Long Kaichun
Lineage & School of Heritage
Long Kaichun joined a Dong Nuo opera troupe in 1948, receiving careful instruction from his granduncle Long Jixiang and his uncle Long Ziming. He mastered the authentic tradition of Nuo opera art and performed without interruption for decades.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Dong ethnic group, born in 1930 in Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County, Hunan.
Honors & Recognition
A representative bearer of Nuo Opera (Dong Nuo Opera), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In recent years, together with his uncle Long Ziming, he trained nearly thirty Nuo opera performers and carried forward twenty-eight repertoire pieces, bridging one generation to the next. He is acclaimed as the pillar of the Dong Nuo opera troupe and is an important bearer of Dong Nuo opera.
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