Street opera scene at Chinatown, Singapore

This is the street opera now on till 30 October at Spring Street, Chinatown.


A few years back there was more excitement during this time of the year because on some days there were two operas going on at adjacent fields at the same time, one Cantonese and one Hokkien. At that time there were three empty fields. Now there is a Buddhist Monument on one plot of land and another plot of land was converted into a car park.

Still further back ten years or more, I remember there were also street opera at Mosque Street and Keong Siak Street at certain times of the year.

Here is a short clip of the scene three days ago. The background singing was by Long Koon Tin and Wong Kum Tong. Perhaps in future when you watch this, you could only reminisce with nostalgia.