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Min kjære venninne Ingrid Bjoner
World famus operasinger.
Born 8. november 1927 Died 4. september 2006
Signatur: Til Harald Ryeng hjerteligst Ingrid Bjoner
Min kjære venninne Aase Nordmo Løvberg
World famos operasinger
Born 10. juni 1923. Died 25. januar 2013
Har sunget med Jussi Bjørling ved Kungliga Operan i Stockholm, og under berømte dirigenter som Herbert Von Karajan og Georg Solti.
Signatur Hjertelig hilsen fra Aase Nordmo Løvberg
Min kjære venninne Ingrid Bjoner
Born 8. november 1927 Dead 4.september 2006
A dear friend of me. I was wisiting her many times in her summerhouse and home
Larga vida Jhonatan Larga vida Wick
Ola todo como están solo les dejo una ópera de el trailer de john wick https://youtu.be/JKJh9I_bOfU
Main types of Chinese Opera pt. 1
There are many different types of chinese opera, so here are some of the main ones!
Peking Opera 京剧 (Jīngjù)
This is probably one of the most well-known operas, originating from Beijing during the Qing dynasty. There are 4 main roles:
1.生 (shēng), which is usually an older dignified male character such as a scholar, which can be divided into older, younger and martial 生 aka 武生 (wǔshēng)
2. 旦 (dàn), a female role which was previously played by men as women were not allowed to perform during the Qing dynasty, but nowadays both men and women can play this role. This role has several subtypes:
闺门旦 (guīméndàn), a young unmarried high-status virtuous woman, whose main focus is singing.
正旦 (Zhèngdàn)/青衣 (Qīngyī), an elegant, middle-aged, usually married woman who mainly sings.
花旦 (Huādàn), a young woman who unlike the Guīméndàn focuses on speech and movement.
武旦 (Wǔdàn), this is a martial arts role with quite a lot of stunts and fighting with rare singing moments
刀马旦 (Dāomǎdàn), a young brave warrior, who usually focuses on acrobatics, singing and dancing unlike the Wǔdàn.
老旦 (Lǎodàn), is an older female role, usually with a lower singing voice.
彩旦 (Cǎi dàn), is more of a clown role, which is apparently more commonly performed by men
4. 净 (Jìng), a "rough man" role, usually has a vibrant and strong character, which has heavy face painting.
5. 丑 (chǒu), the clown role, which is one of the most physically demanding roles due to the acting and acrobatics combo, despite being considered as a minor role.
There are over 1400 stories used in Peking Opera, with 2 traditional types, civil and martial. Civil focuses on the relationship between the characters and is usually about normal daily occurrences, whereas martial is more about action and fighting. Another more modern type of differentiation divides the plays into traditional (pre-1949ish), plays created after 1949, and contemporary plays.
Kunqu Opera 昆曲 (kūnqǔ)
This is one of the oldest types of Chinese opera, originating from Kunshan, combining signing, dancing and martial arts. It features similar characters like the Peking Opera with another character 末 (Mò), who is an old man with a long beard.
However, there are some differences, as Kunqu uses softer, melodic music and different instruments such as the flute as the main accompanying instrument rather than Peking Opera's stringed instruments. The types of stories are also different, as Kunqu's focus more on the romantic and poetic aspect, exploring various classical stories. Peking Opera's stories tend to be a bit more varied as previously mentioned.
Traditionally, Kunqu was mostly for the upper-class as the stories performed were classical Chinese literature, and at the time not everyone had the opportunity to learn. This may be why Kunqu typically uses classic chinese, whereas Peking uses a combination of both classic and vernacular, making it more available for everyone.
Yue Opera 越剧 (yuèjù)
This opera is also known as Shaoxing opera, originating from Shaoxing, Zhejiang in early 1900s. Originally the performances featured only male actors but nowadays all-female performance troupes are becoming the standard. It's interestingly the 2nd most loved opera type, just after Peking Opera as it's slow and romantic form is perfect for love stories such as The Butterfly Lovers.
Yue Opera also features the usual set of character types e.g. 生，旦 etc. except they are usually played by women.
