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.

Zhao Yanxia, a renowned Peking opera artist, died from an illness at the age of 97 in Beijing on Wednesday, according ...

China has more than 300 forms of traditional opera, of which Peking Opera is the most popular. Peking Opera evolved from Kunqu Opera, an even more ancient art of drama listed by UNESCO in 2001 ...

Last year, Zhou and the troupe from the Chongqing Peking Opera Company organized 27 school outreach events, and held Peking ...

As he grew into adolescence, Qu began to train as a Peking Opera actor, coming to specialize in the role of wusheng, a male character primarily focused on martial arts. One of his signature roles ...

They tell stories of history, politics, society and daily life and aspire to inform as they entertain. The music of Peking opera plays a key role in setting the pace of the show, creating a particular ...