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TEOCHEW
OPERA IN SINGAPORE by CAI Bi Xia - 2003 |
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BEIJING
OPERA IN SINGAPORE by WANG Fang |
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Unknown
to many, Beijing opera has more than 100 years of history
in Singapore and used to be the most popular form of
entertainment among all Chinese dialect groups here.
The
book Jingju zai Xinjiapo (Beijing Opera in
Singapore), a result of four years research by author
Wang Fang, traces an interesting history from the sensational
90-strong troupe that performed here back in 1893, to
the heyday of Singapores own troupes in Chinatown around
the 1920s and a revival of sorts since 1980s. This is
the second book in a series of well-researched publications
by the Chinese Opera Institute. |
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Chines
Opera Institute 2006 ( Malay Article ) <<<
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Chinese
Opera Institute (COI) telah ditubuhkan pada Ogos 1996
sebagai sebuah organisasi yang tidak memperolehi peruntungan.
Institusi ini mendapatkan bantuan dari National Arts
Council (NAC). Ia adalah sebuah pusat latihan dan kajian
yang bertanggungjawab untuk mempromosi pelbagai segi
kesenian opera Cina. Pada seluruh tahun, COI akan mengadakan
sesi perbincangan dan kursus untuk menggalak peligat-peligat
seni opera Cina untuk mendedahkan mereka ke pelbagai
jenis dan teknik opera Cina, dan juga untuk membiasakan
dan mendidik awam pada opera Cina. Ia mengandungi musik,
pementasan, latihan, jenis opera Cina yang khusus, watak
khas dan perubahan-perubahan mutakhir di dalam opera
Cina. |
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THE
JOURNEY OF HOKKIEN OPERA by Dr Chua Soo Pong
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Called
Hokkien opera in Singapore and Malaysia, this regional
genre originated from Taiwan and flourished in Fujian.
It was once a popular form in Southeast Asia and has
a colourful history that was shaped by the local community.
In its short history of around 100 years, it moved from
the stage to film studio and television screen. This
paper discusses the history of the genre in China, Taiwan
and Singapore. |
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TEOCHEW
OPERA IN SINGAPORE: Continuity and Change by
Dr Chua Soo Pong <<<
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Teochew
opera, a regional opera form in Southeastern China,
has a long history of over 500 years. Evolved as a genre
with distinctive characteristics in the mid-Ming Dynasty,
Teochew opera has a repertoire that can be traced to
the classics of the Nan Xi, Southern drama, a regional
opera that was popular during the 1230s and 1460s in
Southern China. |
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TRANSLATION
IN CHINESE OPERA: The Singapore Experience by
Dr Chua Soo Pong <<<
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This paper addresses the topic of translation and Chinese
opera in Singapore. The specific context of Singapore,
with its mixed Chinese population living within close
proximity over a relatively small area, is an interesting
case study in translation and performance. Until very
recently (and still today with older generation viewers)
Chinese audiences of Chinese opera in Singapore were
multilingual, in the sense they spoke various Chinese
“dialects”. Performances of Chinese opera
in one or other dialect were understood by members of
the audience in varying degrees. Most people in the
audience could understand more than one dialect, with
various levels of familiarity. The multilingual environment
led to a situation of tolerance of non-linguistic understanding
of Chinese opera between Chinese “dialects”,
and even between Chinese and other languages of Singapore.
Audience members also learned to translate the linguistic
element by non-linguistic means, through their comprehension
of common performance conventions and repertoire in
Chinese opera. |
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