Classic tale keeps core elements
6 months, 1 week ago

Classic tale keeps core elements

China Daily  

Director Yang Xiaoqing "When Tian Han adapted the folk tale into a Peking Opera piece in 1952, his goal was to blend traditional elements with contemporary sensibilities to make the story more accessible and relevant to modern audiences. Director Yang, who is known for directing productions of traditional Chinese operas, such as Yueju Opera and Kunqu Opera, says that Tian Han's adaptation was part of a broader effort to revitalize traditional Chinese theater forms and make them more engaging for contemporary audiences, reflecting changes in Chinese society and artistic tastes. Besides star Peking Opera artists, Yang also works with young performers from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts and China National Peking Opera Company in this new version. "Peking Opera features a highly stylized form of performance with specific vocal techniques, gestures and movements that can be difficult for those unfamiliar with the genre to grasp.

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Peking Opera show puts musical tale center stage
3 months ago

Peking Opera show puts musical tale center stage

China Daily  

Young musical actors and veteran traditional Chinese opera artists join forces in the Chinese musical Jinfeng Yulu, including 23-year-old Li Chenyuan, who will graduate from Beijing Dance Academy this summer. As the musical opens, the performers, wearing vibrant Peking Opera costumes and intricate makeup, deliver the opera's good blend of stylized movement, powerful vocals and dramatic storytelling. Born into a …

Young Japanese holds deep affection for Peking Opera
4 months, 1 week ago

Young Japanese holds deep affection for Peking Opera

China Daily  

Takanori Kobayashi and his tutor Zhang Chunxiang, a Peking Opera artist and founder of Shincyo Theater in Japan, take a picture on Sept 14 in Tokyo. There are few Japanese as dedicated to Peking Opera as I am, and many Chinese people find it surprising, especially since there aren't many enthusiasts of Peking Opera among their own," said Kobayashi. Zhang …

Peking Opera company returns after 68 years to captivate Brazilian audiences
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Peking Opera company returns after 68 years to captivate Brazilian audiences

China Daily  

A scene from Peking Opera production Female Generals of the Yang Family. Zhu Lingyu, a young, talented and diligent wusheng, or male martial arts performer, said this piece showcases the traditional "virtual" performance style, where actors vividly depict actions such as navigating darkness through choreographed movements. "When people go to watch a Peking Opera show, they expect to witness a …

Classic tale keeps core elements
6 months, 1 week ago

Classic tale keeps core elements

China Daily  

Young performers of the China National Peking Opera Company and students of the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts rehearse the Peking Opera The Legend of the White Snake, which will be staged at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing from Oct 1 to 3. "Unlike many other Peking Opera pieces, which mostly tell stories about history, …

Classic tale keeps core elements
6 months, 1 week ago

Classic tale keeps core elements

China Daily  

Veteran Peking Opera artist Ye Shaolan discusses moves of the Peking Opera piece, The Legend of the White Snake, with the creative team members of the new edition of the classic piece, at the NCPA, on Aug 27. "Many classic scenes from The Legend of the White Snake are particularly famous and emblematic of the production's dramatic and emotional depth, …

Classic tale keeps core elements
6 months, 1 week ago

Classic tale keeps core elements

China Daily  

Young performers of the China National Peking Opera Company and students of the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts rehearse the Peking Opera The Legend of the White Snake, which will be staged at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing from Oct 1 to 3. "Unlike many other Peking Opera pieces, which mostly tell stories about history, …

Classic tale keeps core elements
6 months, 1 week ago

Classic tale keeps core elements

China Daily  

Director Yang Xiaoqing "When Tian Han adapted the folk tale into a Peking Opera piece in 1952, his goal was to blend traditional elements with contemporary sensibilities to make the story more accessible and relevant to modern audiences. Director Yang, who is known for directing productions of traditional Chinese operas, such as Yueju Opera and Kunqu Opera, says that Tian …

Classic tale keeps core elements
6 months, 1 week ago

Classic tale keeps core elements

China Daily  

Veteran Peking Opera artist Ye Shaolan discusses moves of the Peking Opera piece, The Legend of the White Snake, with the creative team members of the new edition of the classic piece, at the NCPA, on Aug 27. "Many classic scenes from The Legend of the White Snake are particularly famous and emblematic of the production's dramatic and emotional depth, …

Peking Opera honors Gong Quanzhen's inspirational life
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Peking Opera honors Gong Quanzhen's inspirational life

China Daily  

Scenes from contemporary Peking Opera production Gong Quanzhen. The remarkable tale of Gong Quanzhen, a steadfast member of the Communist Party of China for over seven decades, has been immortalized in a contemporary Peking Opera production by the prestigious China National Peking Opera Company. The elaborate Peking Opera production, crafted over two years by a team led by director Yang …

Peking Opera honors Gong Quanzhen's inspirational life
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Peking Opera honors Gong Quanzhen's inspirational life

