OIC

From their website, I realised that both of them started from scratch.

團主兼當家小生/小飛霞

非歌仔戲世家出身，更沒有家族事業的奧援，全憑一股對歌仔戲的熱忱及使命，從1980年創立〔翔鈴歌劇團〕( 自 2001 年起更名為〔小飛霞歌劇團〕) 至今，即使面臨外來文化的衝擊、時代的變遷對歌仔戲生存環境的壓縮下，仍舊堅持表演崗位—「一路走來，始終如一」。

當家苦旦/小瓏女

從一個單純的台下觀眾躍身為一位舞台專職演員，在沒有任何歌仔戲的家世背景下，全憑興趣及執著投身歌仔戲的行列迄今，並與小飛霞一起投入小飛霞歌劇團的事業。

Extracted from XFX's Opera Troupe.

It is not easy to maintain such passion especially in maintaining a street opera for more than a decade. XFX is the youngest TW street opera troupeleader so far. I think she is only in her 30s.

Though XFX isn't my cup of tea, I find XFX's passion and determination towards her troupe admirable. ^^