{"id":59080,"date":"2026-06-09T12:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/as\/?page_id=59080"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:01:06","slug":"inside-chinese-theater-of-19th-century-california","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/as\/tc\/research\/ihcorc\/inside-chinese-theater-of-19th-century-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Chinese Theater of 19th Century California"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Inside Chinese Theater of 19th Century California<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Date: 12 December 2025 (Friday)<\/div>
Time: 2:00 p.m. \u2013 3:30 p.m.<\/div>
Language: English<\/div>
Venue: Chan Ma Ching Heung Lecture Theatre, Room E0313, 3\/F, Jockey Club Campus, 81 Chung Hau Street, HKMU (Ho Man Tin)<\/div><\/div>
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In December we are delighted to welcome Professor Nancy Yunhua Rao of the Rutgers University, Department of Music. She will speak on the topic “Inside Chinese Theatre of 19th Century California,” examining the history of Chinese opera performance venues in the US. Professor Rao has conducted extensive research on the history of Cantonese opera in America. Drawing on diaries ,newspapers, and cultural artifacts, she reconstructs the historical landscape of Chinese theatres in California and the western United States during the 19th century and analyzes how costumes, vocal styles, stage design, and narratives shaped the Chinese community’s identity.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Author Nancy Yunhwa Rao excavates and contextualizes the important history of Chinese opera theater through personal diaries, newspapers and artifacts while examining the costumes, singing, staging, and storytelling that impacted mainstream reception and influenced how Chinese communities saw themselves.<\/span><\/p>

Join this discussion with Nancy Rao, who shares the ways Cantonese opera became woven into the financial, political, social, and family life in California and beyond in her book Inside Chinese Theater.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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