Forty years ago, 2,000 troupes crisscrossed China performing traditional operas, a unique blend of performing arts. Now, there are just 76 troupes, and Beijing opera is largely seen as a dying art.

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On October 26th and 27th, the "Culture Tour of Beijing Opera," a key project by the Beijing Overseas Cultural Exchange Center, debuted in Paris. The event showcased Chinese ...

The performance presents a newly imagined Peking Opera, combining the classic repertoire with modern stagecraft and interactive cultural experience. Led by esteemed masters and featuring a re-arranged ...

Alyssa, 7, gets har face painted as members of the Taipei Li-Yuan Peking Opera Theatre visit the Dr. Phillips YMCA summer camp as part of their community cultural outreach program, on Thursday, August ...

Dutoit had expressed a strong desire to conduct Wozzeck in Beijing after his previous appearance at the festival conducting French composer Hector Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust (The Damnation of ...

The Beijing Culture and Art Foundation-funded project, "An Immersive Peking Opera Experience: The White Snake VR Interactive Narrative Exhibition," opened at Qianmen on Saturday. The innovative ...

From time to time, the secrecy that shrouds Red China is parted by events, and between the curtains the world suddenly gets a glimpse of what Peking’s potentates are about. Last week was one of those ...

The annual China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) once again opened its doors in Beijing on Wednesday. Among this year's highlights was the "Peking Opera Cultural Journey" special ...

Peking Opera Blues is set in 1913 Beijing, after the collapse of the last imperial dynasty. China was barely ruled by a weak government, and warlords were carving up the country. It is that rare ...

BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Under the global epidemic situation, in order to further promote overseas cultural exchanges, Beijing Culture and Tourism Bureau held the 2022 "Happy Spring Festival" cloud ...