Saturday, October 4, 2008

China National Peking Opera Company

The China National Peking Opera Company , originally named the National Peking Opera Theater of China, is one of the national ensembles of performance arts directly under the supervision of the of the People's Republic of China. Situated in Beijing, it was founded in January 1955, with renowned opera performer Mei Lanfang as the first president in its history. The current president is the distinguished playwright Wu Jiang.

As China's premier Peking opera organization, the CNPOC comprises celebrated performers, playwrights, directors, composers and stage designers and has accumulated the finest repertoire of productions ranging over the wide diversity of Peking Opera performance styles as well as innovative pioneering works.

The China National Peking Opera Company has visited over 50 countries, such as the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Hungary, Greece, Romania, the UK, Australia, and the former Soviet Union,

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