1. Events Calendar Shanghai October 2012

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3. Penny Tai 2012 Shanghai Concert Date: 1st October,2012 19:30 Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center - Concert Hall Ticket Price (RMB): 880, 580, 480, 380 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

4. "The Animal Carnival" Concert Date: 2nd October,2012 10:00 Venue: He Luting Concert Hall Ticket Price (RMB): 300, 200 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

5. 2012 Dream China - Large National Day Festival Concert Date: 3rd October,2012 19:15 Venue: Shanghai Culture Square Ticket Price (RMB): 480,380,280 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

6. Flamenco "Carmen" by The Spanish Ballet of Murcia Date: 4th October, 2012 19:15 Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center - Opera Hall Ticket Price (RMB): 880, 680, 480Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

7. Yueju Opera Yueju opera (simplified Chinese: 越剧 ; traditional Chinese: 越劇 ; pinyin: Yuèjù, Yue opera) is a form of Chinese opera founded around 1906 in Shengzhou, Zhejiang province. Over time, it grew in popularity, now the second most popular form of Chinese opera only to the Peking opera.[1][2] It is highly popular in Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Fujian, while its audiences are all over China. Originated from the folks and ballad singing of rural area in Zhejiang, by drawing the experience of other developed Chinese opera forms such as Peking opera and Kunqu, Yueju Opera became popular in Shanghai in early 1930s. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Yueju performers in Shanghai launched a movement to reform the Yueju performance, including learning from Western cultures, which made Yueju opera remarkably different with other forms of Chinese opera. After the foundation of People's Republic of China, Yueju opera was welcomed by the government and Communist Party of China at first, and reached a pinnacle popularity in late 1950s and early 1960s. However, during the Cultural Revolution, like other traditional Chinese art forms, Yueju performances were outlawed, which cause a serious setback in its development. Since the 1980s, Yueju became popular again, while being challenged by new amusement forms. Yueju opera features elegant and soft, which made it suitable for telling love stories. It was initially performed by men only, but female groups started performing in the style in 1923, and during the 1930s, the form became female-only. Continue

8. Yueju Opera "Jade Hairpin" by Shanghai Yueju Opera Troupe Date: 6th October,2012 19:15 Venue: Shanghai City Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 160, 120, 80, 60 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

9. Ballet "Swan Lake" by the Russian State Acadamic Classic Ballet Theatre Date: 7th October,2012 19:30 Venue: Shanghai Culture Square Ticket Price (RMB): 1080, 680, 380 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

10. Peking Opera Highlights Date: 9th October,2012 19:15 Venue: Yi Fu Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 150, 100, 80, 50, 30 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

11. Drama "Upset" Date: 10th October,2012 19:30 Venue: Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts Ticket Price (RMB): 120, 100 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

12. Drama "The Call of Life" Date: 11st October, 2012 19:30 Venue: Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center - Arts Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 280,180,150 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

13. Peony Pavilion Continue The Peony Pavilion (Chinese: 牡丹亭 ; pinyin: mǔdāntíng) is a play written by Tang Xianzu in the Ming Dynasty and first performed in 1598 at the Pavilion of Prince Teng.[1] One of Tang's "Four Dreams", it has traditionally been performed as a Kunqu ( 昆曲 / 崑曲 ) opera, but Chuan ( 川 ) and Gan ( 赣 / 贛 ) opera versions also exist. It is by far the most popular play of the Ming Dynasty, and is the primary showcase of the guimendan ( 闺门旦 / 閨門旦 ) role type. All Kun theatre troupes include it in their repertoire. Recent adaptations have sought to inject new life into one of China's best-loved classical operas, though such efforts have met with opposition from the Kun opera traditionalists. Comments of Peony Pavilion Albeit conventional in its narrative structure, notably its deus ex machina ending, The Peony Pavilion is distinguished particularly by the play's highly refined and subtle lyrics and is hailed as another height in Chinese literature. Aided by the then newly developed Kun music, the lyrical proses of the Peony Pavilion weave a fabric of nuances and metaphors that elegantly transgresses the divide between the beauty of nature and man's inner cosmos of emotions and desires. Through the lights and shadows of its lyrical fabric transpire a ravishing sensitivity and intoxicating effeteness and, almost antithetically, a persistent tone of youthful optimism. The magic of the play's language quickly carries the audience to a unique experience of literary and musical pleasure. The Peony Pavilion is a banquet of metaphors, a dance of the imagination and most of all, a celebration of sensitivity. For this reason it sets the measure for all later Kun operas. These features are particularly prominent in three of the earliest acts, "A walk in the Garden" ( 游园 / 遊園 ), "The Interruption Of a Dream" ( 惊梦 / 驚夢 )(these two acts were grouped as a single act in the original text) and "Reflection On the Lost Dream" ( 寻梦 / 尋夢 ), which are generally considered the apogee of Chinese kunqu for their literary achievements as well as for their musicality, choreography and the integration of all these components. For these reasons the play's lyrics pose a daunting challenge to attempts at their translation. Shortly after their completion, the original scores of the opera by Tang Xianzu ( 汤显祖 ), considered awkward and difficult for performers, were greatly revised by Shen Jing ( 沈璟 ), a major figure in the formation of Chinese kunqu, not without many disputes and resistance from Tang Xianzu himself.

14. Kunqu Opera "Peony Pavilion" Date: 13th October,2012 17:45 Venue: Zhu Jiajiao Kezhi Garden Ticket Price (RMB): 1500, 1080, 480, 280, 180, 80 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

15. The Weekly Radio Concert by Dumky Trio Date: 14th October,2012 10:30 Venue: Shanghai Concert Hall Ticket Price (RMB): 40, 30 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

16. Drama "I Si Do Ra" Date: 15th October, 2012 19:30 Venue: 1933 Old Millfun - Micro Theater Ticket Price (RMB): 80 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

17. New Music for Tiankong Chorus by Tiankong Chorus Date: 16th October,2012 19:30 Venue: Shanghai Concert Hall Ticket Price (RMB): 280, 180, 120, 80 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

18. Concert Portrait of Harrison Birtwistle by Ensemble Insomnio Date: 18th October,2012 10:00 Venue: He Luting Concert Hall Ticket Price (RMB): 50, 30, 20 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

19. Opera La Bohème Date: 19th October,2012 19:30 Venue: Shanghai Grand Theatre - Lyric Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 680, 480, 280, 240, 160 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

20. Drama "The Village" Date: 20th October, 2012 19:15 Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center - Opera Hall Ticket Price (RMB): 1280, 880, 680 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

21. Drama "Once Up on A Time...2" Date: 23rd October,2012 19:30 Venue: Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center - Studio D6 Ticket Price (RMB): 180, 150, 120 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

22. Drama "Das Kapital" Date: 24th October,2012 19:30 Venue: Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center - Arts Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 280, 200, 150, 100 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

23. Concert by Terri Lyne Carrington Date: 26th October,2012 20:00 Venue: Shanghai Centre Theatre Ticket Price (RMB): 800, 600, 400, 200 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back

24. Drama "A Deep Love Without Passion " Date: 30th October,2012 19:30 Venue: Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center - Drama Salon Ticket Price (RMB): 200, 180, 150, 120 Yuan Booking Office: No. 272 Fengxian Road Booking Hotline: 62172426, 62173055 Back