The curtain rose on the second Rare Traditional Chinese Opera Genres Exhibition on Sunday in Boxing county of Binzhou, Shandong province, bringing outstanding repertoires representing 36 rare opera ...

Dozens of schools of Chinese opera are taking the center stage in Boxing county, East China's Shandong Province, as a national exhibition aims to ensure these "living fossils" of culture not only ...

Exquisite stage costumes worn by Mei during his 1930 US tour are on display at the exhibition. [Photo by Mingmei Li/China Daily] As the first director of the predecessor of the Chinese National ...

By 1930, Mei Lanfang had already achieved superstardom as an opera performer in China. He had become one of the country’s most beloved dan, the term for performers of female singing roles. These roles ...

At the heart of this important celebratory journey is Turandot, the composer's final and unfinished opera, a symbol of the profound dialogue between East and West and the cultures that have connected ...

Chinese opera vocal techniques enter modern pop singing training worldwide. Chinese opera contains centuries of vocal ...

It's been three decades since the Houston Grand Opera presented John Adams' "Nixon in China," the company's beloved world premiere that changed not only how modern political operas were viewed but ...

BEIJING — 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 ...

The lecture explores how traditional Chinese opera vocal methods can influence modern popular singing training.