Taiwanese opera commonly known as Ke-Tse opera or Hokkien opera, is a form of traditional drama originating in Taiwan. Taiwanese opera uses a stylised combination of both the literary and colloquial ...
A version of this story ran in the November / December 2024 issue. Dai wan wei. The sounds of the Taiwanese Hokkien language don’t resemble Mandarin Chinese, which drifts from the throat in soft ...
Taiwan opera is revered across the Asian island. One of its most beloved traits is its gender-bending character archetypes, and its best-known actors are women who portray men.
Opera is particularly loved in Taiwan, where it's performed in the Hokkien, one of the Island's main languages and, as NPR's Emily Feng reports, also has some casting curveballs. (SOUNDBITE OF ...