A traditional opera house standing gutted in downtown Beijing will be rebuilt as a dual-use movie theater before the 2008 Olympics, executives said Wednesday at CineAsia. By Jonathan Landreth, The ...

Taiwan-based Peking Opera master Li Baochun (center) will lead the Taipei Li-yuan Peking Opera Theater in performances at the Poly Theater in Beijing this weekend. [Photo provided to China Daily] Some ...

A Peking Opera (or jingju) actor puts on face paint at the Zhengyici Playhouse in Beijing on March 4. With the recent revival of interest in traditional Chinese culture, the national company CNPOC and ...

The journey began on Sept 27 with the ship, which carried nearly 5,000 guests and more than 1,200 crew members, leaving ...

The centuries-old Peking Opera will perform in Israel next May. The famous Chinese company signed a contract in Belgium Sunday with Bidur La’am, the Israeli impresarios who are promoting the one-week ...

NEW YORK (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 ...

BEIJING – “Why are you going to a Peking opera? It’s slow, boring and you can’t even understand what they’re saying half the time!” That was the reaction Karolina Shab, a 26-year-old Polish student ...

A vibrant showcase of Peking Opera, a traditional form of Chinese opera known for its stylized movement, dramatic costumes, and melodic storytelling, is set to take the stage at The Long Center this ...

On the occasion of the 235th anniversary of Huiju Opera's arrival in Beijing, a new generation of performers is stepping ...

Alyssa, 7, gets har face painted as members of the Taipei Li-Yuan Peking Opera Theatre visit the Dr. Phillips YMCA summer camp as part of their community cultural outreach program, on Thursday, August ...