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Opera make up and costumes


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I have been trying to learn more about Opera make-up schemas as well as costumes. I want to better understand exactly what make-up characterizations signify. I know a white base means trecherous, but why? What do the other colors signify? Why the peacock feathers on the head? Etc...

Does anyone know of a website or book, preferably in english that can help me? What do you know? I'm curious to learn more.

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I want to better understand exactly what make-up characterizations signify. I know a white base means trecherous, but why? What do the other colors signify? Why the peacock feathers on the head? Etc...

Does anyone know of a website or book, preferably in english that can help me? What do you know? I'm curious to learn more

As far as i know, red base means loyalty and black means justness, don't know why, maybe it's a convention or something...take a look at these sites, it may be useful:

http://www.shme.com/culture/opera/peking.htm

http://english.people.com.cn/features/music/peking.html

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