Ode to Pear Blossoms was originally sung by Mei Baojiu, it was composed by Yang Nailin with lyrics by Weng Sizai.
Ode to a Pear Blossom is the theme song of the new historical Peking Opera The Noble Consort of the Great Tang Dynasty. The content of the song directly echoes the love theme between Emperor Tang Minghuang and Yang Guifei in "Noble Consort of the Great Tang". The singing design is based on the Peking Opera's Erhuang tuning style, with the addition of the Mei School singing characteristics, with individual lead vocals complementing the chorus, and a combination of euphemisms and atmospherics.
Mei Baojiu (March 29, 1934 - April 25, 2016), originally from Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, born in Sinan Road, Shanghai, was a Peking Opera actor and a national-level actor. Mei Baojiu is the ninth child of the Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang, the heir to the Mei school of art, and the former head of the Mei Lanfang Peking Opera Troupe of the Beijing Opera House. Representative works include "Farewell My Concubine", "Drunken Concubine", "Mu Guiying Hangs Up the Marshal", "Tai Zhen Xuan Yi", "Luoshen", "Xishi", etc. At about 11:00 a.m. on April 25, 2016, the master of Peking Opera, Mei Baojiu, passed away at the age of 82 years.
Mei Baojiu's father, Mei Lanfang, is a master of Peking Opera, and his mother, Fu Zhifang, is a Manchu, who grew up learning the art and specializing in the work of the Qingyi. Mei Baojiu in the family of nine siblings in the ranking of the youngest, five in early childhood died, leaving three men and a daughter, elder brother Mei Baochen, the second brother Mei Shaowu. His sister Mei Bao Yue was a Peking Opera veteran. Mei Baojiu's wife's name is Lin Liyuan, is Mei Lanfang Peking Opera Troupe artistic adviser, the two of them have no children.
Lyrics of "Ode to a Pear Blossom"
Pear blossoms blossom in the spring with rain
Pear blossoms fall into the mud in the spring
This life is only for one person
To say that he, the king, is obsessed with love, but also obsessed with love
Born to be a beautiful woman, hard to give up on oneself
Born to be a beautiful woman, hard to give up on oneself
Long hated song for thousands of years
The song of long hatred is a thought for the ages
Only for you in neon and feathers
Only for you in colorful clothes
Only for you
Only for you in the sky
There is a song of my deepest love here
I don't know if it's hard to find a good time
I can see that you're floating in the sky
I'm not sure if it is hard to find a good time
It's just that you're in the sky
I can see that you are in the sky.
Don't say that the clouds and the sea are far away
I am looking forward to meeting you
Golden winds and jade dews surround the auspicious clouds
Ah
My eternal love
My soulmate whom I can't tell you about
My eternal love
My lover whom I can't tell you about
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