How Qinqiang Opera is conquering screens and hearts nationwide

The powerful, raw singing of Qinqiang Opera, a genre of folk Chinese opera originated in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, ...

Immersed in rich ‘Shaanxi flavor’ on and off screen

Chinese TV series The Lead, adapted from the Mao Dun Literature Prize-winning novel of the same name, is now airing to great ...
Digital Journal

‘Nixon in China’: an opera with fresh relevance

Star soprano Renee Fleming said the opera highlights the fragility of world peace - Copyright POOL/AFP/File Chris Jackson Star soprano Renee Fleming said the opera ...
Houston Chronicle

What artists behind 'Nixon in China' say about whitewashing, Trump era and modern political opera

It's been three decades since the Houston Grand Opera presented John Adams' "Nixon in China," the company's beloved world premiere that changed not only how modern political operas were viewed but ...
The Economist

A Chinese opera star’s ode to Russia—from a Ukrainian bomb site

It looked like a spontaneous tribute to Russia. Standing in the bombed-out shell of a theatre in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, a Chinese opera singer, Wang Fang, belted out a Soviet-era ballad ...
Digital Journal

Half kung-fu, half opera: China’s captivating ‘heroes’ dance

A mix of martial arts and Chinese opera, this traditional dance of “heroes” with ancient roots still lights up parts of Guangdong province. The Yingge dance -- literally "songs of heroes" -- ...