Following this, Luo Sujuan, a young actress from the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre, performed a traditional piece, ...

A Kunqu Opera performance of The Peony Pavilion is staged at the news conference to mark the start of Global 100 Du Liniangs Promotion activities in Beijing on Jan 31.[Photo provided to China Daily] ...

Shao Tianshuai, a Kunqu Opera actress of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre in Beijing, is preparing to return in Legend of the Golden Magpie, a performance originally scheduled for March, China Daily ...

The Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe is creating a furor among Chinese opera lovers. This year alone we will put on almost 300 performances, both in China and abroad. Ten years ago, we would have been ...

Gu Weiying is a first-class actress with Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre (in Beijng) and a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC, China's top legislature). She specializes in performing ...

Kunqu, China’s oldest known operatic form, enjoyed its peak of popularity in the 18th century, when the best performers were adored by hundreds of thousands of fans. But by the 1940s there were ...

A story of forbidden love, death and resurrection, "Peony Pavilion" from the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) has been compared to China's "Romeo and Juliet." It centers on the love of Du Liniang, the ...

NANJING, China, July 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rebecca, the masterpiece of director Alfred Hitchcock tells the illusory and mysterious life story of a woman. It mirrors the traditional Chinese story of ...

Suzhou has showcased one of its premier art forms at a special Kunqu Opera event at the Garden Museum. Named an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2001, the opera is more than 600 ...

The full moon of Sept. 17 marked the start of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a Chinese tradition dating back more than 3,000 years. As folks back home celebrated the seasonal harvest, a pair of performing ...