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more than 3,000 smaller troupes performing singing
everybody in region can sing a little bit
story - white snake falls in love w/ young man, married him
evil monk turns her back into a snake, husband wants to be a monk
on bridge, she entreats husband to come back to her
Wugu - 2nd most popular opera in Zhejiang Province 
masterpiece of cultural heritage, preserved by UNESCO
5 roles:
Shen, dan, jing, mo, clown?
Singing, speaking, action, martial arts, music-elements of opera
facial make-up costumes are unusual in Chinese opera
Jingju (Beijing opera) 200 yrs of history
Wuji - 450 yrs. - older than jingju, ancestor of Beijing opera 
dozens of famous plays in repertoire 
all plays are different in structure, music is beautiful, folk music,
ensemble of 50 people
performance on suona (wind instrument) + demo of suona technniques
dang (blowing) or tu
shuang (double) tu
hua (fluttering)
? (connected notes run together)
? (sliding notes)
difficult instrument to play well, many more special techniques
fast tempos in suona music, lots of energy, spirit
also some sad, slow tunes
suona - famous folk instrument, happy & mournful sounds
lead instrument in wuju - imp. role in the music

Du Xianjun on erhu, folk piece from Zhejiang
erhu - one of the representative instruments in Chinese folk music
suona - imp. in accompaniment 
huihu - 3rd instrument
6 distinct kinds of singing
during cultural rev, traditional operas stopped
but revolutionary opera continued