Cantonese opera
Cantonese opera noun: a major category of Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Cantonese culture, and involving music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and acting.
Noun
Cantonese opera (countable and uncountable, plural Cantonese operas)
- A major category of Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Cantonese culture, and involving music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and acting.
- My research on Chinese immigrant theater (in the form of Cantonese opera) in nineteenth-century America brought me to San Francisco. From the first documented performance to today's occasional productions, Cantonese opera in the Bay Area has had a continuous history of over a century and a half.2007, Janelle G. Reinelt, Joseph R. Roach, Critical Theory and Performance, →ISBN, page 156
Forms of Cantonese opera
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Questions about Cantonese opera
- What does Cantonese opera mean?
- Cantonese opera means a major category of Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Cantonese culture, and involving music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and acting.
- What part of speech is Cantonese opera?
- Cantonese opera is a noun.
- What is the plural of Cantonese opera?
- The plural of Cantonese opera is Cantonese operas.
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