In terms of appearance, Yue Opera tends to go for a more subtle makeup look (as subtle as stage makeup can be) and simpler but nonetheless gorgeous costumes, in contrast to Peking Opera's dramatic and bursting colors.
Yue Opera usually relies on string instruments, with a smaller musical ensemble and musical accompaniment so that the performers singing is more clear unlike Peking Opera's stronger background music.
Peking Opera: The makeup
A while ago I wrote about the different types of opera in China, but one of the things that struck out was that the stage makeup is not only used for dramatic effect, but each color, each stroke is purposeful with each own meaning.
The official term is 京剧脸谱 (Jīngjù liǎnpǔ), meaning Peking Opera Mask, with the styles varying depending on the role. Here I'll breakdown some common styles and what they mean!
Colors
Originally only red, white and black were used but they have expanded to include many more.
Red: Generally, this color has a positive meaning, used to symbolize loyalty and bravery, although it can sometimes be used to depict a bad person masquerading as a good person.
Black: Black also had a generally positive meaning, used to depict selfless and incorruptible characters, but it may also be used to depict ghosts and unpleasant characters.
White: This color is reserved for arrogant and sinister characters, and can also be used for elderly people or monks or eunuchs.
Gold: Gold is for generals,sages, Gods and these type of characters.
Purple: Purple is used for upright and calm characters or to depict ugly characters.
Yellow: This is used for brave and fierce characters.
Blue: Blue is for strong and brave characters.
Silver: This is usually for Gods and monsters.
Green: Violent and stubborn characters are depicted using green.
*There appears to be a few meanings for most colors, so deciphering whether a character is good or bad may be context based.
It's important to note that the makeup styles vary for each characters. As a quick refresher, we have 4: 生 (shēng),旦 (dàn) 净 (Jìng), 丑 (chǒu), which leads me to my next point.
生 (shēng) & 旦 (dàn)
Both of these characters usually require minimal makeup (compared to 净&丑, with their style being called 俊扮 (Jùn bàn), or handsome.
The application method is pretty standard, with painting the face with a light powder/base and drawing on the eyebrows and the mouth. The types of colors used are also significant, as darker and more vibrant colors are used for younger and healthy people, whereas lighter colors can be used for older characters or to reflect poor health, as wrinkles and shadows to show old age are actually very rarely used.
The makeup on the actors below is the usual style, painted face with the lips, eyebrows and eyeshadow done for emphasis. In contrast to the colorful 净 and 丑, they are sometimes also referred to as 素面 (sùmiàn) or 洁面 (jiémiàn), meaning plain or clean faces.
Face Paintstyles
These are the makeup used for 净 (Jìng) & 丑 (chǒu), which are noticeably different from the 生 (shēng) & 旦 (dàn) style.
It's important to note that each style can have it's own variations as specific characters may follow a particular style, but include their own special features and characterstics.
Full-Face 整脸 (Zhěng liǎn): There is one color used as the main color for the entire face, with the details added depending on the character that is being portrayed, like the actors below.
Three-tile face 三块瓦脸 (Sān kuài wǎ liǎn): This style outlines the eyebrows, eyes and nose, exaggerating the features. It uses one color as a base and then uses black color to highlight the features, diving the face into the forehead, right cheek and left cheek. Hence the name, "three-tile face".
Cross door face 十字门脸 (Shízì ménliǎn): This style has a paint line running from the forehead to the nose tip. There is also a horizontal paint line connecting two of the eyes, which creates a cross.
Crooked face 歪脸 (Wāi liǎn): This style is usually used to depict ugly characters. Like the name, the makeup is crooked with asymmetric lines and patterns.
White powder face 白粉脸 (Báifěn liǎn): As white is the color used primarily for villians, this style is mainly used to show villians and antagonists. The method includes a white powder/base, with black outlines of the eyebrows, nose and eyes.
Six-point face 六分脸 (Liù fēn liǎn): This style has a pillar pattern on the forehead, with the under-eye area painted with just one color. The color below the eyes covers around 1/6 of the face, which is how it gets its' "six-point" name.
Monk face 僧脸 (Sēng liǎn): Monk Face like the name suggests is used for Buddhist monks, with a halo or nine dots on the forehead denoting the Buddhist character. The nose is doted with a split mouth, and white being the most common color used.
