Lin Meimei
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1957 she was admitted to the first Wenzhou opera trainees' class and later joined the Yongjia Kunqu Opera Troupe, where she studied under Yongkun masters including Yang Yinyou and Yang Yongtang.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in November 1941 in Yongjia County, Zhejiang Province. In 1958 she traveled with the troupe to Shanghai for a report performance, playing Emperor Minghuang in Jing Bian · Mai Yu (Startled Awake, Burying the Jade), and won the recognition of the performing arts master Yu Zhenfei. She excels in roles such as Emperor Minghuang, Wang Shipeng, Cai Bojie, Pan Bizheng, Xu Jizu and Li Zhengmin, and her representative works include the traditional plays Jian Niang (Meeting the Mother), Dang Jin (Pawning the Kerchief) and Qiu Jiang (Autumn River). In 2000 the Yongkun troupe restaged an adapted Zhang Xie Zhuang Yuan (Zhang Xie the Top Scholar), which earned the reputation that a single play had revived a whole troupe; she played Zhang Xie in it.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Kunqu Opera (Yongjia Kunqu), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In recent years she has trained students including Hu Weilü, Du Xiaowei and Jin Hailei.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
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