Download Cantonese Opera Costumes

Cantonese Opera
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Introduction
Dressing rooms
Cantonese Opera costumes
Musical instruments & Music
The Libretto
The Gods of Cantonese Opera
Costumes ( Foot Wear,Headgear )
Introduction
• The Cantonese Opera have two types which
are origin at Guangdong & Guangxi,
Cantonese Opera can trace its origins back a
very long way.The art from has always been
popular in Hong Kong,and many famous
Cantonese operatic artists have been born here.
Dressing Rooms
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The artist go to the dressing rooms because
they have to put on their Cantonese Opera
costumes & they need to make up their own
character face .
Cantonese Opera Costumes
• There are several factors influence the design
such of a costume as sex , role, plot,
personality,environment and occasion.
Musical Instruments &
Music
• There are two forms of music in Cantonese
Opera like vocal music and instrumental
music.
• An example of a musical instruments like
Beijing Style Gongs.
The Gods of Cantonese Opera
• There are six roles in this opera:Marshals of
the six Kingdoms,The Cartress,The Wives of
the Marshals of the six Kingdoms,So
Tsun,King Ngai and Kungseun Hin.
• Now people can go to Hong Kong Academy
for Performing Arts to learn & in 1920s Pak
Wo Association have set up some courses for
the people who have talents.
• In the past there are some places that we can
go to see people sing songs & Cantonese
Opera such as Lee Theatre, Bamboo shed
Theatre,Zumiao of Foshan Wanfutal opera
stage.
Gods in Cantonese Opera
• In traditional Cantonese Opera which often
appear a lot of Gods characters like Master
Huaguang.
Costumes
• In Costumes it will separate in to two part is
Foot Wear & Headgear.
• In the woman’s Foot wear the shoes have a
shoe platform In the middle & the men’s
shoes always look like a boot.
Headgear
• Headgear is for kings nobles ,generals
&ministers.These can include fore head
headdresses ,commander in chief helmets &
officials hats.
• Soft headgear is common people.These can
include duck tail hats, old gentleman’s hat &
Taoist Priest’s hat.
Staff
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Caesar
Jordan
David
Karen
Queeny
Thank You~!
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