Chinese Opera is a huge part of Chinese culture. In my opinion, some of it, like Beijing opera, is truly intolerable with ridiculously high-pitched, nasal shrieks making up the singing. However, we found out yesterday that a Shaanxi Opera (a different kind of Chinese opera) was being performed at our school last night, and that it was free! So, we got tickets and headed over.
Matt has been wanting to see a Chinese opera for some time and thought he would really like it; I, on the other hand, had my doubts. Surprisingly, the opposite was true. He was bored out of his mind, and I actually enjoyed it. Of course, we had very little idea of what was actually happening since it was all in Chinese, but the acting and singing were good. Just very different from anything we're used to!
In any case, here are some video and photos from the performance. (Sorry about the poor video quality.)
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Chinese Opera
