HONG KONG: With its assertive orchestral opening and diva Frances Yip Lai-yee’s commanding voice singing “long bun, long lau”, the first few bars of “The Bund” are immediately recognisable to many.
HONG KONG — Strung up in the Sunbeam Theatre in a gritty working-class part of this city are posters showing Cantonese opera singers, their red lips offset by chalk-white, made-up faces. In the faded ...