The names of all the operas

That's called a genre, and there are so many names for opera.

Peking Opera

Peking Opera is one of the opera genres formed in Beijing, which has a history of nearly two hundred years. It was formed on the basis of Anhui opera and Han opera, absorbing the merits and specialties of Kunqu opera, Qinqiang opera and other Beijing opera

The Beijing Opera

is one of the opera genres formed in Beijing, which has a history of nearly two hundred years.　The formal formation of Beijing opera is about the Daoguang 20 years (1840) after the event, when the Beijing opera of various singing plate style has been initially available, the language characteristics of Beijing opera has been basically formed, in the role of the line has appeared in the new changes.　The music of Peking Opera belongs to the board cavity system, and the main singing voice has two systems: Erhuang and Xipi, which is why Peking Opera is also called "Pihuang". The singing of Peking Opera is characterized by rich tunes, beautiful melodies, undulating rhythms and distinctive changes. The singing and voice of each line of characters have their own characteristics, giving full play to the strengths and creativity of each line of actors. On the basis of inheriting Hui Opera and Han Opera, absorbing the strengths of Kunqu Opera and other local operas, the performances gradually formed a complete set of performance means and methods, and developed the artistic means of singing, reciting, acting and playing to a high level.　Since the formation of Peking Opera, a large number of outstanding actors and actresses have emerged, who have contributed to the innovation and development of Peking Opera's singing and performance, as well as the repertoire and character modeling, forming many influential schools.

Lv Opera

Lv Opera evolved from the rap form of "Sitting Yangqin". It originated in Guangrao and Boxing in the northeast of Shandong Province, and spread throughout the province, and was popular in Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui and other provinces. The singing style is a variation of the plate style, and the main plates are Siping and Erban, in addition to the doll cavity and other parts of the song interspersed with the use of the song. The music is simple and popular, and is loved by the masses.

Meidu

Meidu, also known as "Misty", is one of the main opera styles in Shaanxi Province. It is prevalent in the Guanzhong region, and is also popular in parts of Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Gansu, and Ningxia.　Meidu, it is said that its main tunes are composed of folk songs from Meixian and Huxian counties at the foot of the Qinling Mountains, so it gets its name from the place; and it is said that Meidu's tunes are so sentimental and entwined, pleasant to the ear, and charming that they are also known as "Misty". Meidu's language is very popular and lively, and the music style is very simple. The structure of the music is in the form of a set of songs, many of which are composed of sentences of varying lengths. The accompanying instruments of Meidu are mainly the sanxian (three-stringed musical instrument), supplemented by the banhu and the sea flute, and gradually joined by the yangqin, the erhu, the fiddle, and some of the Chinese and Western wind instruments, which are basically the same as those used in the Qinqiang (Chinese opera).

Appraisal Opera

Appraisal Opera was originally known as "Pingqiang Bangzi Opera", commonly known as "Tangshan Luzi" and "Bouncing Opera", and was formed around 1910 in the Tangshan area of Hebei Province. It was formed around 1910 in Tangshan, Hebei Province.　The predecessor of the opera was the counterpart of the opera in the east of Hebei Province

The "Lotus Flower Drops" in the Luanzhou area of the Ministry of Justice. Lotus Flower Down is a form of make-up sitting and singing, with repertoires such as Wang Er Sister Thinking of Her Husband and Yang Ershe Huan Yuan. After the importation of bungee jumping (two-people spinning) from Northeast China into Guannai, Lotus Opera artists absorbed the music, repertoire and performances of bungee jumping to make the rap form of counterpoint Lotus Opera become Lotus Opera with performances, which is the prototype of Pingju Opera; therefore, people sometimes called Pingju Opera "bungee jumping" or "bungee jumping opera" later on. "In 1909, "Lotus Flower Drops" was introduced into Tangshan, which was welcomed by the coal miners and was called "Tangshan Drops". It was then named "Pingqiang Bangzi Opera" (平腔梆子戏), shortened to "Pingju Opera" (评剧), as it absorbed a full set of instruments from Hebei Opera. Later, it absorbed the music and performing arts of Peking Opera, shadow puppets and drums, which further developed the opera.

