【Hong Kong: The Vibrant Revival of Cantonese Opera】 Recently, a special educational performance of Cantonese opera was held at the Tea House Theatre of the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong. On stage, musicians played familiar melodies using instruments such as the gaohu and yangqin. Below the stage, nearly a hundred teachers and students hummed along at times and applauded enthusiastically. "Yue Mu Shang Xin" is a program specifically designed for primary and secondary school students at the Tea House T

CANTONESE OPERA WITH INTERNATIONAL APPEAL Dramatic, acrobatic, colourful Cantonese opera, traditionally performed in bamboo theatres in Hong Kong’s rural villages, has been staged in grand venues such as the 戲曲中心 Xiqu Centre in the West Kowloon Cultural District 西九文化區, and in historic buildings like the Yau Ma Tei Theatre. In fact, it is the first of Hong Kong’s cultural traditions to be inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. See why John Clifford,