Opera · ST10803

Cantonese Opera

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

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Play · 1957 (premiered in Hong Kong on 7 June)The Flower PrincessTang Disheng's Cantonese opera for the Sin Fung Ming troupe, first staged at the Lee Theatre in Hong Kong in 1957Tang DishengSE10096Play · Qing (said to date from the Tongzhi reign)The Six Kingdoms Appoint a ChancellorThe ritual opening play of Cantonese opera, in which six kingdoms make Su Qin their chancellorCantonese opera performers (said to have been adapted by Liu Huadong in the Tongzhi reign)SE10180Play · Written and staged in the 1930s (filmed in 1940)Why Not ReturnWritten by Feng Zhifen; Xue Juexian's cast with Shanghai Mei and Bun Yat On was hailed as the original versionFeng Zhifen · Xue JuexianSE10181