The recent premieres of two major opera productions in Shanghai have underscored audiences' growing enthusiasm for classic ...

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An award-winning modern opera about family, society and corruption in Old Shanghai, Thunderstorm tells a story of a wealthy, successful and seemingly happy Shanghai household, behind which lies a web ...

Making dough figurines, paper-cutting and enjoying traditional Chinese operas, a group of foreigners in Shanghai including some diplomats, teachers and students have spent a good time at the Shanghai ...

Brigham Young University will welcome the Chinese Opera Orchestra of Shanghai to campus Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall. Tickets are available at $12, with $6 off with ...

For more than 400 years Chinese traditional opera has found a home in Shanghai. Sometimes a short-lived home, sometimes a turbulent home but opera has been at the city's cultural heart for a long time ...

Shanghai Opera House kicked off the new season for 2009-2010 last Saturday with the symphony concert "Cheers for Motherland" at Shanghai Concert Hall. Almost 50 performances will constitute the new ...

Mariinsky Theater raised the curtain of the opera house of China 's National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) last December and the Theater of the Capital of Toulouse will wrap up the opening ...

DUBAI, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Thundering applause lingered for quite a moment in Dubai Opera Thursday night when Chinese performers from China's Shanghai Opera House answered the curtain call, in a sign ...

SHANGHAI, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The world-renowned Italian opera house Teatro Alla Scala premiered an opera production in Shanghai Friday night, as part of the opening of the 21st China Shanghai ...

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