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Wei Hai-min

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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 [zh] 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

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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

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  • "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.
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