14ġ995: Cao Cao’s Cruelty and Thrashing Dragon Robe, featured in Palanquins and Paladins, organised by the Chinese Opera Society for the Chinese Cultural Festival. 12ġ958: Teaches at the Hua Lam Dramatic Association.ġ960: Invited to be the honourable adviser of the Liu Yi Ru Yue She.ġ964: Teaches Five Flowers Cave for the Hua Lam Dramatic Association husband Gong Yu Tang passes away.ġ969: Teaches at the National Theatre Club.ġ992: Withdraws from Ping Sheh, Singapore’s oldest Beijing opera troupe, and joins Tian Yun Amateur Beijing Opera Troupe as a founding member.ġ995: Gives her farewell performance during the Chinese Cultural Festival on March 7.Ģ002: Performs at the Ancient Museum Theatre in Suzhou, China.ġ976: Thrashing Dragon Robe in Taiwan, organised by the Wen Hua Beijing Opera Association.ġ980: Thrashing Dragon Robe in Taiwan lead role in Women Generals of the Yang Family for Ping Sheh’s 40th-anniversary show.ġ984: Mu Gui Ying Appointed as a Marshal, a gala for Ping Sheh’s 44th anniversary. 11 On a number of occasions, she crossed genre to also train Teochew opera. 10īesides her performing career, Phan was also one of the first to teach Beijing opera in Singapore. In 2002, at the age of 90, Phan performed at the Ancient Museum Theatre in Suzhou, China, at the invitation of the Suzhou Cultural Broadcasting Television Authority, to much acclaim. Her 1980 portrayal of the role of She Taijun, the formidable matriarch of the patriotic family during the Song Dynasty in Women Generals of the Yang Family, is considered one of Phan’s more important works. 8ĭuring the later years of her career, Phan also assumed the role of laodan (old lady). 7 She is particularly well known for her lead role of Emperor Han Xian Di in Emperor Han Xian Di Plans to Curb Cao Cao’s Power, and also in Thrashing the Dragon Robe. Phan is famed for her role as the laosheng (old man), which she developed into her specialty. Phan’s original name was Pan Lan Zhen (潘兰珍), and Wait Hong was her stage name.

4 She started her career in Singapore at the age of 14 when she was engaged to sing Beijing opera songs in restaurants. In 1992, she was awarded the Cultural Medallion (Chinese opera).īorn in Shanghai, Phan left school at the age of eight and began learning Beijing opera. Phan was associated with many milestone events in the development of Beijing opera in Singapore.

She came to Singapore from Shanghai at the age of 14 3 and rose to become a lead actress in a professional company that toured Malaya and Indonesia with great success in the 1940s and 1950s.

1 September 2016, Singapore 2) is a key figure in the history of Beijing opera in Singapore.

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