梅保玖
梅保玖
Genres: Peking opera, Chinese Opera
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About 梅保玖
Mei Baojiu (Chinese: 梅葆玖; pinyin: Méi bǎojiǔ) (March 29, 1934 -) born in Shanghai, China (ancestral home – Taizhou, Jiangsu Province),is one of the most famous contemporary Jingju (Peking opera) artists in China, also a great performer of the Dan role type in Peking Opera and Kunqu opera, National Class A Actor of China, the leader of Mei lanfang Peking Opera troupe in Beijing Peking Opera Theatre. Mei’s father – Mei Lanfang (梅兰芳) was one of the greatest Jingju (Peking opera) artists in modern history, especially known for his Qingyi roles (a type of Dan role).Mei Baojiu is the 9th child, the youngest son of Mei Lanfang. For this reason, he is called Baojiu, in Chinese, jiu means nine. Mei Baojiu is the master of the second generation of Méi School descendant, he is also Mei Lanfang’s only child, who is now a performer of the Dan role type in Jingju (Peking Opera).
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