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What Happens When Shanghai Opera Meets Disney?

What kind of spark flies when traditional Shanghai opera meets a Disney stage performance? For the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shanghai Disney Resort collaborated with the Shanghai Huju Opera Theatre on a special edition of Duffy and Friends' moon-viewing celebration. From rewritten Shanghainese lyrics and the fusion of Huju melodies with Disney music to the costumes and performances of young opera actors, the project offered a rare look inside this imaginative collaboration.

How did the 2024 Huju–Disney collaboration bring traditional opera into a festival performance?

This 2024 behind-the-scenes film follows Shanghai Disney Resort and Shanghai Huju Opera Theatre’s collaboration on a special Mid-Autumn edition of Duffy and Friends’ moon-viewing celebration. The process includes adapting Shanghainese lyrics, combining Huju melodies with Disney music, rehearsing with young performers and designing costumes. It shows how a traditional local performance form can enter a new theatrical setting.

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What kind of spark flies when traditional Shanghai opera meets a Disney stage performance? For the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shanghai Disney Resort collaborated with the Shanghai Huju Opera Theatre on a special edition of Duffy and Friends' moon-viewing celebration. From rewritten Shanghainese lyrics and the fusion of Huju melodies with Disney music to the costumes and performances of young opera actors, the project offered a rare look inside this imaginative collaboration.

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