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Cantonese opera in Hong Kong rocketed around 1985/86, according to Li Jian, born Lai Po Yu, (黎鍵，原名黎保裕), an observer. De facto successors to master performers, Lee Bo Ying, Lam Kar Sing, and Loong Kim Sang all left the stage in or before 1993, last watershed moment of Cantonese opera for Hong Kong and beyond in the 20th century ...
In 1993, Chung Sun Sing Opera Troupe had a season of 38 consecutive full-house shows at the Sunbeam Theatre, winning the theatre the title of "Hong Kong's Grand Palace for Cantonese Opera". [ 5 ] The 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m 2 ) property was acquired by Francis Law Sau-fai (羅守輝) in 2003 for HK$162 million. [ 6 ]
In 2012, the ticket price for Cantonese opera of the West Kowloon Bamboo Theatre was HK$10 while it was free for M+ Bamboo Theatre Exhibition and M+ Bamboo Cinema. [14] Later in 2013, the ticket price has increased by at least 10 times to HK$150. [15] in 2014, the ticket price has increased by HK$200 to HK$280. [16]
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Wah Yan Dramatic Society was established in 1947 by Wong Chin Wah, an alumnus from Wah Yan College, in order to allow foreigners to appreciate the culture of Cantonese opera. It started with an attempt by Father Sheridan to fit English lyrics into Cantonese operas.
Yau Ma Tei Theatre in 2007. A small portion of the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market can be seen on the right. Yau Ma Tei Theatre in 2006. Yau Ma Tei Theatre (sometimes transliterated as "Yaumati Theatre"), once the largest theatre in Kowloon, is located at the junction of Waterloo Road and Reclamation Street, in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong.
Cheung Wood-yau worked closely with Tang and his wife in Hong Kong throughout [Note 1] 1942 to 1945 on stage as a Cantonese opera performer. He played Jia Baoyu in a 1949 film, shortly after the war and before the era of "separation of cinema and opera" movement. Cantonese opera as his background, first and foremost career choice, was not ...
Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港八和會館) is a non-profit association of Cantonese opera groups and artists in Hong Kong, established in the 1880s. [1] In 1953, it registered as an organization in Hong Kong. It is a professional organisation for Cantonese opera performers. [2]