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Cantonese opera is popular in South China, especially in Guangdong. On traditional festival, e.g. the Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival... Local government will pay to troupe for opera show. This scene is from a 3 hours show, which is about lovers from poor family finally get together finally.
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HO - Helder Olino - 15 de Abril de 2009 - Lisboa - Opera Agrippina do compositor George Frideric Handel, no Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos
This gorgeous bracelet has 5 strands of creamy freshwater pearls. I strung them on beading thread which gives them a lovely drape and used sterling silver bars to keep the strands in place. A cluster of pearls sits at one end of the bracelet to weigh the clasp to the bottom of the wrist. A sterling silver lobster claw clasp provides a secure closure.
Beijing Opera rehearsals. It must be an acquired taste. We found the music really jarring and even painful, but these three ladies here seemed to think that there was no better place to relax and knit in peace. I am embarrassed to admit that was reminded of "Ingrown Toenail Symphony", the title my grandmother gave to any piece of music she found, well, I don't need to explain.
We were nevertheless grateful for the invitation and for the chance to take a look at the various traditional instruments!
Looking up at the sails of the Sydney Opera House with stunning high cloud as a backdrop. Taken from the decks of the Berrima, a 56 year old wooden boat, Utzon's shells indeed look like an expressionistic sailing ship.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House if you want to know more about the structure.
Best seen LARGE or View On Black
Chinese opera together with Greece tragic-comedy and Indian Sanskrit Opera are the three oldest dramatic art forms in the world. During the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907), the Emperor Taizong established an opera school with the poetic name Liyuan (Pear Garden). From that time on, performers of Chinese opera were referred to as 'disciples of the pear garden'. Since the Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368) it has been encouraged by court officials and emperors and has become a traditional art form. During the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), it became fashionable among ordinary people. Performances were watched in tearooms, restaurants, and even around makeshift stages.