NCPA to stage Wagner's work as a joint production

Richard Wagner's comic opera Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) will come to life with a joint production by the National Center for the Performing Arts, Royal Opera House and Opera Australia.

Directed by Kasper Holten, the director of opera at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden from 2011 to 2017, the upcoming production will feature an international cast, including Danish bass-baritone Johan Reuter, soprano Amanda Majeski and baritone Jochen Kupfer.

The China NCPA Orchestra and China NCPA Chorus will perform in the opera under the baton of conductor Lyu Jia, the artistic director of opera at NCPA.

Learn more here.

If you go:
5 pm, June 2, 5 and 7. National Center for the Performing Arts, No 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng district, Beijing. 010-6655-0000
Tickets: 100 - 880 yuan