【英语中国】台湾歌后邓丽君“重现”舞台

Eighteen years after her death, Taiwanese pop diva Teresa Teng, one of Asia's most-loved performers, made a surprise return to the stage in Taipei over the weekend with the help of California-based multimedia company Digital Domain 3.0 Inc.

The life-size digital image of Ms. Teng, dressed in a signature slim-fitting cheongsam, thrilled the audience of 15,000 on Friday night, when she ascended from beneath the stage to sing three duets with Mandopop star Jay Chou at his concert in Taipei.

Mr. Chou and the virtual Ms. Teng performed one of her biggest hits, 'What You Have to Say,' in addition to two of Mr. Chou's songs, 'Red Tavern' and 'Thousand Miles Away.'

The special performances continued at the Taipei Arena on Saturday and Sunday.

Digital Domain is the same company that created the image of rapper Tupac, who died in 1996, for last year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival.

'Our goal was to honor Teresa Teng - as a singer and as a person,' Steve Preeg, the visual-effects supervisor and animation director at Digital Domain, said in a statement. 'If her family and friends feel that her personality came through in the performance, then we did our jobs.'

Since Ms. Teng's death in 1995 in Thailand at the age of 42, her brother - Frank Teng, the chairman of the Teresa Teng Foundation - has been active in preserving the legacy of his sister, whose popularity spanned across the Chinese-speaking world. Although Ms. Teng's music was banned in China - she was known for her staunch anticommunism views - she is beloved in the country.

Mr. Teng worked with Digital Domain to get his sister's expressions and mannerisms down just right for the concert. 'It gives her long-time fans a chance to see her perform again, and it brings Teresa's music to a whole new generation, through Jay Chou's show and songs,' he said in the statement.

Digital Domain has created visual images for some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, including 'Titanic,' 'Iron Man 3' and the 'Transformers' trilogy.

Check out the video of Friday's performance. What do you think? Leave your thoughts in the comments section.

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在去世18年后，亚洲最受欢迎的歌手之一、台湾流行巨星邓丽君(Teresa Teng)周末意外在舞台上“复活”。这次让虚拟邓丽君登台演出的是加州多媒体公司数字王国(Digital Domain 3.0 Inc.)。

上周五晚间，在华语流行音乐明星周杰伦(Jay Chou)的演唱会上，以数字影像方式出现在舞台上的邓丽君身穿标志性的修身旗袍，从舞台下方缓缓升起，让在场的15,000名观众兴奋不已。

周杰伦和虚拟邓丽君合唱了邓丽君的名曲之一《你怎么说》，还共同演绎了周杰伦的歌曲《红尘客栈》和《千里之外》。

这次特别的演唱会上周六和周日继续在台北小巨蛋(Taipei Arena)演出。

在去年的科切拉山谷音乐艺术节(Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival)上，正是数字王国让1996年去世的说唱巨星Tupac重新“出现”在舞台上。

数字王国的视觉效果总监和动画主管普里格(Steve Preeg)在一份声明中说，我们的目的是向作为歌手和普通人的邓丽君致敬，如果她的家人和朋友在演出中感受到了她本人的影子，那我们就成功了。

邓丽君于1995年在泰国去世，年仅42岁。从那时起，邓丽君的哥哥、邓丽君文教基金会(Teresa Teng Foundation)董事长邓长富(Frank Teng)一直在积极致力于保存妹妹留下的遗产。邓丽君在华人世界广受欢迎。虽然她的反共产主义立场导致她的歌曲在中国大陆一度被禁，但她在中国大陆仍旧深受爱戴。

邓长富与数字王国合作，为演唱会创造出邓丽君的表情和举止。邓长富在一份声明中说，邓丽君长期以来的歌迷有机会再次欣赏她的表演，同时，通过周杰伦的演出和歌曲，邓丽君的音乐也得以走近新一代人。

数字王国此前为好莱坞的多部巨作创作了视觉影像，包括《泰坦尼克号》(Titanic)、《钢铁侠3》(Iron Man 3)以及《变形金刚》(Transformers)三部曲。

以下是上周五演出的视频。