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Best bets

The Little Singers of Paris 2016 Guangzhou Concert

Date: May 22－8 pm

Venue: Guangdong Performing Arts Center Theater

Price: 180-1,200 yuan

The Little Singers of Paris is a boys' choir with its main location in Paris, France. It has its origins in 1907 in Paris, moved to Lyon during the Second World War, but moved back to Paris. It has toured widely inside and outside France.

NCPA Drama Production Returning Home on a Snowy Night

Date: May 14-22－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 180-680 yuan

This drama is named after a line from the poem Staying at a Cottage of Mt. Hibiscus on a Night of Snow of the Tang Dynasty: 'When the mountains lurk dim in the pale dark, the cottage of shabby looks stands lone in twilight. By the wattle gate now I hear dogs loudly bark, the master has come home in the snow of night.' Wu Zuguang, the playwright, described the joys and sorrows of the famous actor named Wei Liansheng in the historical context where people were swaying in the midst of a raging storm. He has experienced both the prosperity of being popular in early years and hard times of despair; and the love story between him and Yuchun, a concubine of the bureaucrat named Su Hongji is just a sad melody that cost their lives.

The King's Singers

Date: May 19－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 80-600 yuan

Acclaimed worldwide for their virtuosity, life-affirming energy and charm, The King's Singers are in global demand. Their work, synonymous with the very best in vocal ensemble performance, appeals to a vast international audience. Performing to hundreds of thousands of people each season, the group tours regularly to Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australasia. Instantly recognizable for their immaculate intonation, vocal blend, diction and incisive timing, The King's Singers are consummate entertainers.

Philippe Bizot－40 Years of Silence in Beijing

Date: May 14-29－7:30 pm

Venue: Penghao Theater

Price: 80-600 yuan

According to French mime artist Philippe Bizot, "The play is life, so you don't act." Chen Yingqun finds out more about the universal language of saying nothing. Philippe Bizot doesn't say a word on stage and yet, using exaggerated facial expressions and body movements, he expresses himself perfectly. "Silence is my language, my music, and my song," the 58-year-old French mime artist says. "The art of pantomime is a universal language, the language of emotion." The renewed version of 40 Years of Silence consists of 13 short stories as a retrospective of Bizot's 40 year career as a mine.

The Underwater Bubble Show in Shanghai

Date: May 21-22－10:30 am/3:30 pm

Venue: Shanghai Himalayas Art Center

Price: 100-1,550

Britten Sinfonia is one of the world's most celebrated and pioneering ensembles. The orchestra is acclaimed for its virtuoso musicianship, an inspired approach to concert programming which makes bold, intelligent connections across 400 years of repertoire, and a versatility that is second to none. Britten Sinfonia breaks the mould by not having a principal conductor or director, instead choosing to collaborate with a range of the finest international guest artists from across the musical spectrum, resulting in performances of rare insight and energy.

National Opera Production Rusalka

Date: May 17-22－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 100-880 yuan

Rastislav Stur, current Principal Conductor (1998－2012 Chief Conductor) of the Slovak National Theatre Bratislava, Permanent Guest Conductor of Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Teacher of Orchestral conducting (Janacek Academy of Music, Brno), was born on November 26, 1969 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. He has studied at Janacek Academy of Music, Brno (graduated 1995). In 1996, he became conductor of Slovak National Theatre. Acclaimed for his spectacular scenery sets as well as for his special way to use the lights, Hugo de Ana is a regular guest at world's most prestigious opera houses. His career started as Technical Director and Executive Producer at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, staging operas such asTurandot, Werther, Don Carlo, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Medea and The Rake's Progress.