China National Opera

CNOH consists of an opera troupe, a choir, a symphony orchestra and a stagecraft, costume and scenery departments.

The China Central Opera was preceded in Yan'an in 1942 with the performance of the Yangko drama (秧歌剧) Brothers and Sisters Opening up the Wasteland (兄妹开荒),[1] and the White-Haired Girl.

In 2008 CNOH toured America with 10 performances of the original creation Farewell My Concubine (modern opera).

[2][3] During the return flight, ten Chinese members were among those dead in the 1956 Eglisau Ilyushin Il-12 plane crash.

[4] The administrative offices, practice rooms and a rehearsal theatre, often referred to as the "Central National Opera House," are located at Chaoyangmen Outer Street Dongzhong-jie 115, south-east of Dongsi Shitiao Station in West Beijing, however since the opening of the National Centre for the Performing Arts at Tiananmen Square East, performances at the permanent theatre of the Opera company are rare.