Website: http://www.chncpa.org/

Date: April 3 to June 28, 2012
Country: China

Following the opening of the National Centre for Performing Arts in 2008, the festival is organized annually to provide opera performances of world-class quality. In addition to selections of the classical repertoires, it also features traditional Chinese operas and new commissioned works by local artists so as to promote the diverse ethnic music of the country.

In 2012, the programme includes a wide variety of classical and modern operas. Sun Xiuwei, Cellia Costea, Aquiles Machado and Renzo Zulian will join the China NCPA Orchestra and NCPA Chorus to perform Puccini’s Tosca under the baton of Lu Jia. The Korea National Opera will present Puccini’s La Boheme conducted by Myung-Whun Chung, other highlights include commissioned operatic works by Chinese composers.