墨韻蘭馨 Silver Jubilee
2013年9月22日, 曼哈頓法國協會劇場
September 22, 2013, Florence Gould Hall, New York
1.《白兔記》〈養子〉 Bearing the Son from the Story of the White Rabbit
《白兔記》乃元代南戲劇本。〈養子〉劇演三娘自劉知遠走後，哥嫂逼她改嫁，三娘不從，被罰日間挑水，夜間推磨。三娘身懷有孕，十月將足，行走艱難，惡嫂不但不讓她休息，還罰她磨麥到天明。這天夜間，三娘在磨房產子，由於向惡嫂借剪刀不得，只得用口咬斷臍帶，因此為子取名咬臍郎。〈養子〉為正旦唱工戲。
The Story of the White Rabbit is a southern drama written during the Yuan Dynasty. The act, Bearing the Son, tells of Sanniang’s difficult life after her husband, Liu Zhiyuan, left. She is abused by her brother who wants her to remarry. However,she is already pregnant with her husband’s child. One evening, while she is pushing the millstone, her over exertion sets her into premature labor. She gives birth to a boy, and begs her sister-in-law to give her a scissor to cut the umbilical cord. Denied, she in bitterness severed the cord with her teeth, and so gave the boy the name Severed Cord. Sanniang sends the boy away to his father to escape the abuse of his uncle at home only to have him unknowingly wander back into her yard sixteen years later, while hunting rabbits. Upon hearing the misfortunate woman’s laments, the child now a youth recognizes his mother and brings about the reunion of his parents.
Plot Summary
演員表 CAST
王芳 飾 李三娘 Fang Wang as Li Sanniang
湯遲蓀 飾 惡嫂 Chisun Tang as Sister-in-law
2. 《潘金蓮》〈挑簾〉〈裁衣〉 First Encounter and the Conquest from Pan Jinlian
《潘金蓮》是1987年上海崑劇團根據明代戲劇家沈璟所著《義俠記》改編的全本戲。〈裁衣〉演王婆約潘金蓮到她家中為她做衣服，西門慶依計前來，假裝不期而遇。王婆借故外出，成就二人好事。王婆歸來，假裝捉姦，並以狀告官府威嚇。金蓮無奈，只得言聽計從，任由二人擺佈。
A legend popularly adapted to opera by Shen Jing from the Ming dynasty, this piece is based on stories from "Water Margin." In these two acts, Jinlian Pan, a beautiful woman, accidentally drops a bamboo stick onto the street below, hitting a gentleman’s head. She, immediately coming down to apologize to the man, whose name is Ximen Qing, falls in love with him at first sight. Qing Ximen is struck with her immense beauty as well and resolves to have her. In the next act, by Qing Ximen’s entreaty, an old woman named Wang asks Jinlian to come to her house under the pretense of sewing funeral robes. When Jinlian arrives, Qing is introduced as the patron to the funeral robes. Qing sends the old woman away with some silver to buy wine. In her absence, Qing and Jinlian consummate their passion.
演員表 CAST
史潔華 飾 潘金蓮 Jiehua Shi as Pan Jinlian
蔡青霖 飾 西門慶 Qinglin Cai as Ximen Qing
吳德璋 飾 王婆 Dezhang Wu as Wang Po
3. 《長生殿》〈絮閣〉 Chamber of Frivolous Commotions from The Palace of Eternal Youth
《長生殿》為清代戲劇家洪昇所寫，是廣為流傳、影響深遠的傳統名劇。以唐明皇楊貴妃愛情為主線，兼寫安史之亂，發興亡之嘆。〈絮閣〉寫唐明皇一夕托疾，夜宿翠華西閣，密召舊愛梅妃。次日清晨楊貴妃趕至閣中，一番嬌嗔怨怒，讓明皇深感她情深妒真，道歉賠罪，兩人重修舊好。
The Palace of Eternal Youth (1688) is a Kunqu classic written by Sheng Hong (1645-1704). The play tells the classic love story of Emperor Minghuang and his imperial concubine Yang Guifei. Minghuang, who places the pleasures of Lady Yang’s company over his duties as emperor, leaves his kingdom in abandonment. When his kingdom suffers a coup, his faithful officials demand the execution of Lady Yang, who they believe is the true cause for the decline of their court. This episode portrays Lady Yang’s unannounced visit to Minghuang the morning after he secretly summoned his former favorite consort for an overnight tryst. Through a series of arias, Yang conveys her anger, frustration, self‐pity, and sadness, an expression of devotion which eventually leads Minghuang to admit his infidelity and resume his favor for her.
演員表 CAST
王芳 飾 楊貴妃 Fang Wang as Lady Yang
趙文林 飾 唐明皇 Wenlin Zhao as Emperor Minghuang
湯遲蓀 飾 高力士 Chisun Tang as Gao Lishi
楊玲 飾 永新 Ling Yang as Yongxin
代諾 飾 梅妃 Nuo Dai as Lady Mei
曹振江，李慶鳳 飾 太監 Zhenjiang Cao, Qingfeng Li as Court Attendants
梁燕，劉玉霞 飾 宮女 Yan Liang, Yuxia Liu as Court Maids
Plot Summary
樂隊 Musicians
Flyer from the Event
鄒建梁 笛 Jianliang Zou Flute
辛仕林 鼓板 Shilin Xin Drum
周明軍 笙 Mingjun Zhou Sheng
黃世榮 小鑼 Shirong Huang Small Gong
夏文傑 中胡 Wenjie Xia Zhonghu
郭景强 二胡 Jingqiang Guo Erhu
周懿 琵琶 Yi Zhou Pipa
