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Chi Xiaoqiu, one of the company's stars, playing Cai Yan in 2019.. The Jingju Theater Company of Beijing, formerly known as the Peking Opera Theater Company of Beijing, also known as the Beijing Peking Opera Company, is a theater company based in Beijing, and the largest jingju (Peking opera) performing group in China.
"Peking opera" is the English term for the art form; the term entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 1953. [9] " Beijing opera" is a more recent equivalent. In China, the art form has been known by many names at different times and places. The earliest Ch
Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Shanghai, China, which produces Jingju (i.e. Peking Opera). [1] It was founded in 1955, with Zhou Xinfang its director. The Shanghai Beijing-Opera Theatre is at 168 Yueyang Road, Xuhui , Shanghai.
A Peking opera performance of The Hegemon-King Bids His Lady Farewell. The Hegemon-King Bids His Lady Farewell [1] (Chinese: 霸王别姬; pinyin: Bà Wáng Bié Jī), also known as Farewell My Concubine, is a traditional Chinese opera. It was initially performed by Yang Xiaolou and Shang Xiaoyun in 1918 in Beijing.
The China National Peking Opera Company has visited over 50 countries, such as the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Hungary, Greece, Romania, the UK, Australia, and the former Soviet Union, [2] and is a frequent performer at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since its debut at the Kennedy Center 25 years ago and has been ...
The Jing (simplified Chinese: 净; traditional Chinese: 淨) is a role type in Chinese opera for "rough" or "mighty" male characters. [citation needed] In many genres (such as Peking opera and Cantonese opera), this role requires heavy face painting. As a result, it is also known as Hualian ("Painted face").
China National Opera; China National Peking Opera Company; J. Jingju Theater Company of Beijing; N. National Theatre Company of China; T. Théatre du Rêve Expérimental
A Peking opera production in Nanjing, 2019. The Jingju Theater Troupe was founded by the merger of the Southern Jiangsu Peking Opera Troupe and the Northern Jiangsu Experimental Peking Opera Group. In 1953, it was renamed the Jiangsu Peking Opera Troupe. Seven years later, the Nanjing and Yangzhou Peking opera troupes combined with it to form ...