邱小娜 Qiu Xiaona, Zhuhai fah dan
Attended a cantonese opera show on Saturday at the Kreta Ayer People’s Theatre.
I think the compere talked too much. A man sitting in the same row and another in the row in front of me also expressed similar comments. Ironically, the compere said this a few times: ‘due to the constraint of time’. So the man in front said: ‘you yourself are wasting our time’.
It was not because the artistes or the stagehands needed more time to prepare. There was ample time for the artistes to change costumes or for the change of sceneries.
There were seven items, so the compere came out seven times to introduce them. Except for the last introduction which was very brief, the others were quite lengthy. If each introduction took 3 to 4 minutes the compere himself would have used up about 25 minutes already.
A little about the show.
It was a showcase of local talent Philip Chan Fook Hong organized by the Kong Chow Wui Kun and the Chinese Opera Society. Philip has engaged a fah dan, Qiu Xiaona, from Zhuhai to partner him in three excerpts. But I feel that her performance fell short of expectation.
Of his four excerpts I like the one about Lin Chong best.
There was one excerpt by Aw Yeong Peng Mun and a relatively unknown artist, Gan Wah Ee, from Kuala Lumpur. I last saw Peng Mun perform here.
Another item was a duet by Ling Tung Mun and Woo Wai Fong. Wai Fong portrayed the character Lin Xiangru competently. Somehow her voice seems to suit the character well.
2 comments:
Maybe the compere was paid by the minute? Haha.
Many years ago I watched a show at Jubilee Theatre. He was compere. It was a show by local artists and Australian artists. So he spoke in english also. One thing he said - some scenes like suicide in chinese opera not realistic, so he suggest using tomato ketchep. I think he don't know opera costumes very expensive.
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