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 ...

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] ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...