Shao Xing Opera from Zhe Jiang Province

Shao Xing Opera from Zhe Jiang Province
Dec 26, 2009 19:15
MARRIE Points: Join Date: Jan 7, 2008 Status: offline	from WiKi Shaoxing opera is a local Chinese opera popular in the southern regions of the Yangtze River. Yue opera has a history of about 800 years. It was derived from a kind of story-singing. At first, it was performed with a small drum and hardwood clappers for rhythm and later, choral and orchestral accompaniment was added. It drew some musical elements from Shao opera and subsequently formed its own characteristics. It does not use the elaborate face painting of Peking Opera. Yue opera is noted for its lyricism, and singing is dominant in it. Its tunes are sweet and beautiful and the performance vivid and full of local color. Originally Yue opera was only performed by males and then changed to all female performances.

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Shaoxing opera is a local Chinese opera popular in the southern regions of the Yangtze River. Yue opera has a history of about 800 years. It was derived from a kind of story-singing. At first, it was performed with a small drum and hardwood clappers for rhythm and later, choral and orchestral accompaniment was added. It drew some musical elements from Shao opera and subsequently formed its own characteristics. It does not use the elaborate face painting of Peking Opera.

Yue opera is noted for its lyricism, and singing is dominant in it. Its tunes are sweet and beautiful and the performance vivid and full of local color. Originally Yue opera was only performed by males and then changed to all female performances.

Dec 26, 2009 19:19	#1
MARRIE Points: Join Date: Jan 7, 2008 Status: Offline	Currently, Yue operas are shown on television almost every night, at least in Zhejiang Province, particularly on two Hangzhou channels, HTV4 & HTV6 (often about 6-7 pm). The televised operas are almost always romances in which both male and female roles are played by women. The male characters wear thick-soled shoes similar to those worn in ancient Greek drama: kothurnos (see buskin). In Hangzhou, groups of four or five people singing & playing the music of the operas perform in parks and attract small crowds of both local people and Chinese tourists. One park on the eastern side of West Lake usually has several such groups. A history of how Yue opera emerged as Shanghai's most popular opera is documented in the book Women Playing Men by Jin Jiang (University of Washington Press, 2009). a piece of Shao Xing Opera [flash] [/flash]
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Dec 26, 2009 19:37	#2
MARRIE Points: Join Date: Jan 7, 2008 Status: Offline	It's a very sweet opera performed by all females a piece from emperor and village girl

Dec 26, 2009 19:41	#3
MARRIE Points: Join Date: Jan 7, 2008 Status: Offline	the dialect of Shao Xing Opera is originated from the city of Shao Xing, Zhe Jiang province. a piece of the Tale of West Chamber

Dec 26, 2009 19:49	#4
MARRIE Points: Join Date: Jan 7, 2008 Status: Offline	an elegant gesture of waving the long sleeves. a piece from the Tale of West Chamber

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