And they all have been well received by the audiences in places around the world, including Japan, Russia, Hongkong, Taiwan and Macao. By following this rule, I, with many opera counterparts, have performed many operas that were once interpreted by masters like my father, such as Xishi, Legend of Taizhen and Mu Guiying Takes Command. My father always told me that our performance should, first, appeal to an audience with little knowledge of Peking Opera second, to any audience just willing to buy a ticket and third, to an appreciative audience of true opera fans - the kind who return again and again. “The operas we perform today should be able to stand up to those performed by our veteran performers or masters. This performance was also the one that left the deepest impression on me, as it did on my father. Guo Moruo, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who at that time watched my father’s last performance, praised it as perfect. Expressing also my father’s years of performing experience, his adaptation is still studied and performed by opera groups both at home and abroad without any diminishing of its appeal. Even today, this opera is regarded as a classic, combining my father’s respect for both tradition and for innovation. He had adapted this opera and performed it to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. When he was 68 years old, on behalf of the Mei Lanfang opera club, he performed Mu Guiying Takes Command for the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and that was the last performance of his life. “My father devoted his whole life to Peking Opera. Look at me, I am still strong and energetic. But now, great changes have taken place in our lives. In addition, a lack of advanced medical treatment contributed to his early death. Actually, his early death can be attributed to years of hard work.
Mei Baojiu talked about his father Mei Lanfang, the Chinese Peking Opera master, and the traditions of Peking Opera: In a meeting room at the Great Hall of the People, China’s most highly-regarded Peking Opera performer Mei Baojiu, 68, took time from his work as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Beijing for an interview with our reporter. Peking Opera – Reflections on a National Treasure
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