An Ephemeral Opera

An Ephemeral Opera
Nippon Seinenkan
May 9th, 2010

Star: ♥Shibuki Jun♥

I'm not entirely certain why I thought this show was about Marlene Dietrich. I thought I had read that it was, but obviously I had assumed and then thought that I had researched it... and never did. XD

It's actually an original story, with the main character of Mei Fa based loosely on a combination of Kawashima Yoshiko and Li Xianglan (Yamaguchi Yoshiko). In fact, she even sings "Suzhou Serenade" (蘇州夜曲) during the show.

( Summary & What I Thought )

I am so, so, SO glad that they brought the show to Tokyo, even if only for three days. I was really disappointed when I couldn't make it down to Osaka last year to see it.

What else...? Oh, it was the last show, so they had several curtain calls and a standing ovation at the end. And at the last curtain call, Rika got the entire cast to say "Gokigen uruwashuu" and give us a hand-twirl, a joke on a line her character says in the show♥ She was definitely happy at the standing ovation. ;)

And she had flowers from Anju Mira, Makoto Tsubasa, Kozuki Wataru, Juri Sakiho, and... possibly Matsu Akira? I didn't get a good look at the last one, so I'm not sure if the flowers from Matsu Akira were for her, or for one of her male co-stars.

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Eheehee, the poster is up for Tsubaki, Time Jump♥ Rika in kimono!

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Eheehee, the poster is up for Tsubaki, Time Jump♥ Rika in kimono!