Kunqu Dramatizations performers Xiaming Shi and Jing Sun perform in the opera “Gazing at the Home” in the CCCB Sunday afternoon. Varun Tandon/DAILY. Buy this photo. Editor’s note: Xiaming Shi’s quotes ...

During the Chinese New Year celebrations, colorful decorations, fireworks, and loud lion and dragon dance performances are ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Mikhail Baryshnikov in a new play. An 18-hour Chinese opera. Performance artist DJ Spooky with his own Birth of a Nation.Such an eclectic mix can only mean one thing: It's time ...

Editor’s Note: On October 28, 2024, the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe staged its 50th performance of “Peony Pavilion” at the China National Opera in Beijing. The show will take over eight hours to ...

Wexford is preparing to host the Ambassador of China to Ireland this week for what organisers have described as a “special one-off event” marking Chinese New Year. Wexford County Council, in ...

Zhao Jinyu still remembers the time she gave away tickets to her Kunqu opera performance — and couldn’t find anyone who wanted them. “Too elegant,” her friends said. “Makes me sleepy.” That was 2005, ...

Visitors are seen at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Los Angeles County, California, the United States, on Feb. 21, 2026. The Chinese New Year was celebrated ...

In the backstage of the Mei Lanfang Theatre in Beijing, Jiang Meiyi, a young performer from the National Peking Opera Company, is applying her makeup and dressing for the upcoming performance. As the ...