

I owe special thanks to Mr Daniel Tschudi at University of Hawaii, our beloved friend with more than 30 years' experience of Peking Opera stage performance, as well as profound understanding of China. Moreover, the series will try to combine books and videos in kind will better display Peking Opera in a finer, more in-depth and more encompassing manner.Īnother feature of the series is that it contains a full English translation of its Chinese text, for the spread of Peking Opera outside China. Specifically, for each opera there is an introduction, script, musical score (in both Western and Chinese notation systems), costume descriptions, etc., and the large number of pictures and illustrations gives the readers an impressive visual impact.

Judging from the length devoted to each single opera, the series has set itself aprat from previous works of this kind. The series consists of twenty volumes, every volume contains five operas, and each opera is an Independent work. This book series in English includes 100 typical Peking Operas-the so-called "classic repertoire" - which have stood the test of time and still exert an influence today. This English Translation Series of a Hundred Peking Opera Classics, after drawing inspiration from preceding writings and having carefully brooded over the needs of the readers, tries to give an in-depth introduction to Peking Opera from all aspects, which is also in line with the tradition of "taking a combining approach." Though it is difficult to be both deepreaching and all-encompassing, it is a worthy step taken to better introduce the art of Peking Opera.

Traditional/Simplified Chinese ConverterĬhinese Opera is a combining art form, which, in the course of becoming fully developed, built a tradition of combining literary scripts, music, dance, acrobatics, stagecraft and artistic design.
