Regional Operas

Kunqu Opera

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Chuanqi plays and scenes sung in the refined water-mill style, with elegant lyrics and exquisite movement.

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Peking Opera

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A vast repertoire of emperors, generals, scholars and beauties, sung in the xipi and erhuang modes.

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Cantonese Opera

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Plays and arias sung in Cantonese bangzi and erhuang, the southern opera of the old red boats.

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Huangmei Opera

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Fresh, homespun Huangmei plays, mostly about love and village life.

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Yu Opera (Henan Opera)

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Bangzi-sung tales of the Central Plains, rich in heroines and upright magistrates.

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Ping Opera (Pingju)

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Plainspoken plays of family and marriage, telling the joys and sorrows of ordinary households.

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Qinqiang Opera

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Soaring bangzi plays of the northwest, often of loyal martyrs, battles and court cases.

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Sichuan Opera

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Plays mixing five vocal styles, laced with stunts such as face-changing and fire-breathing.

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Han Opera

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Old pihuang plays of Hubei, with every role type and a plain, archaic style of singing and acting.

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Xiang Opera

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Hunan plays in high-pitched and plucked-string styles, from history plays to serial dramas.

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Liyuan Opera

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Plays handed down from early southern drama, with delicate stage steps and lilting songs.

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Puxian Opera

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Plays that keep the manners of Song–Yuan southern drama, archaic in movement and plain in song.

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Tibetan Opera

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Masked open-air plays telling Buddhist tales and legends of kings and princes.

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Gan Opera

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Jiangxi plays in high-pitched and plucked-string styles, keeping the drum-backed chorus of Yiyang singing.

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Teochew Opera (Chaozhou Opera)

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Plays sung in Teochew, especially admired for their clown roles and maiden scenes.

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Jin Opera (Shanxi Opera)

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Shanxi bangzi plays with flowing, lyrical singing, the grand opera of the old merchant heartland.

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Gezai Opera (Taiwanese Opera)

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Plays sung in Minnan to seven-syllable and weeping tunes, homely as the speech of home.

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Shanghai Opera (Huju)

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Shanghainese plays in modern dress about family life, carrying the everyday air of the city's lanes.

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Lü Opera (Lüju)

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Shandong country plays to the zhuiqin fiddle, sung about everyday family matters.

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Chinese National Opera (Minzu Geju)

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Through-composed operas blending folk song and opera melodies, drawn from legends and modern life.

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