China Daily  

Scenes from contemporary Peking Opera production Gong Quanzhen. The remarkable tale of Gong Quanzhen, a steadfast member of the Communist Party of China for over seven decades, has been immortalized in a contemporary Peking Opera production by the prestigious China National Peking Opera Company. The elaborate Peking Opera production, crafted over two years by a team led by director Yang …

Peking Opera joins industrial era
10 months ago

Peking Opera joins industrial era

China Daily  

The production centers on Zhang Liangang, a senior expert at the Shandong Port Group, and his Liangang Innovation Team.CHINA DAILY Entering the team's work environment also gave the production crew a sneak peek into the harshness of working conditions. Scriptwriter Wang Yong, who is director of the National Peking Opera Co, says that even ascending the tower crane was a …

Peking Opera joins industrial era
10 months ago

Peking Opera joins industrial era

China Daily  

The production centers on Zhang Liangang, a senior expert at the Shandong Port Group, and his Liangang Innovation Team.CHINA DAILY Entering the team's work environment also gave the production crew a sneak peek into the harshness of working conditions. Scriptwriter Wang Yong, who is director of the National Peking Opera Co, says that even ascending the tower crane was a …

Up close and personal
1 year, 5 months ago

Up close and personal

China Daily  

One-act Peking Opera production, titled Waiting, directed, written and performed by Peking Opera actor Liu Dake, is staged during the 10th Xiqu Opera Black Box Festival in Beijing on Oct 12. From October to November, the 10th Xiqu Opera Black Box Festival brings 21 performances covering nine kinds of traditional Chinese operas, such as Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Cantonese Opera …

Up close and personal
1 year, 5 months ago

Up close and personal

China Daily  

One-act Peking Opera production, titled Waiting, directed, written and performed by Peking Opera actor Liu Dake, is staged during the 10th Xiqu Opera Black Box Festival in Beijing on Oct 12. From October to November, the 10th Xiqu Opera Black Box Festival brings 21 performances covering nine kinds of traditional Chinese operas, such as Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Cantonese Opera …

Up close and personal
1 year, 5 months ago

Up close and personal

China Daily  

One-act Peking Opera production, titled Waiting, directed, written and performed by Peking Opera actor Liu Dake, is staged during the 10th Xiqu Opera Black Box Festival in Beijing on Oct 12. From October to November, the 10th Xiqu Opera Black Box Festival brings 21 performances covering nine kinds of traditional Chinese operas, such as Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Cantonese Opera …

Up close and personal
1 year, 5 months ago

Up close and personal

China Daily  

One-act Peking Opera production, titled Waiting, directed, written and performed by Peking Opera actor Liu Dake, is staged during the 10th Xiqu Opera Black Box Festival in Beijing on Oct 12. From October to November, the 10th Xiqu Opera Black Box Festival brings 21 performances covering nine kinds of traditional Chinese operas, such as Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Cantonese Opera …

Opera turns a new page
1 year, 9 months ago

Opera turns a new page

China Daily  

Peking Opera actress Fu Jia plays the role of Yi Qin'e in the latest contemporary Peking Opera production, Leading Role, which was adapted from the award-winning novel with the same title by Chen Yan. Standing on the stage inside the Mei Lanfang Theatre in Beijing, where classic Peking Operas are performed almost every day, Zhang, who is also a veteran …

Opera turns a new page
1 year, 9 months ago

Opera turns a new page

China Daily  

Peking Opera actress Fu Jia plays the role of Yi Qin'e in the latest contemporary Peking Opera production, Leading Role, which was adapted from the award-winning novel with the same title by Chen Yan. Standing on the stage inside the Mei Lanfang Theatre in Beijing, where classic Peking Operas are performed almost every day, Zhang, who is also a veteran …

Revisiting classic Peking Opera tales through cinematic remakes
1 year, 11 months ago

Revisiting classic Peking Opera tales through cinematic remakes

China Daily  

A scene in the Peking Opera film Cai Wenji Returns to Her Homeland. Twelve years from the launch of the Peking Opera Film Project, a program teaming up prestigious artists and top troupes to produce cinematic remakes of repertoires has recently released its second batch of four new movies at the China National Film Museum. Chen Ling, curator of the …

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences
2 years, 11 months ago

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences

China Daily  

Children in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, perform Peking Opera to celebrate Spring Festival this year. Traditional art form boosts its popularity with modern approaches Five young female students at the Shanghai Theatre Academy have become online celebrities by singing pop songs to the tunes of Peking Opera works. In one of the videos, which has been viewed …

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences
2 years, 11 months ago

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences

China Daily  

Children in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, perform Peking Opera to celebrate Spring Festival this year. Traditional art form boosts its popularity with modern approaches Five young female students at the Shanghai Theatre Academy have become online celebrities by singing pop songs to the tunes of Peking Opera works. In one of the videos, which has been viewed …

