Taiwanese Opera

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Taiwanese opera is the only traditional opera that originated and fully developed in Taiwan. For over a century, it has drawn viewers with its unique, natural performing styles. Evolving from on-the-ground performance, open-air stage performance, indoor stage performance, radio, cinema and television productions to modern theater, Taiwanese opera has been a mainstay of folk culture through historical phases, attracting audiences with its free, inclusive styles and the appeal of popular taste. Taiwanese opera first drew tunes from Fujian-style folk songs and features narrative singing. It singing style focuses on the rhyming and symmetry of lyrics that are natural and appealing to the grassroots. Taiwanese opera’s body movements, costumes and makeup, repertoires, props and sets over the course of time have incorporated elements from other traditional operas popular in Taiwan in different time periods, such as Jing Ju (or Beijing opera), Luantan opera and Gaojia opera. This has enriched Taiwanese opera and made it an inclusive as well as unique performing art.

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