Jingge－songs that feature elements of Peking Opera－are gaining popularity among young people. One of the earliest such numbers that became popular is linked to the song Jiao Dao in 1964, which ...

An evening gala of classical Chinese opera was aired on State broadcaster China Central Television on Sunday, in celebration of the New Year and promoting the richness of Chinese culture and the ...

Lü Xiaomin never received formal music training. But her worship songs have made her a household name in China’s churches. At 5 a.m. every day, Lü Xiaomin kneels on the floor in a dimly lit room of an ...

HONG KONG-Hiroyuki Uemura is relishing the chance to pit Bellagio Opera against the mighty Romantic Warrior in the HK$40 million (S$6.67 million) Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Cup (2,000m) at Sha Tin on ...

There are several sub-categories when it comes to Chinese food, like Teochew, Hakka, and Hokkien. In my personal opinion, Cantonese food is intricate and involves a certain form of fine art in order ...

Even as venue closures and a dwindling audience base raise serious concerns about the survival of Cantonese opera, a new generation of artists, educators and aficionados are trying to revitalize it by ...

Coinciding with the recent release of Wicked: For Good, a Hong Kong creative team has also brought Oz to life – in Cantonese. “Wicked in Canto”, a series of videos featuring songs from the global ...

Chinese Opera The Monkey King holds its final dressed rehearsal in San Francisco, the United States, on Nov. 12, 2025. The world premiere of The Monkey King was staged at the San Francisco Opera on ...

The Monkey King is beloved in Chinese mythology and has appeared in everything from a 16th-century epic to modern comics, animated movies and video games – even in poetry by Mao Zedong. Now, he is the ...

Composer Huang Ruo long dreamed of adapting the classic Chinese tale “Journey to the West” and its mythical character the Monkey King into an opera, but thought that ambition was a pipe dream. “I grew ...

The Chinese musical Jiang Jie was staged at the Beijing Performing Arts Center on Saturday and Sunday. Inspired by the classic Chinese opera of the same title, the musical centers on a female martyr, ...