Traditional Chinese | 上海 |
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Simplified Chinese | 上海 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Shànghǎi Jīngjù Yuàn |
Formation | 1955 |
Type | Theatre group |
Purpose | Peking opera |
Location |
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Website | www.pekingopera.sh.cn |
Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Shanghai, China, which produces Jingju (i.e. Peking Opera). [1] It was founded in 1955, with Zhou Xinfang its director. The Shanghai Beijing-Opera Theatre is at 168 Yueyang Road, Xuhui, Shanghai.
Although the Yue opera as performed at the Shanghai Yueju Yuan is geographically nearer to Shanghai, Peking Opera has long had a following in Shanghai, just as southern opera styles have a following in northern China.
Other famous jingju troupes include the China National Peking Opera Company in Beijing, the Beijing Jingju Yuan ( 北京京剧院), the Shanghai Youth Jing-Kun Troupe ( 上海青年京崑劇團), Shenyang Jingju Yuan ( 沈阳京剧院), Fujian Jingju Yuan ( 福建京劇院) and the Taipei New Theatre ( 臺北新劇團). Defunct troupes include the Chongya Company of 1916 ( 崇雅社) and the Sanqingban 1790-1890 ( 三庆班).