#Pekingopera, or #Beijingopera (Chinese: #京劇; pinyin: Jīngjù), is the most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines instrumental music, vocal performance, mime, martial arts, dance and acrobatics. It arose in Beijing in the

I’ve been enjoying videos by Prince 坤生王子, a singer who specializes in male roles from Beijing opera. Here she is singing both the male and female leads in Wujia Slope 武家坡, fireside.

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Your Monday morning yangqin:

Mr. Zhang of Guangxi performs “Striking the Tiger and Climbing the Mountain 打虎上山” from “Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy 智取威虎山”

#京劇 #BeijingOpera #京剧 #扬琴 #样板戏 #揚琴

Zhang Manling 張曼玲, Beijing operatic heroine in the Cheng (程) tradition, died today at the age of 87.

(Zhang as Princess Tiejing 鐵鏡公主from “Silang Visits His Mother 四郎探母”)

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