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The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) (国家大剧院), colloquially described as The Giant Egg (巨蛋), is an arts centre containing an opera house in Xicheng, Beijing, China. Designed by French architect Paul Andreu , the NCPA opened in 2007 and is the largest theatre complex in Asia.
It is the resident orchestra of the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) located in the Xicheng District of Beijing. The NCPA Orchestra and its related organization, the China NCPA Chorus (国家大剧院合唱团), [1] serve primarily as the resident musical ensembles of the NCPA, supporting opera and ballet productions at the ...
Staged by Zhang Yimou, directing his first Peking opera, the show premiered at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, China (NCPA) in 2013. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A 2014 performance of the opera was released on DVD by NCPA Classics in China, and Accentus overseas.
NCPA poster from the 2010 premiere. Xi Shi is a 2009 Chinese-language western-style opera by woman composer Lei Lei to a libretto by Zou Jingzhi. The plot is based on the story of Xi Shi. The premiere was at Beijing's NCPA. [1]
PHOTO: Revelers ring in the new year during a countdown event held in Beijing, Jan. 1, 2025. (Ng Han Guan/AP) PHOTO: Performers take part in the New Year's 2025 countdown celebrations at Shougang ...
Red Cliff (Chinese: 赤壁; pinyin: chìbì) is a Peking opera by the China NCPA which premiered at the first anniversary of the National Grand Theatre in 2008. The director was the choreographer and PLA lieutenant general Zhang Jigang, best known as deputy chief director of the Beijing Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies. [3]
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The opera was the ninth opera commission for the Chinese National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA). [2] [3] The NCPA released a making-of DVD featuring the dress rehearsal to the production in 2017. [4] A concert performance at the NCPA in Beijing in December 2015 was conducted by Lü Jia. [5]