Chinese Opera in America
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https://doi.org/10.5965/1414573102442022e0701Keywords:
Chinese traditional theatre, United States of America, Theatre historyAbstract
This essay presents a panorama of Chinese operas in the United States of America. From a historical perspective, it highlights the first traditional productions in 19th-century California by immigrants from Guangdong, and discusses the development and expansion of the genre to the New York stages throughout the following centuries.
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