The centerpiece of the reopened hall is the new permanent exhibition Mei Lanfang's Artistic Life. This exhibition, spread ...

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 ...

Peking Opera is one of the oldest and most popular forms of traditional Chinese opera. We watch young students at the capital’s prestigious Peking Opera School practising for a performance in ce ...

“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 ...

At LSO St Luke's, two actors dressed in Peking Opera attire delivered their recitative lines in the traditional style, accompanied by an orchestra performing Richard Strauss's symphonic poem Ein ...

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 ...

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.

[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 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 ...