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 ...

The world's most spectacular opera house has just opened in China – but it could have been built in Cardiff. Jonathan Glancey reports on Zaha Hadid's stunning new project I walk up the ramp of the new ...

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 ...

The Guangzhou Municipal Government’s brief for a new opera house was ambitious: the building had to be able to host Chinese and Western operas of the highest caliber, as well as be a welcoming civic ...

But just a year after the south China opera house opened to the public, large cracks have appeared in the walls and ceilings, glass panels have fallen from its windows, and rain has seeped ...

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 ...

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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 ...