Cantonese opera

English

Noun

Cantonese opera (countable and uncountable, plural Cantonese operas)

1. A major category of Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Cantonese culture, and involving music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and acting.
   • 2007, Janelle G. Reinelt, Joseph R. Roach, Critical Theory and Performance, →ISBN, page 156:

     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.

Translations

a category of Chinese opera

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 粵劇／粤剧 (jyut⁶ kek⁶), 大戲／大戏 (daai⁶ hei³)

  Mandarin: 粵劇／粤剧 (zh) (yuèjù)