Huangmei Opera

Huangmei Opera is the main local opera genre in Anhui Province. Originally known as "Huangmei tune" or "tea-picking opera", it is popular in Anhui, Jiangxi and Hubei, and originated from the tea-picking songs around Huangmei in Hubei. Before and after the Daoguang in Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi provinces in the adjoining areas, the formation of singing "two big plays", "three small plays" as the main folk opera. After absorbing the music and performing arts of Qingyang cavity and Anhui opera and folk music, the performance of the opera. The main singing voice, the big opera has flat words, fire work, two lines, three lines, color cavity, etc.; small opera more with their own independent singing voice. Because of the long popularity in the Anqing area, centered on Huaining, with the local dialect, forming a unique style, so it was once called "Huai cavity".

Northeastern Regional Opera

The Northeastern Regional Opera is a type of opera that was developed on the basis of the Northeastern regional duoduo, and is performed by many people. The music part basically follows Er Renju, abandoning the color of the opera and increasing the theatricality. It is more commonly performed in Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning.

Qinqiang

Popular in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places. It originated from the folk tunes around Shaanxi and Gansu and the cymbals and drums of Song, Jin and Yuan, and was formed in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. Influenced by Kun, Eagle, and Qingyang, it uses clappers to beat the rhythm, with a high-pitched, agitated tone, and is long on expressing majestic, sorrowful, and angry emotions.

Yong Opera

It is popular in Nanning, Baise, Qinzhou and other places in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. In the Daoguang and Xianfeng years of the Qing Dynasty, it was formed in Nanning, which was known as Yongzhou in ancient times, hence the name "Yong Opera". It was developed on the basis of Binyang Opera and Wuming Old Opera, and belongs to the Pihuang system. The singing and repertoire are similar to those of Gui Opera, and some artistic elements of Cantonese Opera have also been absorbed. The performances are simple and rugged, and the martial arts have special techniques such as "Da Da Shan", "Jumping Chair" and "Rolling Rattan Card". Before the liberation of the gradual obliteration, after the liberation of the new life.

Liu Zi Opera

It is also called "string opera". Popular in Shandong and Jiangsu, Henan part of the region. Formerly known as "Liu Zi cavity", is popular in Henan and Shandong by the hillside goat, Huang Ying Er, playing jujube pole, Liu Zi and other strings of the song in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, and sung with the addition of the "roll" method. The traditional repertoire of "Huang Sang Shop", "Hanging Dragon Lantern", "Playing Jumping Ship", etc., are all in old style. The tunes are divided into four categories: Yue, Ping, Xia, and Erba, and occasionally they are also sung in a rotating tune and Kun tune. The main accompanying instruments are sanxian, sheng and flute, and later pipa and paixiang were added to the repertoire.

Nanchang Tea Picking

Originated in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Nanchang folk "lanterns" and "December Tea Picking Tunes" were formed at the end of the Qing Dynasty through the stages of lantern plays, three-legged classes, and half classes. Popular in Nanchang, Xinjian, Anyi and other places. The main tunes are "Tea Light Tune" and "Climbing Bamboo Shoots Tune", "Yangmai Tune", "Shimoi Tune ", "Yangmai Tune", "Xiahe Tune" and so on. The musical accompaniment of the erhu has a "flower playing Qinqiang" playing method, divided into two kinds of medium bow and short bow, and the short bow has a staccato bow, trill bow, upper glide, lower slide, hit the finger and other methods of pulling.

Huaihai Opera

Oldly known as "Huaihai Opera" and "Little Opera". Opera theater. Popular in Jiangsu Siyang, Shuyang, Guanyun and Lianyungang. It started in the late Qing Dynasty and was performed in the form of street stalls, and gradually developed into stage plays. The tunes are simple and beautiful, with the "soul-raising accent" as its specialty. The accompaniment is mainly made of three strings, which is commonly known as "three brackets".　Lafang Opera is also called "Xiao Luzi". It is a type of opera. It was developed from the opera "Two-Man Turn", so it is also called "Two-Man Turn". There are more than 50 traditional dramas, with the influence of "Returning to the Cup", "Liang Saijin Rolling Out Noodles", "Cold River Pass", and "Two Aunties Visiting the Disease" being the most influential. The modern dramas written and performed after the liberation include "Glory Lamp" and "New Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law".

Colorful Tunes

Popular in most parts of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It was originally called "Tune" or "Cai Cha" and has a history of more than two hundred years. After liberation, it was named "colorful tune drama". It was formed on the basis of Guangxi folk songs and dances and rap literature, and was influenced by Hunan Flower Drum Opera, Jiangxi Tea Ceremony and Yunnan Lantern Opera. Most of the music and singing are easy and lively, with a strong sense of life, and the performances are full of songs and dances, rich in local colors. Guangxi song and dance drama "Liu Sanjie" is created on the basis of the music and performance of the color tune.

