What It Takes to Be a Chinese Opera Singer

There are more than 300 different kinds of Chinese opera. Sichuan is one of them.
If you have heard of Sichuan opera, you probably know it as that Chinese show where performers change masks really quickly. But that’s mostly a tourist gimmick.
We went behind the scenes of a real Sichuan opera (without any changing masks), and got a performer to break down what makes it special and what it takes to become a singer.
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Producer: Clarissa Wei
Narrator: Gavin Huang
Videographer: Nathaniel Brown
Editor: Joel Roche
Fixer: Mia Ma
Mastering: Victor Peña
Music: Audio Network