Fragrant Sacrifice - Leslie Cheung & Liza Wang) w/ English

I have no idea of Cantonese. So for me, Liza Wang was already good enough. The way she sang was pretty good for someone who was not trained in opera. Cause apparently singing in that kind of way is VERY difficult. I've been learning guqin, and sometimes we're required to sing the song while playing. Even for simple songs such as 湘妃怨 or 秋风辞, it's very difficult to sing, not to mention a song like 帝女花

already, cantopera is easier to sing compared to beijing opera. nonethless, despite liza receiving professional training to sing opera, she still doesn't have the voice for it.  and i grew up listening to cantopera 'cause my parents like it.  

let me give you an example of good cantopera "soprano":



here she is doing a duet (the same as the one with cecilia & anita):

it seems cecilia wong had an album released in 1980.  here's a song from it:

that's interesting--i haven't come across anyone who, liking peking opera, prefers cantopera singing!  i personally haven't gotten used to the peking opera singing style--it's too sharp, for a lack of a better way to describe it.  cantopera is more easy on the ears for me.  but yeah, the costumes for peking opera is amazing, that's for sure!

In case you are wondering, this is a sad theme. The Ming Dynasty was ending (palace being invaded etc.) so the Princess Chang Ping decides to marry her beloved, and at the end of the wedding ceremony on this their matrimonial night, they both consume a cup of poison (arsenic) laced wine.

This is the wiki report on her.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Changping

siuyiu chefying : ATV series Princess Chang Ping didn't make her lost one arm. Biu Xue Jian of Jin Yong made her lost one arm (like in history), but there's no Zhou Shixian on it.