From Aug. 1-7, Shenzhen Broadway Cinema will broadcast 13 Chinese and Western operas recorded by well-known theaters as part of the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) International Opera Film Exhibition. The exhibition combines advanced digital technology and stereo sound to offer vivid experience for audience. The exhibition is touring in eight Chinese cities including Beijing and Wuhan.

    ‘The White-haired Girl’

    Director: Hou Keming

    Performers: Lei Jia/Zhang Yingxi/Gao Peng

    Language: Chinese

    Produced by the Ministry of Culture of China

    Time: Aug. 1, 3, 6:30 p.m.

    Plot: The story of a miserable young peasant woman, Xi’er, in a northern Chinese village, whose family is persecuted by a landlord until she is forced to serve as a slave. Two years later, her fiancé Dachun returns to the village with the army and saves Xi’er. They rejoice together into the future.

    ‘Aida’

    Director: Tiziano Mancini

    Performers: He Hui/Jorge De Leon/Marina Prudenskaya/Tian Haojiang

    Language: Italian

    Produced by the National Center for the Performing Arts

    Time: Aug. 2, 8:45 p.m.; Aug. 7, 6 p.m.

    Plot: The plot focuses on the love story between the Ethiopian princess Aida and the Egyptian hero Radames. Facing the choice between love and loyalty to their countries, the couple is indecisive in the dilemma.

    ‘Rickshaw Boy’

    Director: Yi Liming

    Performers: Han Peng/Sun Xiuwei/Tian Haojiang/Song Yuanming

    Language: Chinese

    Produced by the National Center for the Performing Arts

    Time: Aug. 3, 5, 2 p.m.

    Plot: It is a story of an old Beijing rickshaw man’s life and the options he faces. He has a series of adventures and interactions with some other characters.

    ‘Samson et Dalila’

    Director: Tiziano Mancini

    Performers: Jose Cura/Nadia Krasteva/Egils Silins

    Language: Italian

    Produced by the National Center for the Performing Arts

    Time: Aug. 2, 4, 6:20 p.m.

    Plot: The opera is based on the Biblical tale of Samson and Delilah found in Chapter 16 of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament.

    ‘Nabucco’

    Director: Gilbert Deflo

    Performers: Placido Domingo/Sun Xiuwei/Li Xiaoliang

    Language: Italian

    Produced by the National Center for the Performing Arts

    Time: Aug. 2, 4, 6 p.m.

    Plot: It follows the plight of the Jews as they are assaulted, conquered and subsequently exiled from their homeland by the Babylonian King Nabucco.

    ‘La Traviata’

    Director: Richard Eyre

    Performers: Renée Fleming/Joseph Calleja/Monika-Evelin Liiv/Eddie Wade

    Language: Italian

    Produced by The Royal Opera House

    Time: Aug. 5, 6:20 p.m.; Aug 7, 8:45 p.m.

    Plot: It is a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas about a tragic love story featuring Violetta, a famous courtesan and a young man named Alfredo.

    ‘Tosca’

    Director: Duncan Macfarland

    Performers: Angela Gheroghiu/Jonas Kaufmann/Bryn Terfel/Lukas Jakobski

    Language: Italian

    Produced by The Royal Opera House

    Time: Aug. 5, 6 p.m.; Aug. 6, 2 p.m.

    Plot: A story about love, politics, hatred and conspiracy among different characters, painter Mario Cavaraddosi, opera singer Tosca, policeman Scarpia.

    ‘Don Giovanni’

    Directors: Kasper Holten/Nicola Luisotti

    Performers: Mariusz Kwiecień/Alex Esposito/Alexander Tsymbalyuk/Véronique Gens

    Language: Italian

    Produced by The Royal Opera House

    Time: Aug. 4, 8:45 p.m.; Aug. 7, 2:30 p.m.

    Plot: A story of a womanizing Spanish nobleman, Don Giovanni.

    ‘Carmen’

    Director: Gary Halvorson

    Performers: Roberto Alagna/Barbara Frittoli/Trevor Scheunemann

    Language: French

    Produced by The Metropolitan Opera

    Time: Aug. 5, 8:45 p.m.; Aug. 6, 8:20 p.m.

    Plot: A beautiful and defiant Gypsy girl, Carmen, works in a tobacco factory, but is determined to remain true to herself. Don José is a soldier who falls in love with her, but later kills her out of jealousy.

    ‘Don Pasquale’

    Director: Gary Halvorson

    Performers: John Del Carlo/Mariusz Kwiecien/Matthew Polenzani

    Language: Italian

    Produced by The Metropolitan Opera

    Time: Aug. 1, 3, 8:45 p.m.

    Plot: The story revolves around a classic comedic premise: a couple of young lovers scheme to thwart the inappropriate plans of a rich old man who wants to marry the girl himself.

    ‘La Bohème’

    Director: Barbara Willis Sweete

    Performers: Massimo Cavalletti/Oren Gradus/Vittorio Grigolo

    Language: Italian

    Produced by The Metropolitan Opera

    Time: Aug. 1, 3, 6 p.m.

    Plot: The poet Rodolfo, the painter Marcello, the musician Schaunard and the philosopher Calline live together in a damaged attic in Paris.

    ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’

    Director: Francois Roussillon

    Performer: Stefano Secco/Jane Archibald/Sophia Koch/Ana Maria Mathinez

    Language: French

    Produced by Opéra National de Paris

    Time: Aug. 2, 8:15 p.m.; Aug. 4, 2:30 p.m.

    Plot: Poet Hoffman sits in the Luther Pub beside the Nuremberg Opera House and tells three love experiences to his students.

    ‘Iolanta’

    Director: Mariusz Trelinski

    Performers: Anna Netrebko/Sergei Aleksashkin/Sergey Skorokhodov

    Language: Russian

    Produced by Mariinsky Theatre

    Time: Aug. 3, 8:15 p.m.; Aug. 6, 6:40 p.m.

    Plot: Princess Iolanta has been blind from birth, but no one has ever told her, nor does she know she is a princess.

    Tickets: 80-100 yuan per screening, or 60 yuan per screening for a package of 5-plus films purchase

    Venue: Shenzhen Broadway Cinema, 2/F, Coco Park, Futian District (福田区Coco Park二楼深圳百老汇影城)

    Metro: Luobao or Longgang Line, Shopping Park Station (购物公园站), Exit B

    (Chen Xuan)