Hong Took Tong Chinese Dramatic Company
The Hong Took Tong Chinese Dramatic Company was a San Francisco, California-based Chinese opera company who became the first major Asian American theatrical company in the country, inaugurating the first phase of the history of Chinese opera in the United States.[1] A performance in 1852 was the first Cantonese opera ever shown in the country.[2]
References
- Koskoff, Ellen (ed.) (2000). Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 3: The United States and Canada. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-4944-6.
Notes
- ↑ Pang, Cecilia J. (September 22, 2005). "(Re)cycling culture: Chinese opera in the United States". Comparative Drama. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011.
- ↑ Zheng, Su. "Chinese Music". The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. pp. 957–966.
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