PuXian Opera

Originally known as "Xinghua Opera", it is popular in Xinghua's Putian and Xianyou counties and the Xinghua dialect area in central and southern Fujian, and was named after the place where it originated, which used to belong to Xinghua Province. Xinghua opera has been prevalent in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and there was great development in the Qing Dynasty, and it was renamed "Putian opera" in the early 50s.　Putuxian Opera was developed on the basis of the ancient "Hundred Operas". As an ancient opera of Song and Yuan dynasties, although Putu Xian Opera has been influenced by Min Opera, Beijing Opera and some civilized operas in recent times, due to the factors of voice, dialect and appreciation customs, it has always maintained its unique style and has not been assimilated by other types of operas. This kind of theater, in the preservation of ancient repertoire, music, performance rituals, performance programs, etc., are "strange, ancient, special" art form is amazing.

Liao Opera

Liao Opera originated from the Liaonan Shadow Play. Liaonan Shadow Play was created more than 300 years ago and has been developed into Liaonan Shadow Play for more than 50 years. In January 2002, it was recognized as the only local opera in Liaoning Province.

Yu Opera

Yu Opera is also known as "Henan Opera" and "Henan High Key". It has been spread in Henan and some parts of neighboring provinces, and was formed in the Ming Dynasty after the introduction of Qinqiang and Puzhou Bangkas into the Henan area and the combination of local folk songs and ditties. It is said to have evolved directly from the Northern Songs, with the clappers pressing the beat and distinctive rhythms. There are two branches of Yu Opera, namely, Yu Dong Tune and Yu Xi Tune. Yu Dong Tune, centered on Shangqiu and Kaifeng, has a high-pitched tone and is generally sung with a fake voice, which is known as "Upper Five Tones"; Yu Xi Tune, centered on Luoyang, has a lower tone and is generally sung with a real voice, which is known as "Lower Five Tones". "

The western Yu tune, centered in Luoyang, has a lower pitch and is generally sung with a real voice.

Tin Opera

Tin Opera is one of the major local operas in Jiangsu Province. It originated in the rural areas of Wuxi and Changzhou on the shores of Taihu Lake. It is popular in southern Jiangsu and Shanghai. It is long on lyricism, with strong Jiangnan characteristics and water town interest. The basic tunes are "Old Reed Tune", "Bell Tune", "Continental Plate" and "Long Three Tones", "Crying Tune", "Old Dan Tune" and so on.

Gaojia Opera

From the end of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, a kind of masquerade parade popular in the rural areas of southern Fujian Province was developed to dress up the heroes of Liangshan Mountain and perform martial arts, and it is also the most widely spread area and the largest audience in southern Fujian Province among all kinds of local operas and plays.　The performing arts of Gaojia Opera come partly from Liyuan Opera and Puppet Theater, and partly from Yiyang Opera, Hui Opera and Beijing Opera. As for the roles, the performances of Qingyi, Wensheng and Huadan of Wen Opera are mainly based on the movements of Pearland Opera, which are beautiful and delicate, with strong dancing; the performances of Wusheng, Wudan, Laosheng and Jiejiao have strong colors of Peking Opera. The costumes of Gaojia Opera are the same as those of Peking Opera, only called differently. The make-up of the face was initially only red, black and white, and was copied from the make-up of Peking Opera at a later stage.

Huaiju Opera

Huaiju Opera is one of the main types of opera in Jiangsu, with a history of about 200 years.　The name of Huaiju opera is also called "three lads", which means that it was formed from three aspects: first, the incense play, which had a group of professional singers engaged in the superstitious activities of praying to the gods for blessings; second, the folk rap, such as the "door sighing words" that were sung along the door by playing the ringing boards and singing small words and fragments from books and popular songs; and second, the folk rap, such as the "door sighing words" sung along the door by playing the ringing boards and singing small words. The second is folk rap, such as playing the board along the door to sell singing "door sigh word", singing some small words on the fragment and popular folk ditties, rice paddy horn, work drum tune, etc.; the third is the Hui Opera, that is, popular in the Lixiahe Hui Ban. These three aspects were gradually combined, especially by the influence of Anhui opera, the form of Huaiju opera was gradually formed, and there were professional classes and mobile performances.

Liuqin Opera

Liuqin Opera is one of the main types of opera in Jiangsu Province, distributed in a vast area bordering the four provinces of Suzhou, Luzhou, Yuzhou and Anhui Province, and has been called "La Soul Cavity" by the folk because of the charm of its singing voice which has the power of pulling the soul. "In the early 50s, the main accompanying instrument, the willow leaf zither, was officially named "Liuqin Opera".　Liuqin opera in the development process, the integration of local folk music and neighboring regions of the theater music, gradually formed its own complete singing system, rich in colorful content, high-pitched gorgeous for the audience love, never tire of hearing.

