Answer: Historical overview:

"Yue Opera" originated from "Floating Singing", and was later called "Women's Class", "Caotai Troupe" and "Shao Opera" , "Shengju" and so on. It was called "Yue Opera" for the first time. On September 17, 1925, it was called "Yue Opera" for the first time in the "Shenbao" advertisement. Since 1938, most opera troupes and troupes have been called "Yue Opera". However, the titles in various theater newspapers are still inconsistent, and reporters and contributors often use their own terms. After 1939, advertisements for "Women's Literary Opera" in various newspapers were gradually renamed "Yue Opera". After the founding of the People's Republic of China, they were uniformly called "Yue Opera". March 27, 1906 is known as the birth date of Yue Opera. Starting from the end of 1931, after women's Yue Opera gained a foothold in Shanghai, in order to adapt to the environment and the needs of the audience, a group of Yue Opera practitioners represented by Yao Shuijuan carried out reforms, which were called "Improved Wen Opera". On March 24, 1955, the Shanghai Yue Opera Theater was officially established. In 1977, 1978 and 1981, while its influence spread throughout the country, Yue Opera also went abroad and won high reputation internationally. It was called "Chinese Opera" abroad.

Music composition:

Shaoxing opera singing is a type of music with variations of plate style. The most common sentence patterns in Yue Opera lyrics include seven-character sentences, crowned seven-character sentences, and cross sentences; the main commonly used tunes are [Sigong Diao], [Chi Diao], and [Xianxia Diao]; the basic singing style is [Zhongban], Commonly used ones include [Allegro], [Slow Medium Tempo], [Adagio], [Allegro], [Fast Medium Tempo], [Loose Tempo], [Continuous Tempo], [Slow Tempo], [Clear Tempo], etc.