The old and nuanced art of Peking opera is working hard to flourish in an era of digital entertainment and incessant screens.

Stefano Vignati, Music Director and Principal Conductor of Opera Carolina, has been selected to conduct the opening of the ...

Written in 1598, the same year as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Tang Xianzu's drama follows Du Liniang, a young woman who ...

Chinese leaders attended a 2026 New Year gala featuring traditional opera on Tuesday evening in Beijing. Chinese President Xi ...

Chinese opera is an important feature of the country's art and culture, with a long history and diverse elements such as literature, music, dance and martial arts. The ninth Chinese Opera Culture Week ...

FILE - In this March 1, 2019, file photo, Hong Kong actors Chan Hung-chun, right, and Lung Koon-tin, dressed as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, pose during a press ...

CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese performer He Hongqing can change his facial expressions, and make up, on stage in a flash, but it's not due to skills learned at drama school. The man deemed China's ...

Art provokes. And sparks conversations. The Houston Grand Opera's recent production of John Adams' 'Nixon in China' has done just that, drawing strong responses from two critics — Scott Cantrell in ...

Reporting from San Francisco — The world needs more Chinese opera. China needs it too. China has some 29 opera houses. Only Italy, Germany, the U.S. and Russia have more. China has more ...