NanYu

"NanYu" was originally a sitting song, which was introduced to Fujian from Suzhou in the Qing Dynasty. Nanping nan word that this singing and Nanping area of the local language and folk music fusion, by folk artists and professional artists missionary, finishing, excavation, the development of the formation of the play, the early 1950s on stage. Because of its youthfulness, the play uses Putonghua as the language of the play and focuses on modern plays, it is very popular with the audience, especially the young audience.

Shangdang Luzhi

Shangdang Luzhi is a local theater in southeastern Shanxi Province (the ancient Shangdang County area). It is also known as Licheng Luzi because it was developed and formed in the territory of Licheng County, Shanxi Province. It is also known as Shangdang Luzi (上党落子), a tributary of Hebei Wuan Luzi (武安落子), which was named Shangdang Luzi (上党落子), in the winter of 1954 after the second sub-group of the People's Theatre Troupe of Changzhi Prefecture, representing the whole region, took part in the First Opera Festival of Shanxi Province.

Shanghai Opera

Shanghai Opera is a local opera genre in Shanghai, which was formed in Shanghai and mainly spreads in Shanghai, South Jiangsu Province and Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Lake areas of Zhejiang Province.　Shanghai opera originated in Shanghai and the rural areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the initial name of the flower-drum opera, after entering the city was renamed the local beach spring, also known as "the beach", the 1920s began to have the "Shenqu" of the name, the early 1940s and the emergence of the Shanghai opera title, to the victory of the war is commonly known as the Shanghai Opera, is a younger type of opera.　There are many kinds of operas popular in Shanghai, but only Shanghai Opera is the only local opera produced and grown in Shanghai. It originated from the folklore, with vivid language, soft and melodious music, and a strong Jiangnan water town atmosphere.

Yunnan lanterns

Yunnan is one of the local opera styles. Gradually formed on the basis of folk songs and dances, mainly popular in Yunnan Province, the Han Chinese inhabited areas and Han Chinese, ethnic minorities inhabited areas. It is especially popular in rural areas and small towns. In Kunming, there is a saying that "where there are fireworks, there are lanterns". According to incomplete statistics, Yunnan popular lanterns in more than eighty counties. Due to historical and geographical reasons, Yunnan lanterns gradually formed ten branches: Kunming, Chenggong lanterns, Yuxi lanterns, Maidu lanterns, Yaoan, Dayao, Chuxiong, Lufeng lanterns, Yuanmou lanterns, Jianshui, Mengzi lanterns, Songming, Qujing, Luoping lanterns, Wenshan, Qiu Bei lanterns, frontier lanterns, Tengchong lanterns. They are similar to each other and have similar basic characteristics. In addition, in Guizhou's Panxian, Xingyi and Sichuan's Huili area also popular Yunnan flower drums, they are in the repertoire, music, dance and other aspects of the similarities, seems to have a blood relationship, but because of the years of separate development, has been the formation of an independent theater.

Three jumps Taoism Land

Yixing three jumps Taoism small theater, named after Yixing. Its predecessor for the Taihu Lake region of Jiangnan popular "say cause and effect", and later took root in Yixing, the development of singing because of bamboo, wooden accompaniment, it is called "three jumps Daoxiang". Yixing Sanjiu Daoxiang is a small opera sung in Yixing dialect, which forms its own artistic characteristics of beautiful performance form, beautiful vocal singing and local language. Especially the rich tunes and beautiful singing, making it good at narrative, long lyric, conducive to the advancement of dramatic conflicts and the portrayal of dramatic characters, is a unique form of opera on the west bank of Taihu Lake.

Haimen Mountain Opera

Haimen City is located in the southeastern part of Jiangsu Province, south of the Yangtze River, near Shanghai, known as the northern gate of Shanghai, after the mid-Qing Dynasty, Jiangnan immigrants to the Wu song into the Haimen by the working people of Haimen for generations of oral singing, the development of the Haimen Mountain Songs circulating in the territory of Haimen. 1958 August, the Haimen County Government, in the province, the local level of support for the government, the official establishment of the professional Haimen Mountain Opera Troupe. Haimen Mountain Opera Troupe, a brand-new type of opera appeared on the stage, active in the riverside. Haimen mountain opera tunes are beautiful and simple, fresh and smooth, with a strong local flavor and distinctive local characteristics.

