Ninedragonspot
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Chinese opera! 戲曲！Taiwanese opera! 歌仔戲，亂彈戲, 客家戲！And occasionally a bit of the classical stuff.
Today’s follow-up:
October 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Today’s follow-up:
Balancing a Crutch on the Head aka the Drunken Immortal Field Sobriety Test
#新義和歌劇團 #歌仔戲 #kuaáhì #TaiwaneseOpera
#新義和歌劇團 #歌仔戲 #kuaáhì #TaiwaneseOpera
October 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Balancing a Crutch on the Head aka the Drunken Immortal Field Sobriety Test
#新義和歌劇團 #歌仔戲 #kuaáhì #TaiwaneseOpera
#新義和歌劇團 #歌仔戲 #kuaáhì #TaiwaneseOpera
Kid better watch out.
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Kid better watch out.
I’d sooner kick over a kid’s sand-castle than disturb the lovely foam on my latte. What am I to do?
October 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I’d sooner kick over a kid’s sand-castle than disturb the lovely foam on my latte. What am I to do?
The indomitable 孫凱琳 delivers a knockout for the 春美歌劇團. From the stage at Kaohsiung’s tiny 九天堂
#kuaáhì #歌仔戲 #TaiwaneseOpera
#kuaáhì #歌仔戲 #TaiwaneseOpera
October 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The indomitable 孫凱琳 delivers a knockout for the 春美歌劇團. From the stage at Kaohsiung’s tiny 九天堂
#kuaáhì #歌仔戲 #TaiwaneseOpera
#kuaáhì #歌仔戲 #TaiwaneseOpera
Oops, messed up with that last photo. Correction:
October 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Oops, messed up with that last photo. Correction:
It’s never too early to start drilling your tot on the basics of aerial stage combat.
From Tainan’s lively 水錦歌劇團, up north for a short stint at Bali’s 安福宮.
#TaiwaneseOpera #歌仔戲 #kuaáhì
From Tainan’s lively 水錦歌劇團, up north for a short stint at Bali’s 安福宮.
#TaiwaneseOpera #歌仔戲 #kuaáhì
October 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It’s never too early to start drilling your tot on the basics of aerial stage combat.
From Tainan’s lively 水錦歌劇團, up north for a short stint at Bali’s 安福宮.
#TaiwaneseOpera #歌仔戲 #kuaáhì
From Tainan’s lively 水錦歌劇團, up north for a short stint at Bali’s 安福宮.
#TaiwaneseOpera #歌仔戲 #kuaáhì
Still offline, but they have managed to change the color of the 404 screen.
September 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Still offline, but they have managed to change the color of the 404 screen.
Maybe, maybe not…
September 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Maybe, maybe not…
I return to Taipei next week for 2+ months and am simply overwhelmed by the number and quality of outdoor temple-fair opera offerings for the first part of October. And on the weekends there are shows in the indoor theaters. It’s bonkers!
#kuaáhì #歌仔戲 #TaiwaneseOpera
#kuaáhì #歌仔戲 #TaiwaneseOpera
September 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I return to Taipei next week for 2+ months and am simply overwhelmed by the number and quality of outdoor temple-fair opera offerings for the first part of October. And on the weekends there are shows in the indoor theaters. It’s bonkers!
#kuaáhì #歌仔戲 #TaiwaneseOpera
#kuaáhì #歌仔戲 #TaiwaneseOpera
It’s always a special day when someone from the Sinosphere’s theatre world discovers Zeffirelli’s “Turandot” production for the first time and are gobsmacked by the production’s sheer idiocy.
#MetropolitanOpera #Turandot #FlamingGarbage
#MetropolitanOpera #Turandot #FlamingGarbage
September 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
It’s always a special day when someone from the Sinosphere’s theatre world discovers Zeffirelli’s “Turandot” production for the first time and are gobsmacked by the production’s sheer idiocy.
#MetropolitanOpera #Turandot #FlamingGarbage
#MetropolitanOpera #Turandot #FlamingGarbage
And Etsy pulls through in the nick of time.
September 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
And Etsy pulls through in the nick of time.
Meanwhile, i would like to see this cold case reopened.
September 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Meanwhile, i would like to see this cold case reopened.
For reasons I can no longer remember (jet lag?), I apparently thought it was a good idea to do this entire interview holding my hands behind my back.
I look like I’ve been handcuffed.
#kuaáhì #歌仔戲 #TaiwaneseOpera
I look like I’ve been handcuffed.
#kuaáhì #歌仔戲 #TaiwaneseOpera
September 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
For reasons I can no longer remember (jet lag?), I apparently thought it was a good idea to do this entire interview holding my hands behind my back.
I look like I’ve been handcuffed.
#kuaáhì #歌仔戲 #TaiwaneseOpera
I look like I’ve been handcuffed.
#kuaáhì #歌仔戲 #TaiwaneseOpera
I would not call myself Johann Adolph Hasse’s #1 fan, but this recitative from Piramo e Tisbe (1768), sung by a cruel father and accompanied by bare, chromatically-rising octaves, is positively hair-rising.
And I don’t even have that much hair left!
And I don’t even have that much hair left!
September 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I would not call myself Johann Adolph Hasse’s #1 fan, but this recitative from Piramo e Tisbe (1768), sung by a cruel father and accompanied by bare, chromatically-rising octaves, is positively hair-rising.
And I don’t even have that much hair left!
And I don’t even have that much hair left!
It’s that time of day when half of Taiwan hops onto social media to type in all caps:
地牛乖！
地牛乖！
August 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s that time of day when half of Taiwan hops onto social media to type in all caps:
地牛乖！
地牛乖！
I’ll be damned - the old “sprinkle your musty books with baking soda and throw them in the freezer for a week” trick really does seem to work.
August 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I’ll be damned - the old “sprinkle your musty books with baking soda and throw them in the freezer for a week” trick really does seem to work.
Unlike Norman Lebrecht, Taruskin never had a book pulped after losing a defamation case.
August 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Unlike Norman Lebrecht, Taruskin never had a book pulped after losing a defamation case.
I hope we’re talking about the same novel….
August 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I hope we’re talking about the same novel….
At an event for Taiwanese democracy activist, politician, and novelist 姚嘉文, and I was just handed this (unrelated) book. I am afraid to look inside.
Maybe I’ll open it up during a stay in one Taiwan’s Talmud hotels, as is the custom of my people.
Maybe I’ll open it up during a stay in one Taiwan’s Talmud hotels, as is the custom of my people.
August 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
At an event for Taiwanese democracy activist, politician, and novelist 姚嘉文, and I was just handed this (unrelated) book. I am afraid to look inside.
Maybe I’ll open it up during a stay in one Taiwan’s Talmud hotels, as is the custom of my people.
Maybe I’ll open it up during a stay in one Taiwan’s Talmud hotels, as is the custom of my people.
The 戲曲 scholars used to be the cool kids in town, knocking back tea with mobsters, hitting the Bund and going to the best parties (ahem, I mean conferences). Then came the 文和大革命 and we all had to burn our stuff and go into seclusion. Still, on the evidence this new book, we’re not yet dead yet.
August 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The 戲曲 scholars used to be the cool kids in town, knocking back tea with mobsters, hitting the Bund and going to the best parties (ahem, I mean conferences). Then came the 文和大革命 and we all had to burn our stuff and go into seclusion. Still, on the evidence this new book, we’re not yet dead yet.
Attention Austinites, Houstonians, and Orlandonians: Beijing opera is headed your way!
July 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Attention Austinites, Houstonians, and Orlandonians: Beijing opera is headed your way!