The best-known event is the Savolinna Opera Festival, while the strangest is probably the annual wife-carrying championship, where the winner is awarded his wife's weight in beer.

最有名的盛事是萨瓦琳娜歌剧节，最新奇的是一项可能要算一年一度的背媳妇比赛，胜利者的奖励是和他老婆一样重的啤酒。

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Beijing opera was introduced to more people around the world during the 2020 Mei Lanfang Art Festival.

在2020年的梅兰芳艺术节上，京剧被介绍给世界上更多的人。

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He points out that the event that will instead begin the festival, a performance by the Quanzhou Marionette Theater, though smaller in scale than the typical Chinese opera, is similarly inclusive.

他指出，本次音乐节的开场节目将由泉州木偶剧团的演出取而代之。

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The Aix-en-Provence opera festival, the Paris Opera and the Comedie Francaise have already been hit by strikes.

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The intensity with which he speaks accords well with the theme of this year's European Opera Days festival passion.

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The 15, 000-seat theatre is in such good shape that performances are still held here, including an annual summertime opera and ballet festival.

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