Tuồng cải lương (Vietnamese:[tûəŋka᷉ːjlɨəŋ], Hán-Nôm: 從改良) often referred to as Cải lương (Chữ Hán: 改良), roughly "reformed theater") is a form of modern folk opera in Vietnam. It blends southern Vietnamese folk songs, classical music, hát tuồng (a classical theatre form based on Chinese opera), and modern spoken drama.
A noted cải lương singer, Ngọc HuyềnPopular artist Mộng Tuyền performs the leading role in a Cải lương Presentation
Xử án Bàng Quý Phi, performed by the Phước Cương troupe, c. 1928The scene of Tự Đức offering the whip in Cải lương
Cải lương originated in Southern Vietnam in the early 20th century and blossomed in the 1930s as a theatre of the middle class during the country's French colonial period. Cải lương is now promoted as a national theatrical form. Unlike the other folk forms, it continued to prove popular with the masses as late as the 1970s and the 1980s, although it is now in decline.[1][2]
Cải lương can be compared to a sort of play with the added aspect of Vọng cổ. This term literally means "nostalgia for the past", it is a special type of singing with the background music often being the đàn tranh zither or the đàn ghi-ta (Vietnamized guitar). In a typical cải lương play, the actresses and actors would use a combination of regular spoken dialogue and vọng cổ to express their thoughts and emotions.
Promotional poster for the play Tây Thi in Cải lương
Cải lương normally highlights/praises traditional Vietnamese moral values. There are mainly two genres of cải lương: ancient stories (tuồng cổ) and societal (xã hội).
The societal genre (cải lương xã hội) consists of stories about modern Vietnamese society. The plots deal with a romantic love story blended with family or social relationships. The stories also explore cultural norms, social norms, and other aspects of Vietnamese society, e.g. Đời Cô Lựu, Tô Ánh Nguyệt. This genre can be somehow described as tragedy, but with a happy ending. However, a few societal plays such as "Ra Giêng Anh Cưới Em" are comedic and light-hearted.
In the ancient stories, the actor/actress dresses in an old fashioned costume. The plot is based on a tale, legend or historical story of the feudal system, where kings and warriors still existed. For example, Bên Cầu Dệt Lụa, Lục Vân Tiên, Tiếng Trống Mê Linh etc. Many plots come from Chinese historic or ancient legends. Lương Sơn Bá-Chúc Anh Đài is based on the Chinese legend of butterfly lovers. In ancient stories, Hồ Quảng, a genre of Chinese opera may be mixed. Hence, some ancient stories may be called Cải lương Hồ Quảng, which is more like a musical. In addition to regular speech, ca cải lương, and vọng cổ, several melodies are incorporated into the play. These melodies are reused through different plays, however the words are changed to fit the context of the plays. Ancient stories can be characterized by beautiful, elaborate costumes comprising beautiful and colourful dress pieces; large, beautiful glittery hairpieces; elaborate warrior armour; and elaborate warrior head pieces.
^. Archived from the original on 1 October 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2008. Mekong Delta nostalgic for cai luong’s golden days. 21 July 2007
^. Archived from the original on 3 November 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2008. Beyond remedy for Cai luong. VietNamNet Bridge. 21 August 2008
External linksedit
Media related to Tuồng cải lương at Wikimedia Commons
(wiki)
archive.is
Cai Luong Vietnam
The best reformed theater songs | Các bài tân cổ cải lương hay nhất
April 13, 2024
cải, lương, tuồng, cải, lương, vietnamese, tûəŋ, lɨəŋ, hán, nôm, 從改良, often, referred, chữ, hán, 改良, roughly, reformed, theater, form, modern, folk, opera, vietnam, blends, southern, vietnamese, folk, songs, classical, music, hát, tuồng, classical, theatre, fo. Tuồng cải lương Vietnamese tueŋ ka ːj lɨeŋ Han Nom 從改良 often referred to as Cải lương Chữ Han 改良 roughly reformed theater is a form of modern folk opera in Vietnam It blends southern Vietnamese folk songs classical music hat tuồng a classical theatre form based on Chinese opera and modern spoken drama A noted cải lương singer Ngọc HuyềnPopular artist Mộng Tuyền performs the leading role in a Cải lương Presentation Contents 1 History and description 2 Notable singers 2 1 Before 1975 2 2 After 1975 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory and description edit source source Xử an Bang Quy Phi performed by the Phước Cương troupe c 1928 nbsp The scene of Tự Đức offering the whip in Cải lươngCải lương originated in Southern Vietnam in the early 20th century and blossomed in the 1930s as a theatre of the middle class during the country s French colonial period Cải lương is now promoted as a