Opera · ST10819
Shanghai Opera (Huju)
Shanghainese plays in modern dress about family life, carrying the everyday air of the city's lanes.
2works
Mural guide
In a southern water-town teahouse a female role sits singing behind a table, a musician beside her plays the bamboo-tube erhu, tea drinkers listen quietly over their cups, and a small wooden boat is moored on the creek outside the window.
From tanhuang and shenqu to Shanghai's own regional opera