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences
2 years, 11 months ago

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences

China Daily  

Children in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, perform Peking Opera to celebrate Spring Festival this year. Traditional art form boosts its popularity with modern approaches Five young female students at the Shanghai Theatre Academy have become online celebrities by singing pop songs to the tunes of Peking Opera works. In one of the videos, which has been viewed …

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences
2 years, 11 months ago

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences

China Daily  

Children in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, perform Peking Opera to celebrate Spring Festival this year. Traditional art form boosts its popularity with modern approaches Five young female students at the Shanghai Theatre Academy have become online celebrities by singing pop songs to the tunes of Peking Opera works. In one of the videos, which has been viewed …

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences
2 years, 11 months ago

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences

China Daily  

Children in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, perform Peking Opera to celebrate Spring Festival this year. Traditional art form boosts its popularity with modern approaches Five young female students at the Shanghai Theatre Academy have become online celebrities by singing pop songs to the tunes of Peking Opera works. In one of the videos, which has been viewed …

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences
2 years, 11 months ago

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences

China Daily  

Children in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, perform Peking Opera to celebrate Spring Festival this year. Traditional art form boosts its popularity with modern approaches Five young female students at the Shanghai Theatre Academy have become online celebrities by singing pop songs to the tunes of Peking Opera works. In one of the videos, which has been viewed …

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences
2 years, 11 months ago

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences

China Daily  

Children in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, perform Peking Opera to celebrate Spring Festival this year. Traditional art form boosts its popularity with modern approaches Five young female students at the Shanghai Theatre Academy have become online celebrities by singing pop songs to the tunes of Peking Opera works. In one of the videos, which has been viewed …

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences
2 years, 11 months ago

Peking Opera pitched to younger audiences

China Daily  

Children in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, perform Peking Opera to celebrate Spring Festival this year. Traditional art form boosts its popularity with modern approaches Five young female students at the Shanghai Theatre Academy have become online celebrities by singing pop songs to the tunes of Peking Opera works. In one of the videos, which has been viewed …

Classic love tale is young at heart
3 years, 2 months ago

Classic love tale is young at heart

China Daily  

Shen Fengying and Yu Jiulin from Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu will play heroine Du Liniang and hero Liu Mengmei in the "youth version" of The Peony Pavilion at Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing on Saturday. With a history of about 600 years, Kunqu Opera is considered China's oldest opera form and one of its most influential theatrical …

Classic love tale is young at heart
3 years, 2 months ago

Classic love tale is young at heart

China Daily  

Shen Fengying and Yu Jiulin from Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theater of Jiangsu will play heroine Du Liniang and hero Liu Mengmei in the "youth version" of The Peony Pavilion at Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing on Saturday. With a history of about 600 years, Kunqu Opera is considered China's oldest opera form and one of its most influential theatrical …

Peking Opera heads to the movies
3 years, 3 months ago

Peking Opera heads to the movies

The Independent  

Wang Peiyu, a 43-year-old Peking Opera actress, spends most of her working life immersed in the past, depicting characters from time-honoured stories of the art form. Wang, one of the most popular Peking Opera artists in China, whose shows sell out fast and who has millions of followers on social media, has been trying to revive and keep the genre …

Rebirth of an ancient art
3 years, 10 months ago

Rebirth of an ancient art

China Daily  

Performers present a well-known Kunqu Opera, Zhong Kui Marries off His Sister, at Changyinge in Beijing’s Palace Museum. When Kunqu Opera was listed as one of the Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in May 2001-the first entry from China on that list, many Chinese people probably wondered why it had such a privilege. Though the …

Rebirth of an ancient art
3 years, 10 months ago

Rebirth of an ancient art

China Daily  

Performers present a well-known Kunqu Opera, Zhong Kui Marries off His Sister, at Changyinge in Beijing’s Palace Museum. When Kunqu Opera was listed as one of the Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in May 2001-the first entry from China on that list, many Chinese people probably wondered why it had such a privilege. Though the …

Rebirth of an ancient art
3 years, 10 months ago

Rebirth of an ancient art

China Daily  

Performers present a well-known Kunqu Opera, Zhong Kui Marries off His Sister, at Changyinge in Beijing’s Palace Museum. When Kunqu Opera was listed as one of the Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in May 2001-the first entry from China on that list, many Chinese people probably wondered why it had such a privilege. Though the …

Classic tales get a reboot
6 years ago

Classic tales get a reboot

China Daily  

The White Silk Robe. For hundreds of years, Pan's Chinese name was the equivalent of a "morally-depraved and murderous woman", but Wang Yueyang, the playwright of this new Kunqu play, believes that "although her sins are beyond forgiveness, her plight must be viewed sympathetically". Recalling how she was picked for the part, she says: "Jiao Huang, a renowned theater artist, …

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