Stage
The Ring of the Nibelung
Germany's Cologne Opera House will present The Ring of the Nibelung, Wagner's most ambitious opera, which is a cycle of four epic operas: The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods. Two cycles will be performed, each taking four nights.
7:30 pm, Sept 16-24
Shanghai Grand Theatre, 300 Renmin Avenue
021-6386-8686
300-1,600 yuan
The Merry Widow
The Shanghai Opera House will open its 2010-11 season with the light opera, The Merry Widow. Pioneering director Li Wei has made bold revision to the original work, adding satirical dialogues about contemporary Chinese issues.
7:30 pm, Sept 18
Shanghai Oriental Art Center-Concert Hall, 425 Dingxiang Road
021-6217-2426
Romeo & Zhu Yingtai
The second episode of the Love Trilogy by theater director He Nian and playwright Ning Caishen will be presented. The play tells about a rickshaw boy in love with a rich girl in 1930s Shanghai.
7:30 pm, Sept 18-19
Majestic Theater, 66 Jiangning Road
100-380 yuan
400-820-1585
Exhibitions
Updating China
An exhibition featuring art and architecture in relation to sustainable urban development in China is being held at the Himalayas Art Museum. Chinese and German artists have worked together on the subject of sustainable urban development in China.
Until Oct 5
Pre-Opening Office of the Himalayas Art Museum, 2F, 28, Lane 199 Fangdian Road
021-5033-9801
Flower in a Mirror
Water-ink artist Chen Jiu and pottery sculptor Zhang Jingjing will hold a joint exhibition. The two artists make a visual conversation about the transience and elusiveness of beauty, like flowers in the mirror or a moon in water.
Opening: 5 pm, Sept 10
99 Creative Center, Shanghai University, 1F, Building No 6, 50 Moganshan Road
021-6299-3020
Learning from the literati
This new exhibition aims at reviving traditional Chinese literati artists. As early as 2,000 years ago, these men defined themselves from the court painters by bringing a sense of personal expression into their depictions of the landscape. They were renaissance men well versed in law, poetry, calligraphy and philosophies such as Daoism and Confucianism.
Opening: Saturday, Sept 11; until Oct 17
OV Gallery, 19C, Shaoxing Road
021-5465-7768
Spanish images
An exhibition of outstanding Spanish photographers' work at the Spanish Culture Center, presenting Spanish culture, people's lives and social changes in the past 50 years.
Spanish Culture Center
208 Anfu Road
021- 5467-0107
(China Daily 09/10/2010)
