Peking Opera is both graceful and agile, requiring performers to learn singing, dancing, acting and acrobatics. It has clearly defined roles: sheng, lao sheng, huadan, qingyi and hualian.

As the troupe faces operational difficulties and struggles for survival, the leading Peking Opera actor, Jin Sheng, who specializes in wusheng (martial arts male roles), takes on the ...

Plays, Peking opera, Cantonese opera ... How do you make it into a two- or two-and-a-half-hour opera?” Sheng said he replied, “Look, someone’s got to do this. And I think you and I could ...

The performance presents a newly imagined Peking Opera, combining the classic repertoire with modern stagecraft and interactive cultural experience. Led by esteemed masters and featuring a re ...

Featuring nearly 10 opera genres, including Peking Opera, Hunan Opera ... Notable acts included "Sun Wukong Battles Erlang Shen" which combined traditional opera masks with street dance and ...