Chinese opera singers have long had to learn foreign languages to perform classics like "La Boheme" or "Carmen." Now a new program is flipping that scenario: "I Sing Beijing" immerses western singers ...

How do you sing an aria in Mandarin? A group of 20 American and Canadian singers are learning how as part of a special opera program in Beijing this summer.Aug. 15, 2011 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As Metropolitan Opera debuts go, Guanqun Yu’s was spectacular. The Chinese soprano was an unknown, cast to sing Giuseppe Verdi’s troubled Leonora in “Il ...

Reporting from Beijing — — Thomas Glenn, a bespectacled tenor from San Francisco, waited for the piano bars to swell, took a deep breath and tried again to screech correctly. But what resounded off ...

OAKLAND, Calif. – Tyler Thompson is an unlikely star in the world of Chinese opera. The black teenager from Oakland has captivated audiences in the U.S. and China with his ability to sing ...

SINGAPORE -- Commonly known as wayang here, Chinese opera has for several decades played a prominent role in the local community. Brought here by Chinese immigrants, it has for nearly a thousand years ...