An English-dubbed Peking Opera, recounting the Chinese fairy tale Legend of the White Snake, was staged for an audience of hundreds of foreigners Saturday night in the auditorium of the China Drama ...
Though he's seen a number of Peking Opera performances over the years, the Canadian Peking Opera fan never fully understood the plot until recently, when the China Academy of Traditional Opera offered ...
Peking Opera master aims to push the boundaries of traditional theater with shows that give the old art form a modern feel. Chen Nan reports. Some members of the audience are thrilled, shaking their ...
When a staging of the classic Chinese opera “Farewell My Concubine” performed by the Shanghai Peking Opera Company sold out at Princeton University in September 2017, Jianping Mei, a 1990 graduate ...
Nine years after the first triennial China Peking Opera Art Festival was launched, the event finally arrives in Shanghai this week. The festival offers local audiences a series of performances by the ...
Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her other leg high and grasps the ...
Zhang (left), blending martial arts and acrobatic movements, performs during a show at Jixiang Theatre in Beijing. Photo: AP Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang ...
Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her other leg high and grasps the ...