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Chèo is a form of generally satirical musical theatre, often encompassing dance, traditionally performed by Vietnamese peasants in northern Vietnam. It is usually performed outdoors by semi-amateur touring groups, stereotypically in a village square or the courtyard of a public building, although it is today increasingly also performed indoors and by professional performers.
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Hát tuồng (Vietnamese pronunciation: [háːt tûəŋ], Chữ Nôm: 咭從) or hát bội (Vietnamese pronunciation: [háːk ɓôjˀ], Chữ Nôm: 咭佩) [1] is a form of Vietnamese theatre. Hát tuồng is often referred to as classical " Vietnamese opera " influenced by Chinese opera .
Tuồng cải lương (Vietnamese: [tûəŋ ka᷉ːj lɨəŋ], Hán-Nôm: 從改良) often referred to as Cải lương (Chữ Hán: 改良), roughly "reformed theater") is a form of modern folk opera in Vietnam. It blends southern Vietnamese folk songs, classical music, hát tuồng (a classical theatre form based on Chinese opera), and modern ...
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Cải lương: a form of modern folk opera that blends southern Vietnamese folk songs, classical music, hát tuồng (a classical theatre form based on Chinese opera), and modern spoken drama. It originated in Southern Vietnam in the early 20th century and blossomed in the 1930s as a theatre of the middle class during the country's French ...
The Chautauqua Opera performed it in 1952. [18] Several performances were given overseas. The Venice Festival of Contemporary Music performed the work in 1953. [19] Opera, reviewing the Venice production, complimented Foss for his "skilled and sympathetic touch" in creating "a pungent and expressive folk opera of no small distinction". [20]