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Feature: Verdi's Rigoletto charms Egyptian opera lovers again after 150 yearsSeats were all occupied at the main hall of Cairo Opera House as opera lovers watched Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece Rigoletto, which was staged in Cairo again after more than 150 years.Based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse (The King Has Fun) by French dramatist Victor Hugo, R...
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Chinese version of 'The Price' set to make a grand debutPlay marks second time He Bing will play both director and main actor, Zhang Kun reports.Directed by renowned theater actor He Bing, the Shanghai leg of The Price will take place from June 20 to 23 at the Shanghai Grand Theatre. The production is the first Chinese version of the renowned play of the...
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Opera honors unsung heroesFor many Chinese people, the Jinyintan grassland in Qinghai province may not ring a bell, but they are likely to have heard of the classic song, In a Faraway Place, written by composer Wang Luobin after his visit to the area.During the latter decades of the last century, the region fell into silence...
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Sound of the past, note for the futureTraditional bamboo flute attracts new admirers with its melodious tone, Wang Ru reports.Often accompanying the guqin, a zither-like seven-stringed traditional musical instrument, the xiao, a traditional vertical bamboo flute with a relatively light sound, was often viewed as a foil. But with its lon...
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Acrobatic show highlights youth pursuing their dreamsYouth Has Another Name, a new acrobatic show produced by Hunan Provincial Performance and Arts Group, was staged at Poly Theater in Beijing on May 23.The show features a diversity of art forms, such as acrobatics, dance, music and visual arts. With four chapters, the show depicts the contemporary yo...
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Chinese dancer-choreographer stages a multifaceted Frankenstein story in SwitzerlandChinese dancer-choreographer Wang Yabin's latest work,Swan — A Different Story, premiered in Lucerne, Switzerland, on May 5.Commissioned by the Lucerne Theater, the dance production featured artists of the theater, who fulfilled Wang's choreographic vision onstage.The Lucerne Symphony...
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