Beijing
Opera for singer
The adventurous travels to Northwest China by the renowned songwriter Wang Luobin (1913-96) have inspired a new production by the China National Chinese Opera and Dance Drama Company (CODDC).
Titled In That Place Wholly Faraway, the opera follows Wang Ge, a young musician, who, embarks on a trip along the Silk Road with his lover Yushan in the 1930s. During his travels in the remote Northwestern provinces, Wang is moved by the beauty of the folk music he encounters and bases many of his compositions on the popular songs.
The opera will feature Wang Luobin's most famous songs, such as The Girl from Dabancheng Town, Lift Your Veil, A Crescent Moon Rises, In the Milky Moonlight and In That Place Wholly Faraway. Tan Jing and Zheng Qiyuan will play the lead roles.
7:30 pm, Aug 24, 25. National Center for the Performing Arts, 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng district. 010-6655-0000
Children's drama
The classic tale Journey to the West has been adapted into a three-episode drama for the stage by the China Children's Art Theater. The play, incorporating music, dance and kungfu, features the story of the Buddhist master Tangseng and his three disciples who travel to ancient India to bring back holy scriptures.
19:15 pm, Aug 13-15 (each day stages one episode), China Children's Art Theater, 64 Donghuamen, Dongcheng district. 010-6521-1425
Finger paintings
Veteran ink artist Cui Ruzhuo's solo exhibition of finger painting is running at the Museum of the Beijing Academy of Fine Art.
On show are over 200 huge hanging landscape scrolls, hand scrolls of flowers-and-birds paintings, and calligraphic pieces that he has created over the past decade.
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