Peking Opera master aims to push the boundaries of traditional theater with shows that give the old art form a modern feel. Chen Nan reports. Some members of the audience are thrilled, shaking their ...

Around 70 expats living in Beijing, including embassy staff, international chamber of commerce personnel and students, attended a Peking Opera salon on Saturday to get a taste of traditional Chinese ...

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BEIJING — Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her other leg high and ...

A Peking Opera actress applies makeup backstage before a show in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) Duke's Cam Boozer and UConn's Sarah Strong win Wooden Award, wrapping ...

In the backstage of the Mei Lanfang Theatre in Beijing, Jiang Meiyi, a young performer from the National Peking Opera Company, is applying her makeup and dressing for the upcoming performance. As the ...

An exhibition, at downtown Beijing's Star Theater, presents Peking Opera through contemporary arts. Bringing together about 40 works from 9 Chinese artists focusing on the old art form, the exhibition ...

The global success of the Chinese video game Black Myth: Wukong has helped introduce the tale of Sun Wukong, or the Monkey King, to people around the world. But for Anglo-Iranian Ghaffar Pourazar, the ...

It is painful beyond all belief, at least the "Peking Opera" that I saw. (And I am very much an aficionado of Western opera.) In Peking opera, there is no story. There is no mise-en-scene. There is, ...