Why are fewer and fewer people going to learn opera these days?

Opera is a treasure of Chinese culture, but now it is in danger of being lost! There are many kinds of Chinese opera, including Beijing Opera, Yueju Opera, Huangmei Opera, Pingju Opera, Yu Opera, and as many as 360 kinds of local operas.

Opera originated from primitive songs and dances, and is a comprehensive stage art with a long history, including literature, music, dance, fine arts, martial arts, acrobatics and other arts, and is a difficult and comprehensive artistic performance. In the heyday of theater, the pursuit was fervent. With the development of the times, why on the contrary are fewer and fewer people enjoying opera? There are many reasons here, mainly the following.

First, the diversity of entertainment activities has caused opera to lose most of its audience. In the era without cell phones, computers, movies and TV, people had no good place to spend their leisure time, and opera could perform the plot, watching movies became the only choice for people. This is why theater flourished and audiences increased.

Secondly, the performances of opera are mainly stage performances, and the virtualization and programming of opera are far from life. This form of artistic expression is no longer able to form new audiences. From the location of the performance to the arrangement of the performance can not meet the audience's appreciation needs. Audiences who like opera and are interested in opera cannot enter the theater, and young people are not interested in opera.

Thirdly, today's opera singers are unable to realize the glory of their performances compared to the famous actors of the past. The atmosphere of opera is not as good as that of the pear gardens of the past, and the lack of the actors' own skills has led to a weakening of their charisma, preventing them from forming a large and sought-after group.

There are fewer and fewer young people following teams to learn opera. Although some universities now have opera majors, it still doesn't change the fact that fewer and fewer people can learn opera.

Will opera be lost?

From what we see now, the audience for opera is getting smaller and smaller, and the people who sing opera need to survive, and they can't live without it. To put it bluntly, they don't make money. If singing opera can't survive, who can sing and who can learn, the result is that the legacy of opera is hampered. Just like shadow theater, the ultimate home is the museum.

The evolved version of opera is the TV series! There was no TV back then, and opera was a great pastime for watching stories. But as technology advances, there are always things that can't keep up, and that doesn't mean that old traditions need to be inherited. With a smaller audience, extinction is inevitable.