The Soul of Beijing Opera

The Soul of Beijing OperaAny traditional theatre has to engage the changing world to avoid becoming a living fossil. How has Beijing opera a highly stylized theatre with breath taking acrobatics and martial arts, fabulous costumes and striking makeup survived into the new millennium while coping with a century of great upheavals and competition from new entertainment forms? Li Ruru's The Soul of Beijing Opera answers that question, looking at the evolution of singing and

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