A night at the (Cantonese) opera

[imomus]

Click the picture to see a short video clip of the opera (4.46 MB AVI, 8 secs).

And here's a little audio taste of the music. Cantonese Opera mp3 (3.56MB mono mp3, 7.46 minutes)

Comments

[lord-whimsy.livejournal.com]

I wonder how truly far it is from the likes of light comic opera such as Gilbert and Sullivan? I couldn't help but think of The Mikado when watching the clip. Interesting that I didn't get that same sense when viewing the bunraku (sp?) puppeteers.