Eunuch face 太监脸 (Tàijiàn liǎn): This style depicts eunuchs in the role of villains, with short thick eyebrows pointed at the bottom and even more pointed at the top. They also usually have a halo on the top, with red and white being some of the most common colors used.
Yuanbao face 元宝脸 (Yuánbǎo liǎn): This style has different colors on the forehead and the face, with the face below the eyebrows drawn into a pattern and a part of the forehead left unpainted, or painted pink, which resembles an ingot (元宝).
Pictographic face 象形脸 (Xiàngxíng liǎn): The pictographic style is quite interesting as it's flexible in it's style. This style is used for magical dieties, monsters, using pictographic patterns of birds and animals to create the styles. Sun Wukong is a good example of this, featured below.
Clown face 丑角脸 (Chǒujiǎo liǎn): The clown is an important role in the Peking opera, with the makeup styles having their own variations based on the character. This style usually has a white block on the nose and the nose bridge, with outlines to make it look more comical
Little demon face 小妖脸 (Xiǎo yāo liǎn): This is a general style for various antagonists and generals and military officials. It's quite flexible as it uses animal and nature patterns to create the style.
Hero face 英雄脸 (Yīngxióng liǎn): This style actually has no particular style funnily enough. The stroke patterns and colors vary depending on the character but the lines are rubbed on using hands rather than makeup brushes, with the colors usually being subtle and simple (as simple as stage makeup can get)
Broken flower face 碎花脸 (Suì huā liǎn): This style has one main color with fragmented lines, giving it a broken look. The lines can vary, so all kinds of interesting patterns can form.
Immortal Diety face 神仙脸 (Shénxiān liǎn): The name is quite self-explanatory, used for various dieties with gold and silver being used to highlight the characters importance.
please guys stream Kassya prelude and Kassya trepak by Leo Delibes cause I need some orchestra to perform the whole opera and put it online.
context: it's based on a short story by Sacher-Masoch. Delibes died before the opera could be arranged and it was arranged by someone else (I don't remember who rn) so it technically could be performed. There was also an exhibition that was recorded for an article for Le Figaro but that's it and I can't even download that for some reason.
OH MY GOD EVERYONE SHUT UP ITS M!IK AND SANRIO ⁉️⁉️
Mine are Bellini and Donizetti. I totally get why Richard Strauss isn't your favourite either.
okay so I am convinced that every opera nerd has two (2) composers that everyone else seems to love and/or respect a lot but of whom they inexplicably aren’t huge fans, so everyone reblog with your two
mine are Bellini and Richard Strauss *ducks for cover*
Movies that will make you fall in love with classical music
1. Amadeus
"This was a music I'd never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing. It seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God.”
I can't put into words how amazing this movie is. If you haven't watched it already go and see it. It will teach you more about the transcendental power of music in than almost everything.
2. All the mornings of the world
“So, you’ve discovered that music is not for kings,” Sainte-Colombe says. “Yes,” Marais responds, “I discovered that it’s for God.”
This french film tells us about the healing power of music and it's ability to speak where words fail : "When I first saw Tous les matins du monde in a theater, I remember looking around me when the movie ended, and seeing the entire audience in tears. I have no idea if any of what happened in Tous les matins du monde is true, but on the subject of music, its truth is unshakable."
3. The Pianist
A heartbreaking and highly regarded Film about the jewish Pianists Władysław Szpilman's real life and suffering during the 2nd World war.
4. A late quartet
"Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future, and time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present, all time is unredeemable."
A movie about the difficulties a musical ensemble faces as their Violinist is diagnosed with Parkinson: a sickness that slowly takes away his motion control.
5. Impromptu
A young Hugh Grant plays great composer and Pianist Chopin: the Film focuses on the love story between young Frederic and George Sand.
6. Immortal Beloved
"It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer. The listener has no choice. It is like hypnotism"
This movie is too beautiful to put into words. Please watch it and i promise you will be moved to tears: it tells the tragic life story of the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his failed attempts to find true love and meaning
7. The Soloist
This movie is based on the true story of a Journalist helping a sick musician to find his place in the music world again: The plot is based on the story of Nathaniel Ayers, a musician who developed schizophrenia and became homeless.