Chinese opera singers have long had to learn foreign languages to perform classics like "La Boheme" or "Carmen." Now a new program is flipping that scenario: "I Sing Beijing" immerses western singers ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As Metropolitan Opera debuts go, Guanqun Yu’s was spectacular. The Chinese soprano was an unknown, cast to sing Giuseppe Verdi’s troubled Leonora in “Il ...

Reporting from Beijing — — Thomas Glenn, a bespectacled tenor from San Francisco, waited for the piano bars to swell, took a deep breath and tried again to screech correctly. But what resounded off ...

OAKLAND, Calif.OAKLAND, Calif. — Tyler Thompson is an unlikely star in the world of Chinese opera. The 15-year-old from Oakland has captivated audiences in the U.S. and China with his ability to sing ...

OAKLAND, Calif. – Tyler Thompson is an unlikely star in the world of Chinese opera. The black teenager from Oakland has captivated audiences in the U.S. and China with his ability to sing ...

The Phantom of the Opera is headed to China next year! According to The Stage, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will be performed in Mandarin for the first time in 2023, adding to the existing list of ...

SHANGHAI, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The musical Phantom of the Opera will be produced in Mandarin within five years. Shanghai Media Group and Britain's The Really Useful Group announced Thursday that they ...

SINGAPORE -- Commonly known as wayang here, Chinese opera has for several decades played a prominent role in the local community. Brought here by Chinese immigrants, it has for nearly a thousand years ...