It took more than five years to build, but since its opening last year, the Guangzhou Opera House has become the jewel among the sprawling Chinese megacity’s bland urban landscape. Designed by British ...

Members of China's Guangzhou Opera House Children's Choir talk with students of Wellington East Girls' College in Wellington, New Zealand, July 24, 2024. Members of Guangzhou Opera House Children's ...

Shaped to resemble two pebbles on the bank of the Pearl River, the building houses a 1,800-seat theatre plus 400-seat multifunctional hall, rehearsal rooms and entrance hall. The main auditorium is ...

LONDON - A landmark opera house in China has won a top international award from Britain's leading architectural organization for the excellence of its design. The new Guangzhou Opera House, in the ...

The Guangzhou Opera House, one of the biggest cultural projects in this southern city, began construction yesterday. The opera house, which will cover an area of 46,000 square metres, is expected to ...

When construction began on Guangzhou Opera House in 2005, the site was surrounded by farmland. As the building rose, so did the city around it. Guangzhou, in the sprawling industrial Pearl River Delta ...

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