Swatow Opera School 3 - 穆桂英

Another set of trainees from the 汕头戏剧学院 Swatow Opera School putting up an enthusiastic excerpt. At Kreta Ayer Peoples' Theatre, Singapore on 12th Oct 2009.
The protagonists meet for the first time, and instead of battling, it was love at first sight. In opera, the spear battle is an elaborate stylised dance.
What these young performers lacked in finesse, they made up in effort.

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Entertainment

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• 汕头戏剧学院
• Teochew
• Opera

[OperafanSingapore]

Yes, quite agree that the "fighting" here is well choreographed/executed. Such a rarity for Teochew opera; usually "fighting" scenes in Teochew operas are badly executed; poor actor-coordinations, missed timings, missed strokes etc.

[bernardchannel]

Thanks for uploading. It feels so reassuring to see young performers in the act.

[tql1987]

I like the fighting, it is done nicely, but I think they shud put up shows of full length. What a pity.