Singapore: Chinese Opera Stages

Reverse Text: "Open Air Opera Performance, Singapore" Publisher: ?; 5241B Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Not sent.

Front Text: "Chinese Opera, Singapore" Reverse Text: "Chinese Opera: The ancient classical opera of China is still performed in Singapore, both by professional companies and by talented amateurs. Touring companies set up their stages in urban and rural areas to mark some festival, clan or association celebration or private ceremony. To the Western eye, stages do not look very sophisticated, but the costumes have an unmatched brilliance in the world of the theatre." Publisher: John Hinde, Dublin; 2SGP21 Size: Modern Sent: from Singapore to Limoges (France), 1978

Reverse Text: "Postcard image shows a Chinese Opera singer applying his stage makeup berfore a performance" Publisher: Page One Publishing Pte Ltd, [Singapore]; 2010; 8886461002621 Size: Modern Not sent.

Picture: mural "Cantonese Opera" by Yip Yew Chong at 5 Temple Street in Singapore Reverse Text: "Chinese Theatre" Publisher: travellingfatmn.redbubble.com Size: Modern Not sent.

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