Shanghai Kunqu Opera Company's version of the classic "The Peony Pavilion" is at the China National Opera House. Shanghai ...

Kunqu Opera actress You Tengteng (right) introduces the classical piece The Peony Pavilion at a Kunqu Opera cultural center in Kunshan, Jiangsu province. WANG XUZHONG/FOR CHINA DAILY NANJING ...

Artists perform dance at the central square of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) during the 7th China ...

The opening performance of the 9th Paris Chinese Opera Festival featured students and teachers from the Chinese Opera Academy ...

Kunqu, recognised by UNESCO in 2001 as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, is among the oldest and most refined traditions of the family of genres known as xiqu (music-drama or ...

NANJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- In Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, the melodies of Kunqu Opera, one of China's most ancient and treasured art forms, are not confined to the stages of ...

NANJING (China Daily/ANN): In Kunshan, East China's Jiangsu province, the melodies of Kunqu Opera, an ancient art form, are not confined to the stages of grand theaters but ring out in unexpected ...

The curtain recently rose on the 7th Shanghai Huaiyin Art Festival, a cultural gala to take traditional Chinese culture and ...

From local economic development and social history to gardens, paintings, silk and Kunqu opera, its diverse studies have formed their own characteristics, gaining a worldwide reputation.

The story of famous applied linguist Li Pei has been adapted into a contemporary Kunqu Opera production, which, staged by the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre, premiered at the University of Chinese ...

Kun Opera (Kunqu or Kunqiang) is the forerunner of all Chinese operas, boasting a history of over 600 years. It originated in the Kunshan area of Suzhou City in the late Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 CE ...