When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In modern times, classical Chinese opera (or xiqu) performances have invariably languished in ...

HONG KONG ― Cantonese opera is arguably one of the most popular art forms in Hong Kong. It is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary art form using vocals, instrumental music and dancing to tell a story.

The opening production at the first major venue to be ready at Hong Kong’s new arts hub – the much delayed, publicly funded and over-budget West Kowloon Cultural District – needed to impress. That the ...

Poster for the 12th Xiqu Opera Black Box Festival. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The 12th Xiqu Opera Black Box Festival, which showcases contemporary presentations of traditional Chinese ...

Standing, temporarily, on the site of Hong Kong's yet-to-be Xiqu Centre opera house, the West Kowloon Bamboo Theatre has returned for a three-week program of Cantonese opera. Designed by Hong Kong ...

A seminar discussing the future of Liuzi Opera was held on Dec 2, following a performance of Lu You Xiu Qi (Lu You to Divorce His Wife), at the 2016 Xiqu Opera Black Box Festival at Beijing's Star ...

For its new live performing arts theatre at the Xiqu Centre the Hong Kong West Kowloon Cultural District has selected Clear-Com® for communications between the Chinese Opera’s stage manager, lighting ...

Remember all the fuss in 2013 over the English name for the Chinese opera centre at the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) ? Instead of simply calling the 13,800-square-metre venue the Chinese ...

After 10 months of planning and editing, the Chinese and English bilingual book Xiqu Beijing (Beijing Opera) has been officially published. It introduces the charm of five kinds of opera in Beijing ...