Wei Hai-min explained

Wei Hai-min (; born 1957) is a Taiwanese Peking opera singer-actress who plays Dan roles. A winner of Taiwan's and China's Plum Blossom Prize, Wei is widely recognized a Peking opera superstar. She is the first student of Mei Baojiu, who is one of the most well-known Peking opera masters in the world.

Wei Hai-min shot to fame in the 1980s with Wu Hsing-kuo's Contemporary Legend Theatre, known for adapting Western classics into Peking opera. In the 1990s she became the leading diva of the newly-founded GuoGuang Opera Company. In 2009 she worked with Robert Wilson on a Peking opera adaptation of , where she played an androgynous character — rare for female performers in this genre.

Filmography

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleRoleNotes
1977Orthodox Chinese Kung Fu名門正派
1978The 72 Desperate Rebels七十二煞星Liu Mei'er
1995Confucius孔子傳Nan ZiVoice role
2014Design 7 Love相愛的七種設計Mark's aunt
2018Kafka's LoversXOXO卡夫卡

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