[Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily] Born into a family of Peking Opera artists in 1894 ... dubbed the Four Great Dan — established the four schools of female role styles named Mei, Shang, Cheng ...

The 2024 Peking Opera Cultural Season raises its curtain at the Mei Lanfang Grand Theatre on Nov 8.[Photo provided to] ...

A new Peking Opera production titled "100-Plus Years of Shougang" is staged at the Chang'an Grand Theater in Beijing on Nov. 1, 2024. [Photo courtesy of Jingju Theater Company of Beijing] A new ...

Both Mei and Zhou were notable actors in Peking opera, a major genre of traditional Chinese opera, or "Xiqu," that arose in ...

“Then, about 200 years ago, Europe saw the rise of symphonic music at the same time as China saw the rise of Peking Opera, which is a special art form that uses characters to express emotions in ...

A new play of Peking Opera by the Beijing Peking Opera Theater and Beijing Vocational College of Opera and Arts made its debut at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) over the weekend.

In the intangible cultural heritage area, Lang Jiaziyu showcased Beijing Opera figures made from dough, while Yang Yue created vivid facial masks from red paper. Wang Shang, from the Imperial Kitchen ...

The financial collapse of the Baltimore Opera Co. came at a time when there were bigger things to worry about; it was the winter of 2008-2009, during the Great Recession, and people were losing ...

China's central bank announced on Tuesday it will issue a commemorative coin featuring the Chinese Peking Opera art on Nov. 19. The brass alloy coin, with a denomination of five yuan (about 0.7 U.S.

Education: University of Illinois, B.S. in communications and M.S. in communications Dan Balz is chief correspondent at The Washington Post. He joined The Post in 1978 and has been involved in ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kyle Peterson, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger Photo: Gonzalo Fuentes/Marco Bello/Reuters A word to the Justice Department, which is ...

The 2024 Peking Opera Cultural Season co-initiated by the government of Beijing's Xicheng district began at the Mei Lanfang Grand Theatre on Nov 8. The season will run until Dec 23. The opening ...