Mui Suet See
梅雪詩
(Alternate Cantonese Romanization of the name: Mui Syut Si, Mui Shet Sze)
Mui Suet See 梅雪詩 (Mai Tuyết Thi) was born on July 20 as Mandy Fung Lai Man 馮麗雯 (Phùng Lệ Văn). She is the eldest in her family of 7 siblings. Mui Suet See is a stage name given by Ms. Fung’s mentors, master Cantonese opera performers, Yam Kim Fai and Pak Suet Sin. More often, she is affectionately known and called by friends and fans as Ah De 阿嗲 (De Gu 嗲姑).
When the Sin Fung Ming Cantonese Opera Troupe held an open enrollment in 1960 to recruit chorus/dancing unit for Yam Kim Fai and Pak Suet Sin’s new production work of Cantonese opera “The new Legend of the White Snake” [白蛇新傳] Baak Ji San Cyun, Fung Lai Man applied in response to the open call.
After eight months of intense training, she was selected to be a part of the Sin Fung Ming Cantonese Opera Troupe. Under Yam/Pak’s guidance, Mui Suet See learned the art, specializing in playing female roles (e.g. young belle 粵劇花旦 jyut kek faa daan) like master Pak’s herself.
In 1965, Chor Fung Ming Cantonese Opera Troupe was officially formed under the wings of Yam/Pak’s Sin Fung Ming Cantonese Opera Troupe. Original selection of trainees from the open enrollment was to head Chor Fung Ming. The troupe started out by performing Cantonese Opera excerpts (once made famous by Sin Fung Ming) then to complete Cantonese operas starting in the late 60s.
For the following 20 years (during the 70s & 80s), Mui Suet See performed opposite Lung Kim Sang as the two led Chor Fung Ming in performances locally and overseas tours to Southeast Asia, North America and Australia. She also starred in three movie musical adaptation of Cantonese operas with Lung Kim Sang in the mid to late 70s.
After Lung Kim Sang announced her retirement from stage and immigrated to Canada in 1992, Mui Suet See partnered with Mr. Lam Kam Tong 林錦堂 to form Hing Fung Ming [慶鳳鳴劇團] Opera Troupe in May of 1993. The troupe went on to become Hong Kong’s renowned Cantonese Opera troupe to date.
In 2004, Mui Suet See re-united along side her long time stage’s partner Lung Kim Sang on the occasion to commemorate the 15th anniversary of their master Yam Kim Fai’s death.
Together with the supporting performance from Yam Bing Yi and Chu Kim Dan, they reprised an excerpt from the Cantonese opera “The Reincarnation of Lady Plum Blossom” in a commemoration cum charity program called Zhong Pi Ni Chang Ge Bian Che [重披霓裳歌遍徹] Cung Pei Ngai Soeng Go Bin Cit.
It was the show that officially kicked off a series of returning to stage production of complete Cantonese Opera classics "Dream of the West Chamber" in 2005 and "Princess Chang Ping" in 2006. Both starred Lung Kim Sang and Mui Suet See.
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The above written artist's profile does incorporate researched information from various sources including reading materials from the Internet (e.g. wikipedia.org), TV/radio interviews, movie DVD Stars' Files and so on.
(Alternate Cantonese Romanization of the name: Mui Syut Si, Mui Shet Sze)
Mui Suet See 梅雪詩 (Mai Tuyết Thi) was born on July 20 as Mandy Fung Lai Man 馮麗雯 (Phùng Lệ Văn). She is the eldest in her family of 7 siblings. Mui Suet See is a stage name given by Ms. Fung’s mentors, master Cantonese opera performers, Yam Kim Fai and Pak Suet Sin. More often, she is affectionately known and called by friends and fans as Ah De 阿嗲 (De Gu 嗲姑).
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When the Sin Fung Ming Cantonese Opera Troupe held an open enrollment in 1960 to recruit chorus/dancing unit for Yam Kim Fai and Pak Suet Sin’s new production work of Cantonese opera “The new Legend of the White Snake” [白蛇新傳] Baak Ji San Cyun, Fung Lai Man applied in response to the open call.
After eight months of intense training, she was selected to be a part of the Sin Fung Ming Cantonese Opera Troupe. Under Yam/Pak’s guidance, Mui Suet See learned the art, specializing in playing female roles (e.g. young belle 粵劇花旦 jyut kek faa daan) like master Pak’s herself.
In 1965, Chor Fung Ming Cantonese Opera Troupe was officially formed under the wings of Yam/Pak’s Sin Fung Ming Cantonese Opera Troupe. Original selection of trainees from the open enrollment was to head Chor Fung Ming. The troupe started out by performing Cantonese Opera excerpts (once made famous by Sin Fung Ming) then to complete Cantonese operas starting in the late 60s.
For the following 20 years (during the 70s & 80s), Mui Suet See performed opposite Lung Kim Sang as the two led Chor Fung Ming in performances locally and overseas tours to Southeast Asia, North America and Australia. She also starred in three movie musical adaptation of Cantonese operas with Lung Kim Sang in the mid to late 70s.
After Lung Kim Sang announced her retirement from stage and immigrated to Canada in 1992, Mui Suet See partnered with Mr. Lam Kam Tong 林錦堂 to form Hing Fung Ming [慶鳳鳴劇團] Opera Troupe in May of 1993. The troupe went on to become Hong Kong’s renowned Cantonese Opera troupe to date.
In 2004, Mui Suet See re-united along side her long time stage’s partner Lung Kim Sang on the occasion to commemorate the 15th anniversary of their master Yam Kim Fai’s death.
Together with the supporting performance from Yam Bing Yi and Chu Kim Dan, they reprised an excerpt from the Cantonese opera “The Reincarnation of Lady Plum Blossom” in a commemoration cum charity program called Zhong Pi Ni Chang Ge Bian Che [重披霓裳歌遍徹] Cung Pei Ngai Soeng Go Bin Cit.
It was the show that officially kicked off a series of returning to stage production of complete Cantonese Opera classics "Dream of the West Chamber" in 2005 and "Princess Chang Ping" in 2006. Both starred Lung Kim Sang and Mui Suet See.
Credits and/or Citations:
The above written artist's profile does incorporate researched information from various sources including reading materials from the Internet (e.g. wikipedia.org), TV/radio interviews, movie DVD Stars' Files and so on.
- http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/梅雪詩
- http://lamkamtong.com/
- Stars' Files from the 1977 movie musical adaptation of Cantonese Opera The Legend Of Purple Hairpin [紫釵記] Zi Caa Gei - released by Universe Laser & Video Co., Ltd.
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