Lancaster will be the first city in England to host this year’s Chinese New Year Festival, which is expected to draw ...

Written in 1598 — around the same time Shakespeare completed Romeo and Juliet — Tang Xianzu's The Peony Pavilion tells the ...

In the mid-1600s, opera transformed from a show exclusive for royalty to entertainment for the masses. Soon, lavish productions, special effects, and creative risks became the norm. Venice’s La Fenice ...

Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her other leg high and grasps the ...

A Peking Opera actress applies makeup backstage before a show in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. In a breakneck ...