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Jiangsu Xiju Festival Wuxi opera, a traditional art form originating in farming areas of south China, has retained some of its popularity in recent years, as a result of innovations by art troupes and efforts from the local government.
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• Peach Blossom Fan A new version of classic Kunqu piece The Peach Blossom Fan helped revive interest in this 600 year-old genre.
• China's Local Operas to Make Debut in Germany Artists of China's five local operas, namely Peking , Shaanxi, Sichuan, Shaoxing and Kunqu, will stage five experimental operas at the House of World Cultures in Berlin, Germany, from March to April.
• Sichuan Opera to Entertain Beijing Visitors to Chengdu, the capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province, are always advised to slow down, spend a sunny afternoon in a teahouse and then go to listen to the folk music qingyin or watch a Chuanju Opera in the evening.
• Centenary of Yueju Opera Directly from Peking Opera classic "Farewell My Concubine," the Yueju Opera version, "Yu Ji the Beauty," will debut this weekend ¡ª a highlight of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Yueju Opera, writes Fan Meijing.
• Shaoxing Opera The Butterfly Lovers Known as the Chinese Romeo and Juliet, the Butterfly Lovers has been universally acknowledged as one of the four Shaoxing opera classics, since its debut in the 1950s.
• The Prince's Revenge--an ambitious adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet Probably many of us have at least a passing acquaintance with Shakespeare's epic tragedy Hamlet. The Shanghai Peking Opera Theatre certainly does, but they have gone a step further by channeling their knowledge into a Chinese interpretation of this story.
Director: Liu Chi