The Operetta Star

She sings operetta in a Hongkou café theatre and her gown catches the light like a glass of Nubis. Refugee artists really did stage operettas and cabaret in 1940s Shanghai.

History: refugee artists in Hongkou staged operettas, cabaret and music evenings; the café Zum Weissen Rössl was named after an operetta (Jewish Museum Vienna; China Daily). Product fact: Nubis is a shimmer liqueur.