TAIZHOU, China, Dec. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With its delicate and melodious aria, and graceful and elegant movements, Kunqu Opera, born in the waterside town of Kunshan in Jiangnan, has become ...

An exhibition themed Mei Lanfang's art and life is currently on display at the National Museum of China in Beijing. [Photo provided to China.org.cn] Amid the grand halls of the China Intangible ...

Mei Lanfang's son Mei Baojiu, the only descendent to carry on the family tradition, will lead the Beijing Peking Opera Theater troupe to the US in August for a series of performances, to celebrate his ...

A Peking opera troupe performs at the 49th International Festival of Carthage at the Roman Theatre of Carthage in Tunis July 14, 2013. REUTERS/Anis Mili By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - With ...

From Nov 20 to 23, the 2025 Annual Peking Opera Classics Showcase, funded by the National Arts Fund and hosted by the China National Peking Opera Company, will be staged at the Mei Lanfang Theatre in ...

Mei Baojiu, one of the foremost performers of China’s famous Peking opera, died on Monday aged 82, according to Chinese state media. Mei died around 11 a.m. local time at a hospital in Beijing after ...

The contemporary artistic descendants of a legendary 20 th century Peking Opera performer are touring the United States this month, performing in New York and Washington. The tour celebrates the 120 ...

NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) - With lavishly embroidered costumes, elaborate makeup and acrobatics, a troupe of nearly 90 singers, actors and musicians of the Peking Opera begins a special U.S. tour on ...