national theatrical form Unlike the other folk forms it continued to prove popular with the masses as late as the 1970s and the 1980s although it is now in decline 1 2 Cải lương can be compared to a sort of play with the added aspect of Vọng cổ This term literally means nostalgia for the past it is a special type of singing with the background music often being the đan tranh zither or the đan ghi ta Vietnamized guitar In a typical cải lương play the actresses and actors would use a combination of regular spoken dialogue and vọng cổ to express their thoughts and emotions nbsp Promotional poster for the play Tay Thi in Cải lươngCải lương normally highlights praises traditional Vietnamese moral values There are mainly two genres of cải lương ancient stories tuồng cổ and societal xa hội nbsp The Guitar phim lom instrument used for Cải lươngThe societal genre cải lương xa hội consists of stories about modern Vietnamese society The plots deal with a romantic love story blended with family or social relationships The stories also explore cultural norms social norms and other aspects of Vietnamese society e g Đời Co Lựu To Anh Nguyệt This genre can be somehow described as tragedy but with a happy ending However a few societal plays such as Ra Gieng Anh Cưới Em are comedic and light hearted In the ancient stories the actor actress dresses in an old fashioned costume The plot is based on a tale legend or historical story of the feudal system where kings and warriors still existed For example Ben Cầu Dệt Lụa Lục Van Tien Tiếng Trống Me Linh etc Many plots come from Chinese historic or ancient legends Lương Sơn Ba Chuc Anh Đai is based on the Chinese legend of butterfly lovers In ancient stories Hồ Quảng a genre of Chinese opera may be mixed Hence some ancient stories may be called Cải lương Hồ Quảng which is more like a musical In addition to regular speech ca cải lương and vọng cổ several melodies are incorporated into the play These melodies are reused through different plays however the words are changed to fit the context of the plays Ancient stories can be characterized by beautiful elaborate costumes comprising beautiful and colourful dress pieces large beautiful glittery hairpieces elaborate warrior armour and elaborate warrior head pieces Notable singers editBefore 1975 edit Tam Danh 1901 1976 Ba Du 1904 1980 Năm Phỉ 1906 1954 Năm Chau 1906 1977 Ba Van 1908 1988 Phung Ha 1911 2009 Tư Sạng 1911 1955 Bảy Nam 1913 2004 Ut Tra On 1919 2001 Le Thanh Tri 1924 2002 Viễn Chau 1924 2016 Kim Chưởng 1926 2014 Văn Chung 1928 2018 Hữu Phước 1932 1997 Phi Hung born 1932 Thanh Được born 1934 Tung Lam born 1934 Ut Bạch Lan 1935 2016 Hung Cường 1936 1996 Thanh Hương 1936 1974 Kim Cương born 1937 Nam Hung 1937 2020 Minh Cảnh born 1938 Tấn Tai 1938 2011 Ngọc Nuoi 1939 2002 Ut Hiền 1940 1986 Diệp Lang 1941 2023 Dũng Thanh Lam 1942 2004 Ngọc Hương 1942 2017 Thanh Nga 1942 1978 Phương Quang 1942 2018 Thanh Thanh Hoa 1943 2009 Thanh Sang 1943 2017 Kim Ngọc 1944 2011 Minh Phụng 1944 2008 Bạch Tuyết born 1945 Hồng Nga born 1945 Ngọc Giau born 1945 Diệu Hiền born 1945 Phương Binh born 1947 Phượng Lien born 1947 Thanh Nguyệt born 1947 Mộng Tuyền born 1947 Bo Bo Hoang born 1947 Thanh Tong 1948 2016 Lệ Thủy born 1948 Thanh Tuấn born 1948 Minh Vương born 1949 Bảo Quốc born 1949 Mỹ Chau born 1950 To Kim Hồng born 1950 Bạch Le born 1951 Chi Tam born 1952 Giang Chau 1952 2019 Bich Hạnh born 1953 Thoại Mieu born 1953 Thanh Kim Huệ 1954 2021 Hương Lan born 1956 After 1975 edit Phượng Mai born 1956 Vũ Linh 1958 2023 Tai Linh Chau Thanh Thanh Hằng Phương Hồng Thủy Linh Tam Thanh Thanh Tam Phượng Hằng Phượng Loan Cẩm Tien Kim Tử Long Thoại Mỹ Vũ Luan Chi Linh Van Ha Tu Sương Trinh Trinh Le Thanh Thảo Quế Tran Ngọc Huyền Thanh Ngan Trọng Phuc Tấn Giao Kim Tiểu Long Phi Nhung 1970 2021 Mạnh Quỳnh Hương Thủy Linh Tuấn Thanh HuyềnSee also editMusic of Vietnam Cao Văn Lầu songwriter Dạ cổ hoai lang Night song of the missing husband 1919 Vọng cổ Nostalgia References edit VietNamNet Mekong Delta nostalgic for cai luong s golden days Archived from the original on 1 October 2008 Retrieved 12 November 2008 Mekong Delta nostalgic for cai luong s golden days 21 July 2007 VietNamNet Beyond remedy for Cai luong Archived from the original on 3 November 2008 Retrieved 12 November 2008 Beyond remedy for Cai luong VietNamNet Bridge 21 August 2008External links edit nbsp Media related to Tuồng cải lương at Wikimedia Commons Encyclopedia of Vietnamese Music wiki archive is Cai Luong Vietnam Dan Ca Viet Video cai luong The best reformed theater songs Cac bai tan cổ cải lương hay nhất Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cải lương amp oldid 1213012345, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
