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Peking Opera: Red Cliff

Date: Sept 24-27－7:30 pm

Venue: NCPA

Price: 100-500 yuan

The story of Fire Assaults on Multiple Camps, the heroes and stories of that specific historical period... as the first Peking Opera commissioned by the National Center for the Performing Arts, the grand epic Peking Opera Red Cliff is titled a 'surprising, tasteful and thought-provoking' work on the stage of Peking Opera. Peking Opera Red Cliff features concise and condensed plot, melodious aria and lingering aftertaste. It consists of 6 classical plots: Raising Troops from Tongque, Debates Eloquently Debating against a Hall of Learned Lords, Setting up Alliance and Deciding the Tactics, Borrowing Arrows on the Boat, Preparing for the Battle and Borrowing the East Wind, and Burning the Red Cliff, making the whole story more 'attractive'. Another highlight of this opera is the exquisite, melodious and meaningful aria full of aftertaste.

Contact: 400-610-3721

The Taming of the Shrew by TNT Theater Britain

Date: Oct 10－7:30 pm

Venue: Nine Theater

Price: 60-380 yuan

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself. The nobleman then has the play performed for Sly's diversion. The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew. Initially, Katherina is an unwilling participant in the relationship, but Petruchio tempers her with various psychological torments－the "taming"－until she becomes a compliant and obedient bride. The subplot features a competition between the suitors of Katherina's more desirable sister, Bianca.

Contact: 400-610-3721