Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung (L) shake hands with Richard Nixon in Beijing on February 22, 1972 during the US President's official visit in China. 'Nixon in China', an opera inspired by the first visit ...

The anniversary year will also present a series of classical opera productions. Turandot, performed at Shangyin Opera House ...

Stefano Vignati, Music Director and Principal Conductor of Opera Carolina, has been selected to conduct the opening of the ...

Young Peking opera artists are devoting years to mastering its demanding techniques, hoping to win over today's audiences ...

The old and nuanced art of Peking opera is working hard to flourish in an era of digital entertainment and incessant screens.

Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting performs poses that can take months to perfect, and leave more than a few bruises.

Written in 1598, the same year as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Tang Xianzu's drama follows Du Liniang, a young woman who ...

San Diego Opera production highlights Nixon's 1972 trip to China as inpiration ANCHOR INTRO: Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China in 1972 changed international relations forever. While you’d expect ...

FILE - In this March 1, 2019, file photo, Hong Kong actors Chan Hung-chun, right, and Lung Koon-tin, dressed as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, pose during a press ...

Art provokes. And sparks conversations. The Houston Grand Opera's recent production of John Adams' 'Nixon in China' has done just that, drawing strong responses from two critics — Scott Cantrell in ...