12/5/2007

Growing Up With Teochew Opera - 16

Heavenly King Continues To Perform For Another Decade

另一个十年 - 陈楚蕙马不停蹄的来新加坡，泰国和马来西亚登台演出

From 2000 to 2009, 陈楚蕙 stagged fewer performances. This could be attributed to the limited pool of die hard fans and her age. From 2000 to 2007, she still performed the long shows, I mean a complete show lasting about three hours where she played male lead. In 2008 and 2009, she only acted in 折子戏 and the performance lasted not more than 4 days. See the list below.

2000年与「中国诏安潮剧团」联合，赴新加坡演出

2002年与「中国诏安潮剧团」联合，赴泰国演出

2004年与「中国云霄潮剧团」联合，赴新加坡演出

2007年与「中国诏安潮剧团」联合，赴马来西亚新山演出

2008年与沈惠贞，林玉和余丽莉在新加坡演出陈楚蕙潮剧艺术演唱会
Below is a pciture of the extracted from the magazine featuring her performance in Singapore.

In 2002, 陈楚蕙 performed in Thailand. She paired up with 林玉 and put great shows like 告亲夫,背夫 and 扫窗会.In 2004, she took part in a fund raising project and sang two segments of the play from 四郎探母 and 春香传.


2009年与沈惠贞，林玉和余丽莉在新加坡演出陈楚蕙潮剧艺术演唱会

陈楚蕙 paired off with 林玉of China when they performed 碧玉簪 in Singapore. 陈楚蕙 also paired off with 谢子兰 of Thailand when they performed 碧玉簪 in Thailand. I managed to rent a set of video tapes in the 1990's.

There is also another Teochew movie 孟丽君 by 庄雪娟 and 石玲 of 東山潮剧团. It is a totally different production compared to that of 新天彩潮剧团 as the movie has more dialogues than opera singing. I managed to rent the video from a shop near Yishun swimming complex in the 1990s. Not sure if the shop still keeps a copy of the video tape.

I have also watched the stage performance by 陈楚蕙 when 楚蕙潮剧团 performed in Singapore. I remembered I went there after work and paid for a $30 ticket just to have a closer look of 陈楚蕙. Below is a picture of 孟丽君 by 楚蕙潮剧团.



陈楚蕙 also performed 孟丽君 when she paired up with 谢子兰 of 泰中潮剧团 in the 1980s. See pictures below.

薛丁山与樊梨花 by 陈楚蕙,曾珊凤 and 陈楚蕙,陈碧霞

Spent almost 4 hours this afternoon watching Part 1 and Part 2 of the black and white Teochew opera movies 薛丁山与樊梨花 by 陈楚蕙 and 曾珊凤. I like the story very much. I had watched 陈楚蕙 performed 薛丁山与樊梨花 in Singapore many years ago. 陈碧霞 played the role as 樊梨花. I prefer 陈楚蕙's stage performance because she did all the stunts personally. Here are some of the photos taken when 楚蕙 and 碧霞 performed 薛丁山与樊梨花 in Singapore.