Mei Lanfang's son Mei Baojiu, the only descendent to carry on the family tradition, will lead the Beijing Peking Opera Theater troupe to the US in August for a series of performances, to celebrate his ...

In memory of Mei Lanfang, one of the most respected Peking Opera artists in modern history, a new dance drama named after Mei was produced by Liaoning Song and Dance Troupe last year. It marks his ...

Mei Lan (October 22, 1894 – August 6, 1961), better known by his stage name Mei Lanfang, was a Chinese Peking opera performer. Noted mostly for playing female roles, he earned the title "Queen of ...

Mei Baojiu, one of the foremost performers of China’s famous Peking opera, died on Monday aged 82, according to Chinese state media. Mei died around 11 a.m. local time at a hospital in Beijing after ...

Aworld-famous opera group, Mei Lanfang Beijing Opera Troupe, visited CSUN Tuesday to give a special workshop for students and faculty to enhance the cultural exchange between the United States and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. The contemporary artistic descendants of a legendary 20 th ...

Women Generals of the Yang Family, a classical piece from the Peking opera repertoire, is coming to New York. [Provided to China Daily] The "Mei dynasty" of Peking Opera has come to an end. The heir ...

A student from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London performs Mei Lanfang's opera at the celebration on Oct 18. [Photo provided to China Daily] A 120th anniversary ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chinese director Chen Kaige pays tribute to the power of an "ordinary person" in his latest work -- a film about a cross-dressing falsetto singer who became a hero in China for ...

The mandarins of Peking Opera are hoping that a state-of-the-art, multimillion-dollar opera house in downtown Beijing will give the art form a shot in the arm and help reverse a trend of dwindling ...

As the scale of big-budget tentpole releases rises, Chinese productions are seeking out companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan to split the bill. A typical example is director Chen Kaige's "Mei LanFang," ...

Chen Hong, Gillian Chung and Masanobu Ando have joined the case of Chen Kaige’s $15 million biopic of legendary Peking opera star Mei Lanfang. They join Zhang Ziyi and Cantopop warbler Leon Lai in ...