Various elements are featured in the production's stage design, including rods, a commonly seen stage prop used in Peking ...

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 ...

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 ...

China’s movie industry began 120 years ago with a recording of a Peking opera performance. Opera’s influence never left.

Senior Chinese leader Li Ruihuan Saturday urged Chinese artists to complete the task of videotaping classic Peking Operas as scheduled. The videotaping is made by integrating the singing of prominent ...

BEIJING, April 23 -- Beijing's oldest opera hall, built during the Ming Dynasty, will be torn down to make way for a modern theater, state media reported Monday. The Guanghe theater, declared unsafe ...

Cultural traditions die hard in history-conscious China. But they do die, as devotees of the highly stylized form of music drama called Peking opera are beginning to learn. The death is especially ...

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 Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera company is dedicated to the preservation and performance of Peking Opera. Courtesy photo. The highly regarded Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company will present workshops and ...

It is not every day that a Hogwarts professor belts out the soaring arias of Peking Opera on the streets of Beijing. Yet, in a recent viral video on Chinese social media, the sight of a perfectly ...