5-453: Farewell My Concubine may refer to: The Hegemon-King Bids His Concubine Farewell , a traditional Chinese opera Farewell My Concubine (novel) , a novel by Lilian Lee Farewell My Concubine (film) , a film by Chen Kaige, based on the novel by Lilian Lee Farewell My Concubine (modern opera) , a Western-style Chinese opera by Xiao Bai which toured America in 2008 Topics referred to by
10-447: Is also performed in other genres such as Cantonese opera . The opera tells the story of Xiang Yu , the self-styled "Hegemon-King of Western Chu " who battled for the unification of China with Liu Bang , the eventual founder of the Han dynasty . In the play, Xiang Yu is surrounded by Liu Bang's forces and on the verge of total defeat, so he calls forth his horse and begs it to run away for
15-525: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Hegemon-King Bids His Concubine Farewell The Hegemon-King Bids His Lady Farewell ( Chinese : 霸王别姬 ; pinyin : Bà Wáng Bié Jī ), also known as Farewell My Concubine , is a traditional Chinese opera . It was initially performed by Yang Xiaolou and Shang Xiaoyun in 1918 in Beijing . Though usually associated with Peking opera , it
20-405: The sake of its own safety. The horse refuses, against his wishes. He then calls for the company of his wife Consort Yu . Realizing the dire situation that has befallen them, she begs to die alongside her master, but he strongly refuses this wish. Afterwards, as he is distracted, Yu commits suicide with Xiang Yu's sword. The novel Farewell My Concubine by Lilian Lee and its film adaptation of
25-438: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Farewell My Concubine . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Farewell_My_Concubine&oldid=880191656 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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