Gannan Tea-picking Opera

Gannan Tea-picking Opera is one of the most localized operas in Jiangxi Province, with a history of four hundred years, developed on the basis of Gannan folk lights and shadows and folk songs and dances, and more than one hundred traditional repertoires, which is quite influential in Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Gui and other places. Gannan Tea-picking Opera has a strong local flavor of Gannan and Hakka characteristics, with beautiful and melodious singing voice, witty and humorous language, and unique performance with lively and dexterous high and short steps, fan flower, and single long sleeve carrying songs and dances, which are different from other kinds of operas. The excellent repertoire of Gannan Tea Casting Opera includes the Four Little Kinglets "Whistle Girl", "Mending Shoes", "Fishing Lacewing", and "Old and Young Match". The four great kings "anti-love", "the great persuasion of the husband", "on the Guangdong", "selling groceries", as well as large-scale traditional drama "tea picking in Jiulongshan" small drama "test wife", "doubles the dragon and phoenix knife", and so on.

Shaanxi storytelling

Shaanxi storytelling is a popular form of folk art circulating on the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi Province. There are nine tunes and eighteen tunes. Men and women with the same cavity and the same tune, said like singing, singing like saying, the characters jump in and out, melodious and melodious. The main instrument is the three-stringed or curved lute. In recent years by the Yan'an Museum of Opera to give reform attempts to Shaanbei storytelling on stage, the development of Shaanbei storytelling theater.

Jiujiang Tea Casting Opera

Jiujiang Tea Casting Opera, the original name of the tea light opera, commonly known as tea opera, into the half-ban form after the Tea Casting Opera. At the end of the Ming and early Qing dynasties, widely circulated in Jiujiang County and Jiujiang Prefecture governed the counties, so the name Jiujiang tea-picking opera. The opera is divided into two genres: Nanhe and Beihe, and this opera is the Nanhe Pai Tea Picking Opera circulating around Jiujiang County. The voice is divided into five categories: flat, floral, Chinese, miscellaneous, and qu pai. The original performance, without bowed string instruments accompanied by percussion, musicians living in front of the stage in front of the canopy and sitting, the actor sang in front of the band, the crowd backstage to help the voice.

Tibetan opera

Tibetan opera in Tibetan called "Aji Ram", meaning "fairy sisters". According to legend, Tibetan opera was first performed by the seven sisters, and the content of the play is mostly a mythological story in the Buddhist scriptures, hence the name. Tibetan opera originated in the 8th century Tibetan religious art. 17th century, from the monastery religious rituals separated from the gradual formation of singing-based, singing, chanting, dancing, table, white and technology and other basic programs combined with the life of the performance. The Tibetan opera has a high-pitched and majestic singing voice, basically due to the people who set the song, and there are people's voices to help and sing each line. The original Tibetan opera is a square play, only a drum and a cymbal accompaniment, no other instruments.

Lei Opera

Lei Opera is a local opera in Guangdong Province, and a unique opera only popular in Leizhou Peninsula Leizhou dialect Lei Opera area, with strong and distinctive local characteristics. Lei Opera is performed in the Leizhou dialect, with Leihu as the main accompanying instrument, a complete vocal system and beautiful tunes. The singing composition is mainly based on the structure of plate changes, using the original Lei Acura scattered, slow, medium and fast plate, high business Lei Acura scattered, medium and fast plate, high platform feather tune slow, medium plate, high platform Gong tune medium plate, the original cavity mixed compound, slow plate, and other 11 kinds of plate, according to the plot and different moods using female backing singers, male and female voice repetition of the composing method to render different dramatic atmosphere.

Vietnamese Opera

Vietnamese Opera, also known as Shaoxing Opera, is one of the five major types of Chinese opera and is currently the second largest opera in China. Yueju Opera is long in lyricism, mainly singing, the voice is clear and graceful, beautiful and moving performance, very Jiangnan spirit; mostly to the "talent and beauty" theme of the play, a variety of artistic schools. Mainly popular in Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Fujian and other southern areas, the heyday in addition to Tibet, Guangdong, Guangxi and a few other provinces, autonomous regions, there are professional troupes throughout the country, according to preliminary statistics, there are about 280 more than amateur troupes there are thousands of more than can be counted. In overseas also has a high reputation and a broad mass base, when the most widely circulated local theater. 2006 May 20 by the State Council approved the inclusion of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Personally, I think some of the statements are biased ~~~~~~