Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a ...

While they may differ only slightly in costume and makeup, all traditional opera forms, including Peking opera (京剧), are, strictly speaking, "regional," in that each is based on the music and dialect ...

"Well done! But don't sing too high here," says director Yang Chi of Dalian Peking Opera Theater. The instructions seem to echo around the ornate theater where the director often goes to see ...

The Orphan of Zhao, one of the major classics of Peking Opera, is staged at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University on Dec 7. LU HUIQUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY The Orphan of Zhao, one of ...