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Western vs Chinese opera

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Western vs Chinese opera     The dances in western opera are ballet, ballroom or an old fashioned dancing etc. In Chinese opera, the dances are like the Asian traditional dance. Western opera setting can be set in any period or places. It can be set in the ancient time, medieval, 17th century, 18th century , 19th century , early 20th century or a magical land etc. Some western opera are adapted by a famous novel or play (e.g. Madame Butterfly opera by Puccini was adapted by  a short story " Madame Butterfly " (1898) by John Luther Long .) etc. Some opera can be about some things that base on a composer life or a famous people life. Sometime it can set in different country. In Chinese opera, it is set in Chinese dynasty time only. Normally it set in Qing dynasty but it can be set in other dynasty like Ming dynasty etc. the western opera plot can be about any thing base on the western or European historical time. It can be a fantasy (like the magic flute
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Hello! My name is Adrian. This is my opera blog. Difference Between Western Opera And Chinese Opera Jacopo Peri (1561–1633) was the first opera composer in the world. He was from Italy. Opera is a classical musical and drama where the actors and actresses sing in high voices. The whole story is acted out in music and song. Operas were mostly written during the 17 th , 18 th , 19 th and early 20 th century. They were written mostly in Italy, Austria, France, England and Russia. There is also opera in China but Chinese opera is very different than the western one. European opera style is the same as the western one one but they are sung in different languages. They are sung in German, Italian, French, English and Russian. The differences between Western Opera and Chinese opera are the style, costume, makeup, music, tune, sound and dance. The western opera music has a Classical feeling and they use instruments in the orchestra like Violin, Cello, trumpet and Horn etc.