Beauty Fades from the Twelve Ladies' Bower
23, 24/5｜Friday, Saturday｜7:30 pm
Cinema Alegria
Tickets: MOP 100, 80
Production: Chan Wa Cantonese Opera Arts Association
Executive Producer: Chu Chan Wa
Directors: Chu Chan Wa, Lo Chek Fong, Kuok Soi Keng, Che Tin Hong
and Chio Heng Wa
Coordinator: Wong Choi Keng
Production Assistants: Che Pui San, Sou Lai Ieng and Loc Vai Kiong
Stage Managers: Chio Heng Wa and Kuok Soi Keng
Characters and Cast:
Jia Yanling Chu Chan Wa
Li Jianfeng Che Tin Hong
Li Haiyan Sou Lai Ieng
Wei Dingyi Li Fong I
Jia Jilan Chui Suet Ming
Jia Xiaoyan Che Pui San
Wei Xiaoyi Loc Vai Kiong
Madame Jia Chu Hang I
Prime Minister Huang Tang Va Chio
Jiao-jiao Wong Wai Chan
Mei-mei Wong Pou Wan
The Prosecutor Chan Chok Pan
The General Choi Iok Ha
Etc.
Commissioned by the Macao Arts Festival to organize a Cantonese Opera performance featuring local artists, the Chan Wa Cantonese Opera Art Association presents Beauty Fades from the Twelve Ladies’ Bower, a tragic love story written by Cantonese opera playwright Tang Disheng.
Li Haiyan, a singer from the Twelve Ladies’ Bower, is betrothed to Wei Dingyi in their childhood. Later, the marriage not becoming reality, Haiyan marries the King of Hailing and bears him a daughter. Upon Dingyi’s return, the King’s sister falls for him and secretly gives birth to his child. The sister asks Haiyan to explain her predicament to the King, but he misunderstands the situation and, thinking his wife has betrayed him, kills her supposed lover. Wrongfully accused, Haiyan puts an end to her life.
Performed in Cantonese, with surtitles in Chinese
Duration: approximately 3 hours, including one interval
