Traditional Chinese Kunqu opera is a tough sell for new audiences. Productions can span over 20 hours and minimal props and setting offer little help in understanding the story. But when is a ...

Shao Tianshuai, a Kunqu Opera actress of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre in Beijing, is preparing to return in Legend of the Golden Magpie, a performance originally scheduled for March, China Daily ...

Zhao Jinyu still remembers the time she gave away tickets to her Kunqu opera performance — and couldn’t find anyone who wanted them. “Too elegant,” her friends said. “Makes me sleepy.” That was 2005, ...

A story of forbidden love, death and resurrection, "Peony Pavilion" from the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) has been compared to China's "Romeo and Juliet." It centers on the love of Du Liniang, the ...

The Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe is creating a furor among Chinese opera lovers. This year alone we will put on almost 300 performances, both in China and abroad. Ten years ago, we would have been ...

Kunqu, China’s oldest known operatic form, enjoyed its peak of popularity in the 18th century, when the best performers were adored by hundreds of thousands of fans. But by the 1940s there were ...

Kunqu Dramatizations performers Xiaming Shi and Jing Sun perform in the opera “Gazing at the Home” in the CCCB Sunday afternoon. Varun Tandon/DAILY. Buy this photo. Editor’s note: Xiaming Shi’s quotes ...

NANJING, China, July 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rebecca, the masterpiece of director Alfred Hitchcock tells the illusory and mysterious life story of a woman. It mirrors the traditional Chinese story of ...

A Kunqu Opera performance of The Peony Pavilion is staged at the news conference to mark the start of Global 100 Du Liniangs Promotion activities in Beijing on Jan 31.[Photo provided to China Daily] ...

Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland launched a series of celebrations, including a ceremony to welcome the God of Wealth, a zodiac handover ceremony, lantern fairs, and dragon and lion dance ...

The full moon of Sept. 17 marked the start of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a Chinese tradition dating back more than 3,000 years. As folks back home celebrated the seasonal harvest, a pair of performing ...