Putao xianzi information

Putao xianzi (葡萄仙子 The Grape Fairy) is a popular children's opera by Chinese composer Li Jinhui, originally written 1922-1923 and most notably staged in a revised and expanded version in Shanghai in 1927. It was the one of the most successful of the composer's children's operas.^[1]^[2]^[3] It gave its name to Wong Tin-lam's Hong Kong-made Mandarin film Angel of the Vineyard starring Chung Ching in 1956.^[4]

^ Constructing Nationhood in Modern East Asia Kai-wing Chow, Kevin Michael Doak, Poshek Fu - 2001 - 0472067354 Page 337 "The most famous of these "children's operas" include The Grape Fairy (Putao xianzi, 1923), Three Butterflies (San hudie, 1926), and The Magpie and the Little Child (Maque yu xiaohai, 1927). Many of Li's children songs continue to circulate ...
^ Yellow Music: Media Culture and Colonial Modernity in the Chinese ...Andrew F. Jones - 2001 0822326949 "See Li Jinhui, " 'Putao xianzi zengding xuanyan" (Manifesto for the revised and expanded version of "The Grape Fairy"), in Putao xianzi (The grape fairy) (Shanghai: Zhonghua shuju, 1928),
^ Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre Siyuan Liu - 2016- Page xiv 1317278860 "Li Minghui posing for Putao xianzi (The Grape Fairy) in 1927 as a student of The Chinese Song and Dance School"
^ The International Film Musical Corey Creekmur, Linda Mokdad - 2012 - Page 186 0748654305 "Select Filmography Air Hostess (Kongzhong xiaojie, Yi Wen, 1959) An All-Consuming Love (Chang xiangsi, He Zhaozhang, 1947) Angel of the Vineyard (Putao xianzi, Wang Tianlin, 1956) "

[1] Constructing Nationhood in Modern East Asia Kai-wing Chow, Kevin Michael Doak, Poshek Fu - 2001 - 0472067354 Page 337 "The most famous of these "children's operas" include The Grape Fairy (Putao xianzi, 1923), Three Butterflies (San hudie, 1926), and The Magpie and the Little Child (Maque yu xiaohai, 1927). Many of Li's children songs continue to circulate ...

[2] Yellow Music: Media Culture and Colonial Modernity in the Chinese ...Andrew F. Jones - 2001 0822326949 "See Li Jinhui, " 'Putao xianzi zengding xuanyan" (Manifesto for the revised and expanded version of "The Grape Fairy"), in Putao xianzi (The grape fairy) (Shanghai: Zhonghua shuju, 1928),

[3] Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre Siyuan Liu - 2016- Page xiv 1317278860 "Li Minghui posing for Putao xianzi (The Grape Fairy) in 1927 as a student of The Chinese Song and Dance School"

[4] The International Film Musical Corey Creekmur, Linda Mokdad - 2012 - Page 186 0748654305 "Select Filmography Air Hostess (Kongzhong xiaojie, Yi Wen, 1959) An All-Consuming Love (Chang xiangsi, He Zhaozhang, 1947) Angel of the Vineyard (Putao xianzi, Wang Tianlin, 1956) "