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Three times a lady means operatic star overload |
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Three of the world's most respected sopranos, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kathleen Battle and Angela Gheorghiu, are set to hit Beijing all at the same time. |
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Cats want your unwanted |
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Message for Beijing folks: If you have unwanted stuff hidden in some corner of your house, go take them out, because they might be able to decorate the backdrop for the upcoming musical Cats. |
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Roses Blossom in stage play |
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"Red Rose and White Rose," another of "Lust, Caution" author Eileen Chang's works, had a sold-out theatrical premiere on Sunday in Nanjing of eastern China's Jiangsu Province. |
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Tap, tap, tapping on heaven's floor |
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The annual Beijing International Dance Festival will end this weekend with the British ballet Madame Butterfly at the Poly Theater and a performance of American tap dance at the Beizhan Theater. |
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30 yuan to enjoy top-notch concert |
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During the upcoming New Year season music fans in Beijing can enjoy a star-dubbed concert at the National Grand Theatre for the low price of just 30 yuan, or 4 US dollars. |
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Liu Suola brings vocal show to Beijing |
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Chinese composer and vocalist Liu Suola was preparing for a show with her band at the 798 Art Zone in Beijing on Thursday. They are expected to throw a concert at the Zhongshan Music Hall on December 9 as well. |
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King and the Clown coming as musical |
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The South Korean film The King and the Clown, which took much of Asia by storm in 2005, has been adapted into a musical to hit Beijing next week. |
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Shenmei Int'l Hair Cultural Art Festival held in Beijing |
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The Shenmei International Hair Cultural Art Festival was held at the Dashanzi Art District (or 798 Factory) in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 28, 2007. The festival combined fashion of hairdressing, cosmetics, dresses with accessories, attracting lots of visitors. |
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A new take on an old story |
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In 1933, the great Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) wrote his best known play Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding) after reading a newspaper account of a young bride in Andalusia who abandoned her husband-to-be on their wedding day to escape with her childhood sweetheart. |
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New Peking Opera adds kabuki, ballet |
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Everyone talks about revitalizing Peking Opera, adding modern elements and attracting new young fans. A popular though controversial "New Peking Opera" production downplays some traditional elements and introduces something that make purists frown: modern ballet, folk dance, Western opera and kabuki theater. |
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The Global Village groove |
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Eighteen choreographers and musicians from 13 countries across Asia and Europe spent five days visiting remote villages of the Miao minority in Southwest China's Guizhou Province to gather material and inspiration. |
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Old opera that's cutting edge |
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Sometimes a work can be avant-garde because it is traditional. Such is the case with Tang Xianzu's Dream on Dreams, a Kunqu Opera conceived by Hong Kong drama troupe Zuni Icosahedron and performed by Jiangsu Kunqu Opera House. |
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New York Philharmonic to tour China |
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The New York Philharmonic, one of the oldest orchestras in the United States, will tour five Chinese cities early next year. |
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In the mood for dance |
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Beijing's classical music fans have enjoyed their month-long festival and now it is the turn of dance lovers to celebrate. |
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Opening Show Features Ethnic Dances |
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More than 100 performers from southwest China's Guizhou Province will present "Wind of Colourful Guizhou" today and tomorrow. It will be held at the Tianqiao Theatre and will be the first event of the festival. |
