Cantonese OperaCantonese Opera

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ContentsContents

• Introduction

• Dressing rooms

• Cantonese Opera costumes

• Musical instruments & Music

• The Libretto

• The Gods of Cantonese Opera

• Costumes ( Foot Wear,Headgear )

IntroductionIntroduction

• The Cantonese Opera have two types which are origin at Guangdong & Guangxi, Cantonese Opera can trace its origins back a very long way.The art from has always been popular in Hong Kong,and many famous Cantonese operatic artists have been born here.

Dressing RoomsDressing Rooms

• The artist go to the dressing rooms because they have to put on their Cantonese Opera costumes & they need to make up their own character face .

Cantonese Opera CostumesCantonese Opera Costumes

• There are several factors influence the design such of a costume as sex , role, plot, personality,environment and occasion.

Musical Instruments & Musical Instruments & MusicMusic• There are two forms of music in Cantonese

Opera like vocal music and instrumental music.

• An example of a musical instruments like Beijing Style Gongs.

The Gods of Cantonese OperaThe Gods of Cantonese Opera

• There are six roles in this opera:Marshals of the six Kingdoms,The Cartress,The Wives of the Marshals of the six Kingdoms,So Tsun,King Ngai and Kungseun Hin.

• Now people can go to Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts to learn & in 1920s Pak Wo Association have set up some courses for the people who have talents.

• In the past there are some places that we can go to see people sing songs & Cantonese Opera such as Lee Theatre, Bamboo shed Theatre,Zumiao of Foshan Wanfutal opera stage.

Gods in Cantonese Opera Gods in Cantonese Opera

• In traditional Cantonese Opera which often appear a lot of Gods characters like Master Huaguang.

CostumesCostumes

• In Costumes it will separate in to two part is Foot Wear & Headgear.

• In the woman’s Foot wear the shoes have a shoe platform In the middle & the men’s shoes always look like a boot.

HeadgearHeadgear

• Headgear is for kings nobles ,generals &ministers.These can include fore head headdresses ,commander in chief helmets & officials hats.

• Soft headgear is common people.These can include duck tail hats, old gentleman’s hat & Taoist Priest’s hat.

StaffStaff

• Caesar

• Jordan

• David

• Karen

• Queeny

Thank You~!

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