Wei Hai-min
Wei Hai-min (Chinese: 魏海敏; born 1957) is a Taiwanese Peking opera singer-actress who plays Dan roles. A winner of Taiwan's National Award for Arts and China's Plum Blossom Prize, Wei is widely recognized a Peking opera superstar. She is the first student of Mei Baojiu, who is one of the most well-known Peking opera masters in the world.
Wei Hai-min shot to fame in the 1980s with Wu Hsing-kuo's Contemporary Legend Theatre, known for adapting Western classics into Peking opera. In the 1990s she became the leading diva of the newly-founded GuoGuang Opera Company. In 2009 she worked with Robert Wilson on a Peking opera adaptation of Orlando: A Biography, where she played an androgynous character — rare for female performers in this genre.
Filmography
| Year | English title | Original title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Orthodox Chinese Kung Fu | 名門正派 | ||
| 1978 | The 72 Desperate Rebels | 七十二煞星 | Liu Mei'er | |
| 1995 | Confucius | 孔子傳 | Nan Zi | Voice role |
| 2014 | Design 7 Love | 相愛的七種設計 | Mark's aunt | |
| 2018 | Kafka's Lovers | XOXO卡夫卡 |
References
- "Opera Artist – Wei Hai-min". Ministry of Culture (Taiwan). 2015-10-12.
- "Beside the Plum - Gratitude: Mei School Peking Opera Highlights by Wei Haimin". National Centre for the Performing Arts (China).
- Lu, Nancy T. (2002-03-21). "Wei Hai-min prepares to sing diverse opera roles". The China Post.
- Chou, Oliver (2014-11-02). "Wei Haimin awe-inspiring in ambitious project". South China Morning Post.
External links
- (in Chinese) Wei Hai-min on Facebook
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