Glamour of Cantonese Opera

A thorough introduction by the City University of Hong Kong explaining the origins, costume design and makeup, roles and librettos of Cantonese Opera.

2023 Bamboo and Maple Festival: East Meets West

View photos, watch videos and read about the East Meets West concert held at the Francis Winspear Centre for Music on April 23, 2023 

"Performance, Adaptation, Identity: Cantonese Opera Costumes in Vancouver, Canada"

Research article written by Jean L. Kares (2016) for Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings. 

UNESCO: Yueju Opera

The Chinese tradition of Yueju opera combines Mandarin operatic traditions and Cantonese dialect, was inscribed in 2009 on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Di Nü Hua "The Flower Princess" 帝女花

Learn about the most famous Cantonese Opera, where Princess Chang Ping retells the famous Chinese legend of the last Ming emperor's daughter and her love for a handsome young scholar.