唯曲是寶 Kunqu, My Only Treasure
哥倫比亞大學密勒劇場 Miller Theatre of Columbia University
2013年6月9日 June 9, 2013
《長生殿》〈定情〉The Pledging of Love 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。〈定情〉寫唐明皇機務之餘寄情聲色,選召佳麗入宮,為楊玉環之姿才所傾倒,敕封為貴妃。兩人以金釵、鈿盒,定下偕老之盟。
The Pledging of Love is an episode from The Palace of Eternal Youth (1688) 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 the court. “The Pledging of Love” depicts the beginning of the love between Minghuang and Lady Yang, who, outshining the thousand beauties of the court with her beauty, completely wins the emperor’s love.
Cast
史潔華 飾 楊貴妃 Dezhang Wu as Emperor Minghuang
吳德璋 飾 唐明皇 Jiehua Shi as Lady Yan
蔡青霖 飾 高力士 Qinglin Cai as Gao Lizhi
高進、高嶸、李麗珍、盧麗芳 飾 太監 Jin Gao; Rong Gao; Janet Li; Laifong Lo as Court Attendants
王稚芳、王紅、連妤婼、周怡、毛雪珍、鄔慶慶 飾 宮女 Zhifang Wang; Hong Wang; Roxana Lian; Yi Zhou; Carrie Mo; Qingqing Wu as Court Maids
《牡丹亭》 〈寫真〉The Self-Portrait from The Peony Pavilion
Cast
孔愛萍 飾 杜麗娘 Aiping Kong as Du Liniang
黃箴瑩 飾 春香 Daisy Huang as Chunxiang
《牡丹亭》又稱《還魂記》,為明代戲劇家湯顯祖所著《玉茗堂四夢》之一,是一部不朽的名著。故事寫宋朝南安府太守杜寶的女兒麗娘,端莊美麗,極富才情。一日,與侍女春香到花園遊玩,見繁花似錦,無人欣賞,感傷自己青春易逝。因睏倦入夢,見一俊美書生,與她歡愛。隔日麗娘再到園中尋夢而不得,回來後一病不起。死前畫下真容,命春香將畫像藏在假山石下,並要求父母將她葬在花園中老梅樹下。三年後,柳夢梅偶遊花園,拾得麗娘畫像,麗娘魂魄乃與之相會,並告前因。柳夢梅開墳啟棺,麗娘終得為情而復生。〈寫真〉描寫麗娘尋夢之後一病不起,乃對鏡描下一己之容,留於人間。
The Self-Portrait is an episode from The Peony Pavilion (1598), written by the prominent playwright Xianzu Tang (1550-1616), a play long regarded as a masterpiece of Chinese literature and kunqu. The play depicts the story of Liniang Du, a maiden of sixteen, who falls in love with a young scholar in a dream. On awakening, the scholar and evidence of their passionate consummation disappear. Heartbroken, Liniang in this scene realizes her coming death and tries to immortalize her beauty by making a self-portrait.
《水滸記》 〈活捉〉Taken Alive from The Water Margin
Cast
楊玲 飾 閻婆惜 Ling Yang as Yan Poxi
單靖 飾 張文遠 Jing Shan as Zhang Wenyuan
《水滸記》為明朝許自昌所撰,取材於名著小說《水滸傳》。寫衙吏宋江與梁山好漢串結,宋江之妾閻婆惜與宋同僚張文遠私通,得知宋江與梁山往來,以此要挾宋江,宋江怒而殺閻,閻死後魂捉三郎文遠等情節。〈活捉〉又稱〈情勾〉,描寫閻婆惜死後思念舊情,夜至張寓勾取張之魂魄,同赴陰曹地府作夫妻。
Taken Alive dramatizes an episode from The Water Margin written by Zichang Xu in the early seventeenth century, a play based on a famous novel of the same name. Taken Alive depicts the story of Poxi Yan, a concubine of a magistrate’s guard, named Jiang Song, who, she discovers, has formed a liaison with bandits from the Liang Mountain. Having an affair with her husband’s colleague, Wenyuan Zhang, she tries to blackmail Song for his treachery, which prompts Song to kill her. This particular scene features the ghost of Yan, who still has feelings for her illicit lover, Zhang, comes to visit him at night and spirit him away to the underworld.
《鳳凰山》〈百花贈劍〉Princess Florets from The Phoenix Mountain
Cast
孔愛萍 飾 百花公主 Aiping Kong as Princess Florets
程敏 飾 海俊 Min Cheng as Haijun
殷海宜 飾 江花右 Haiyi Yin as Jiang Huayou (Haijun’s sister)
高進、高嶸 飾 太監 Jin Gao; Rong Gao as Court Attendants
連妤婼、毛雪珍 飾 宮女 Roxana Lian; Carrie Mo as Court Maids
《鳳凰山》為明人所作,寫元朝安西王謀反,朝廷派遣青年謀臣江六郎化名海俊,潛入安西王府打探軍情。安西王不察,重用海俊。內廷總管叭吶懷疑海俊,用計將之灌醉,送入百花公主寢宮,打算借公主之手將海俊除去。公主侍女江花右是海俊親妹,設法藏匿海俊,被公主發現。公主見海年少英俊,愛之,竟贈劍許以終身。其後公主助父舉兵,但因海俊為朝廷間諜,與朝廷裡應外合,公主兵敗,自刎而亡。 〈贈劍〉寫內侍叭喇灌醉海俊,送入公主寢宮,侍女江花右藏匿海俊,被公主發現,公主見海俊一
表人才,心生愛慕,反與他對天盟誓,私訂終生。海俊臨行前,公主將寶劍一股相贈,以為定情之物。
Princess Florets is an episode from The Phoenix Mountain, an anonymous work from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Suspicious of a possible rebellion by Lord Anxi, the Yuan government dispatches a young spy to the lord’s court under the alias Haijun. One day Haijun, in a drunken state, is maliciously taken into the inner chamber of Princess Florets, the lord’s daughter. His violation of the royal code of conduct leads to unexpected consequences.
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樂隊 Musicians
王建農 笛 Jiannong Wang Flute
沈楊 鼓板 Yang Shen Drum
季志良 小鑼 Zhiliang Ji Small Gong
黃世榮 鐃鈸 Shirong Huang Cymbals
田建新 大鑼 Jianxin Tian Big Gong
王林松 三弦 Linsong Wang Moon Guitar
李立群 揚琴 Liqun Li Dulcimer
季節 二胡 Jie Ji Erhu
田易平 笙 Kevin Tien Sheng