Who We Are

Jing Ying Cantonese Opera Institute is a San Francisco–based nonprofit organization dedicated to sustaining and activating Cantonese opera as a living art form.

Our work is grounded in artistic lineage and cultural transmission. Music Director Xiu Ben Chen, a fifth-generation Cantonese opera musician, carries forward a family tradition rooted in centuries of performance practice.

Together with performers, musicians, and cultural educators, Jing Ying bridges heritage and contemporary audiences through bilingual productions, public dialogue, and immersive cultural experiences.

We believe that tradition remains most powerful when it is shared, experienced, and continually renewed.