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Cantonese opera shares many common characteristics with other Chinese theatre genres. Commentators often take pride in the idea that all Chinese theatre styles are similar but with minor variations on the pan-Chinese music-theatre tradition and the basic features or principles are consistent from one local performance form to another.
The Hong Fook Tong Chinese Dramatic Company (Cantonese: 鴻福堂劇團 [1], romanized: Hung⁴ Fuk¹ Tong⁴ Kek⁶ Tyun⁴) [2] [3] [note 1] was an all-male [4] San Francisco, California-based Cantonese opera company which became the first major Asian American theatrical company in the country, inaugurating the first phase of the history of Chinese opera [note 2] in the United States. [5]
Lam first appeared in Prostituting to Raise the Orphan, a 1947 Cantonese opera film directed by Hung Chung-Ho. In 1966, Lam founded Tsung Sun Sing Troupe in performing Cantonese opera on stage. [2] [3] Lam's last film was Madame Lee Sze-Sze (aka Li Shi-Shi), a 1967 Cantonese opera film directed by Wong Hok-Sing. Lam is credited with over 300 ...
Tang impressed the Cantonese opera industry by his stunning performance that resembled Ma Sze-Tsang, a famous Cantonese opera singer. [1] His teacher gave him the stagename Sun Ma Sze Tsang, meaning 'New Ma Sze-Tsang'. Sun Ma Sze Tsang became very famous for his singing technique. He later became pupils of Sit Kok-Sin, Kai Chiao-tien and other ...
Hung Sin Nui (25 December 1924 – 8 December 2013) (Chinese: 紅線女) was a former Chinese actress and Cantonese opera singer from Hong Kong and China. Hung was a national treasure level Cantonese opera master.
The Cantonese opera actors from The Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong performed a total of 11 Cantonese operas from 20 January 2012 to 23 January 2012, including “Prime Minister of Six States” and “The Sassy Princess and Her Blunt Husband”.
Opera with divine powers (酬神戲) is a form of Chinese opera played at religious ceremonies, including for the gods' birthday, temple opening, at miaohui, ghost festival, Daijiao, and traditional festivals. It is the play performed to welcome the gods' race and is one of a series of celebrations held by the people to thank the gods and ...
Cecelia Lee Fung-Sing (Chinese: 李鳳聲; born May 6, 1933) is a Chinese actress and Cantonese opera singer from Hong Kong. Lee is known for cross-dressed in male role in Cantonese opera films. Lee is credited with over 55 films.