A.  The Anqing Zaifen Huangmei Opera Theater will present the play Mei Ren Jiao in Beijing.

Written and directed by Wang Yansong, the play tells the tragic story of the woman involved in a forbidden love with a "revolutionary man" at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

China's leading Huamgmei Opera actress Han Zaifen, who is also the director of the company, portrays the title role.

Huangmei Opera is a local opera genre popular in Anhui, Jiangxi and Hubei provinces.

7:30 pm, July 22-24

National Center for the Performing Arts, West of Tian'anmen Square

6655-0000

Need tour guides in Beijing? Click here

B.  A timely appearance here by Dimitris Papaioannou, the creator of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, is bringing his modern dance creation Medea to Beijing and it will rank as an important event at this year's Meet in Beijing Festival.

7:30 pm, Aug 1, 2

National Center for the Performing Arts, west of Tian'anmen Square

5883-6800, 6587-2838 

 
C.  The Peony Pavilion, the classic Kunqu Opera, is on stage at the Imperial Granary, its perfect venue. The Imperial Granary was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1368-1644) 600 years ago, exactly the time the Kunqu Opera was written. In order to further emphasize the origins of the Granary and the opera, the entire show will take place without the benefit of electricity.

Open to individuals on Friday & Saturday; Group reservation available from Sunday to Thursday

6409-6477/6499

22 Dongsi Shitiao, Dongcheng District

380-1980 yuan, including Royal Peking Roast Duck Buffet

D.  The Chinese Acrobatics Group, established in 1950, has toured more than 80 countries, won numerous international awards and helped foster friendships between China and other nations. Its performance includes traditional acrobatics, a circus show, magic, old Beijing folk plays and more. The show blends music, dance, local opera and martial arts.

7:30 pm, daily

Tiandi Theater, Dongsi Shitiao, 100 m north of Poly Theater, Chaoyang District

6416-9893

CONCERTS

E.  Sheng Zhongguo, the veteran Chinese violinist, will join the stage with his Japanese wife, famous pianist Seta Hiroko, at the Beijing Concert Hall tomorrow and two concerts at the Forbidden City Concert Hall on July 23 and 24. Tomorrow's program includes the Chinese piece Butterfly Lovers, Liszt's Mephisto waltzes and Chopin's Military Polonaise. Next week's concerts feature Beethoven's Violin Sonatas, Fur Elise, Schubert's Ave Maria, Dvorak's Humoreske, Schumann's Traumerei and Mozart's Turkish March.

7:30 pm, July 19

Beijing Concert Hall, 1 Beixinhua Street, Xicheng District

6605-7006 6605-5881

7:30 pm, July 23, 24

The Forbidden City Concert Hall, Zhongshan Park

6559-8285, 6559-8306

 
 
F.  The renowned Chinese pianist Yin Chengzong, famous for arranging and premiering the Yellow River Concerto in the 1950s, will give a recital at the National Center for the Performing Arts on July 25. The 67-year-old pianist will play a program of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in addition to his trademark piece, the Yellow River Concerto.

Born in Gulangyu, "the island of piano" in South China's Fujian province, Yin learned to play the keyboard as a boy. In 1971, he played the Yellow River Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Beijing.

In 1983, Yin became the first Chinese pianist to perform at the world-famous Carnegie Hall in New York.

7:30 pm, July 25

National Center for the Performing Arts, West of Tian'anmen Square

6655-0000

G.  The Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale will next Tuesday perform a program of Bernstein, Dvorak and Saint-Sains' Cello Concerto with the virtuoso cellist Wang Jian.

The Shanghai-born musician was a young student when he appeared in the 1981 documentary From Mao to Mozart, about violinist Isaac Stern's tour of China following the Cultural Revolution. Largely through Stern's encouragement and support, Wang found his way to the Yale School of Music in 1985, where he studied with the renowned cellist Aldo Parisot.

Wang's first professional engagement was in 1986 at Carnegie Hall, and since then he has embarked on an international career.

7:30 pm, July 22

Forbidden City Concert Hall, inside the Zhongshan Park

6559-8285, 6559-8306

H.  Conservatory Music Festival continues with piano, violin and cello solo concerts from the Franz Liszt Academy tonight; a concert for mixed ensembles from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and a Piano Recital from the Korean National University of the Arts tomorrow; and a piano recital from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna on Sunday. More concerts can be expected during the week from the Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale at the Forbidden Concert Hall and the National Center for Performing Arts.

7:30 pm, until July 24

Central Conservatory of Music, 43 Baojia Jie, Xicheng District

6641-2017/4759

  Favorites this article Favorites Total：0

Select Categories: 
Default Category  Add a new classification Submit  Return

RECOMMEND THIS STORY

Recommend It :

Average ( 0 votes )