Beijing opera is a colorful, spectacular performance art that dazzles and fascinates. A quintessentially Chinese art form, its elaborate costumes and makeup, gestural and acrobatic stage movements, highly symbolic and stylized content, and unique musical style amaze and intrigue audiences.

 View a playlist from the Peking Opera on YouTube.

Performance 

Reserve a seat for the Beijing Opera Performance! Open to the Public, reservations required, free admission.  Contact: boxoffice@vassar.edu 

April 9, 2022 4:30 p.m. Martel Theater 

Program (PDF)

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