Even after 20 years of learning Cantonese opera, 31-year-old Thompson Vong Seng-pan is still a newbie. Most other performers are middle-aged. But he understands why younger generations are not ...
HONG KONG — Strung up in the Sunbeam Theatre in a gritty working-class part of this city are posters showing Cantonese opera singers, their red lips offset by chalk-white, made-up faces. In the faded ...
Voice 1: Rika Woo wears a white sleeveless top and a long white skirt embroidered with lace as she performs Japanese songs for an energetic group of young fans in Hong Kong. In stark contrast, she ...