Three cheers for opera troupes who broadcast their 9:30 am performances. They happily coincide with my cocktail hour here in San Francisco.

(The Dapingdiao 大平調 troupe of Neihuang 內黃 county performs “Li Yanlong Tames the South 李彥龍征 aka The Two Scholars 文武雙狀元”）

You’ll occasionally find troupes in that region who give three performances a day, each performance lasting 3-4 hours with an hour+ break in between shows.

Bring your own chair.

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I’m still enchanted by the high-pitched “second voice” of Dapingdiao 大平調 opera.

Emperor Chongzhen, played by Neihuang county’s Zhang Junhong 張軍紅, prepares to hang himself on Meishan hill.

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