Yue opera
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Yue opera, also known as Shaoxing opera, is a popular Chinese opera genre, with only Peking opera considered to be more popular nationwide.
A 2016 performance of Romance of the Western Chamber by Shanghai Theatre Academy students. The actress in red is portraying a male character.
A female contestant playing Han Shizhong during a televised Shaoxing opera talent competition in 2006.
A performance of Yulan Ji by Shanghai Theatre Academy students in 2014.
A performance of Wang Kui Betrays Guiying by Shanghai Theatre Academy students in 2014. Male Shaoxing opera actors are few in number but they do exist.
Peking opera
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Peking opera, or Beijing opera, is the dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines instrumental music, vocal performance, mime, martial arts, dance and acrobatics. It arose in Beijing in the mid-Qi
Yue opera
…Yue opera (Chinese: 越剧; pinyin: Yuèjù), also known as Shaoxing opera, is a popular Chinese opera genre, with only Peking opera considered to be more popular nationwide. Originating in Shengzhou, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province in 1906, Yue opera features actresses in male roles as…
Peking opera in Shanghai, 2014
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The character Sun Wukong at the Peking opera from Journey to the West
One of 100 portraits of Peking opera characters housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art