Wei Hai-min (; born 1957) is a Taiwanese
Peking opera singer-actress who plays ''
Dan
Dan or DAN may refer to:
People
* Dan (name), including a list of people with the name
** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark
* Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa
**Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoir ...
'' roles. A winner of Taiwan's and China's
Plum Blossom Prize
The China Theatre Plum Blossom Award (), more commonly the Plum Blossom Award, is the highest theatrical award in China. It is awarded by the China Theatre Association.
Several Taiwanese have also won the award, such as Wei Hai-min.
History
The ...
, Wei is widely recognized a Peking opera superstar. She is the first student of
Mei Baojiu
Mei Baojiu () (29 March 1934 – 25 April 2016) was a contemporary Peking opera artist, also a performer of the Dan role type in Peking Opera and Kunqu opera, the leader of Mei Lanfang Peking Opera troupe in Beijing Peking Opera Theatre. Mei's ...
, 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
Wu Hsing-kuo () is a Taiwanese actor of the silver screen and theater, known for both his performance of complex movie roles as much as for his innovative adaptations of Western classics into traditional Peking Opera.
Wu was trained in classical ...
'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
References
*
*
*
*
External links
*
1957 births
Living people
Taiwanese film actresses
Taiwanese Peking opera actresses
20th-century Taiwanese actresses
21st-century Taiwanese actresses
Musicians from New Taipei
National Taiwan University of Arts alumni
21st-century Taiwanese women singers
Actresses from New Taipei
20th-century Taiwanese women singers
{{Taiwan-actor-stub