Yue Opera originated in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, in the late Qing Dynasty. After a hundred years of development, it has become one of the five major operas in China, with extensive influence and mass base. With its beautiful singing, unique performances, exquisite costumes, beautiful music and exquisite performing arts, Yue Opera has won the love of the vast audience.

The performance form of Yue Opera is unique, which pays attention to the inner world of characters and pursues the truth and delicacy of emotions. Its singing is beautiful and smooth, with strong characteristics of Jiangnan water town, which is suitable for expressing various types of roles and stories. The traditional repertoire of Yue Opera is rich and colorful, including classic works such as A Dream of Red Mansions, Butterfly Lovers and Romance of the West Chamber, as well as folklore and historical stories such as Legend of the White Snake and Meng Lijun.

In a word, as the most famous drama in Hangzhou, Yue Opera, with its beautiful artistic form and rich cultural connotation, not only adds luster to the cultural undertakings in Hangzhou, but also makes important contributions to the prosperity and development of China opera art.

An introduction to the characteristics of Yue Opera

1, the performance form of Yue Opera is unique, focusing on the inner world of characters and pursuing the truth and delicacy of emotions. Its singing is beautiful and smooth, with strong characteristics of Jiangnan water town, which is suitable for expressing various types of roles and stories. The traditional repertoire of Yue Opera is rich and colorful, including classic works such as A Dream of Red Mansions, Butterfly Lovers and Romance of the West Chamber, as well as folklore and historical stories such as Legend of the White Snake and Meng Lijun.

2. The performing arts of Yue Opera are superb. With its unique performance style and techniques, it has created many vivid, vivid and realistic artistic images. Yue opera costumes are exquisite and gorgeous, with bright colors and strong Jiangnan characteristics, which bring visual enjoyment to the audience.

3. The music of Yue Opera is unique. It uses music materials such as Jiangnan silk and bamboo, folk tunes and so on. Beautiful melody, which complements the singing and performance of Yue Opera, forms a unique musical style of Yue Opera.