Mei Qingyang (right) performs in the Peking Opera The Miser at the theater in Shanghai on Jan 30. [Photo provided to China Daily] Written for Puju Opera actor Nan Zheng, the experimental play, titled ...

Composer Huang Ruo long dreamed of adapting the classic Chinese tale “Journey to the West” and its mythical character the Monkey King into an opera, but thought that ambition was a pipe dream. “I grew ...

A little over two decades ago, kunqu was teetering on the brink of extinction. Rooted in the local culture and music of the Yangtze Delta city of Kunshan, kunqu grew rapidly during the mid- to ...

HUDSON, N.Y. — On Thursday, Oct. 13, Halloween arrives early at the historic Hudson Opera House with the U.S. premiere of the Chinese opera “Painted Skin,” a supernatural story of a couple tormented ...

In an age of information overload, reading remains a necessary channel to invigorate the mind, provide inspiration and cultivate virtue. Whether it is childhood enlightenment or the pursuits of ...