He is considered one of China’s greatest 20th-century opera performers, and his influence on the art form is still felt today ...

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 ...

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," ...

Visitors explore the exhibition The Dancing Goddess: Mei Lanfang in America at the gallery of the China Institute in New York ...

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 ...

The contemporary artistic descendants of a legendary 20 th century Peking Opera performer are touring the United States this month, performing in New York and Washington. The tour celebrates the 120 ...

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 ...

Ding Xiaojun stars as Bai Suzhen in The Legend of White Snake. This year marks the 115th anniversary of the birth of Mei Lanfang, considered as one of the greatest Peking Opera artists in modern ...

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 ...

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 ...