Shanghai ---
Director│LI Bao-Chun
Vivien H.C.KU, Danny YUNG
Conductor│CHUNG Yiu-Kwang
Lead Singers│LI Bao-Chen, SU Pei, HUANG Yu-Lin
Guest Singer│Anthony WONG
Guest Singer│GONG Lin-Na
Guest Singer│Rebecca PAN
Performed by
The Taipei Chinese Orchestra
Taipei Liyuan Peking Opera Theater
Taipei Jazz
Century Contemporary Dance Company
Producer│Taipei Chinese Orchestra
Executive Producer│Koo Foundation, Taiwan
with the assistance of │Zuni Icosahedron, Hong Kong
Duration: 135 minutes
Filmed on April 2, 2015, National Concert Hall NTCH, Taipei
Courtesy of broadcasting has been granted by TCO.
★The Moon above the Sea
The Full Moon from “The Cresting Moon”
Performer│Taipei Chinese Orchestra
★Song of the Seasons
Singer│GONG Lin-Na
★Full Moon, Blooming Flowers
Singer│SU Pei
★Yearning
Singer│Anthony WONG
★The Flame of Love
Singer│Anthony WONG
★Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Performer│Taipei Jazz
★Flying Side by Side
Singer│SU Pei
★Treasure Every Moment
Singer│LI Bao-Chun
★Shanghai Nights
Singer│HUANG Yu-Lin
★Cutie
Singer│Anthony WONG
★Overture
Performer│Taipei Chinese Orchestra
★May Breeze
Singer│SU Pei
★Three Years
Singer│Anthony WONG
★On Two Roads
Singer│HUANG Yu-Lin
★Unchanged Heart
Singer│GONG Lin-Na
★The Everlasting Smile
Singer│GONG Lin-Na
★《In A Mellow Tone》
Performer│Taipei Jazz
★Snowflake in the Air
Singer│SU Pei
★Childhood
Singer│HUANG Yu-Lin
★Let Me Look at You
Singer│LI Bao-Chun
★Cupid’s Arrow
Singer│HUANG Yu-Lin
★ Snowflakes Drift from Peking Opera “Wild Boar Woods”
Singer│LI Bao-Chun
★Lullaby in the Storm
Singer│GONG Lin-Na
★Life is a Show
Singer│LI Bao-Chun
★Love at Pavilion Bai-Hua
Singer│Anthony WONG
★May Breeze
Singer│SU Pei
★Thinking of My Love
Singer│GONG Lin-Na
★Finale
Performer│Taipei Chinese Orchestra
★The Busking Girl from 1937 movie "Angel on Street"
Singer│Rebecca PAN
10/19 The Wild Crane Ford
The Wild Crane Ford was a small rural village located between two counties. After drinking heavily, landlord Chang Si-Wang passed out by the roadside. A panicked cart driver, Niu Er, thought Chang had died and ran away. Local officer Li Er-Ge found Chang’s body on the border between two counties and reported a death.
Meanwhile, villagers Wei Jiang-Xiang and her brother Dai-i-Wa found Chang alive and brought him home. The officials arrived to investigate the “death” but were shocked to find the body missing.
To cover it up, Li Er-Ge used the body of Jiang-Xiang, who had tried to take her own life after a family argument. But Jiang-Xiang wasn’t actually dead—she woke up in the middle of the night and secretly left to protect Li Er-Ge.
10/26 Mount Yun-Luo
Director & Adaptation: LI Bao-Chun
Vocal Composer: LYU Yu-Yong
Music Design: LI Feng-Ge
Music Instrument Arrangement: CHEN Shu-Si
Lighting Design: LEE Chun-Yu
Costume Design: TSAI Yu-Fen
BAI Shi-Yong by LI Bao-Chun
Mrs. Bai by HUANG Yu-Lin
LIU Xiao-Yi by XU Meng-Ke
MENG San-Kao by LI Hong-Liang
Madam Meng by LANG Tsu-Yun
Old Lady Bai by LI Zhao-Yun
REN Yan-Hu by LEE Ching-Fong
WAN Xiong-Fei by YANG Yan-Yi
REN Lang by CHUANG Chiao-wei
BAI Su-Lian by TSOU Tzu-Min
Conductor: ZHAO Lu-Chia
Jinhu (Leader of Strings): LYU Yu-Yong
Drum (Leader of Percussions): LU Yong-Hui
Duration: 155 minutes
Filmed on September 28, 2014, National Theater NTCH, Taipei
Ren Yan-Hu, son of a Ming Dynasty prime minister, had no child of his own. To ensure she inherited, his wife, Lady Meng, along with her brother Meng San-Kao, devised a scheme: they tricked a thief named Liu Xiao-Yi into stealing the baby son of one Bai Shi-Yong and claimed it was given birth by Lady Meng.
On the baby’s one-month celebration, Bai Shi-Yong came to deliver gifts and recognized his stolen son. When he tried to take the child back, Ren Yan-Hu ordered his men to beat him. Ren then tried to assault Bai’s wife, Fang-Shi, and kill Bai’s mother.
Realizing he had been deceived, Liu Xiao-Yi joined forces with Bai Shi-Yong. With help from hunter Wan Xiong-Fei, they captured the villainous Ren Yan-Hu and the corrupt official Meng San-Kao, bringing justice to the Bai’s at last.
