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The Shanghai Grand Opera House is ready to open after six years of construction. The house, located in Pudong New Area at the ...

An award-winning modern opera about family, society and corruption in Old Shanghai, Thunderstorm tells a story of a wealthy, successful and seemingly happy Shanghai household, behind which lies a web ...

For more than 400 years Chinese traditional opera has found a home in Shanghai. Sometimes a short-lived home, sometimes a turbulent home but opera has been at the city's cultural heart for a long time ...

SHANGHAI, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Co-directed by Chinese and Italian directors, Shanghai Opera House's new production of the opera La Bohème premiered on Saturday night at the Shanghai Grand Theater. The ...

Making dough figurines, paper-cutting and enjoying traditional Chinese operas, a group of foreigners in Shanghai including some diplomats, teachers and students have spent a good time at the Shanghai ...

Shanghai Opera House kicked off the new season for 2009-2010 last Saturday with the symphony concert "Cheers for Motherland" at Shanghai Concert Hall. Almost 50 performances will constitute the new ...

DUBAI, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Thundering applause lingered for quite a moment in Dubai Opera Thursday night when Chinese performers from China's Shanghai Opera House answered the curtain call, in a sign ...

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