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National Centre for the Performing Arts -- Performance Schedule

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Throughout a year, there are music concerts, dramas, ballets and operas, etc. held in the Beijing National Centre for the Performing Arts. Hereunder a performance schedule in 2012  is supplied:

 January 2012

Performance Date Duration Ticket (CNY)
Opera Butterfly Lovers Jan. 1~3 --- 180~1080
famous Peking Opera masterpiece Auspicious Dragon and Phoenix Jan. 1 --- 180~580
Ode to Joy: Beethoven Orchestra Bonn Concert Jan. 2 105 minutes 200~880 
The Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra New Year´s Concert Jan. 3  105 minutes 280~1080
Drama City Jiong Men Jan. 3~6 110 minutes 80~360 
Ballet The Sleeping Beauty Jan. 5~7 --- 180~880
Yan Pascal Tortelier and London Philharmonic Orchestra Concert Jan. 5~6 105 minutes 280~1080
Eternal Red Star: Red Star Red Army Chorus & Dance Ensemble China Tour Jan. 8~9 --- 180~880
Ballet The Nutcracker Jan. 11~12 --- 180~880
Rossini´s Opera Le Cenerentola (NCPA´s Production) Jan. 12~15 165 minutes 180~580
2012 NCPA Chinese Star Dancers Gala Jan. 14~15 --- 160~680
Arcadi Volodos Piano Recital
NCPA Piano Virtuosos 2012		 Jan. 18 105 minutes 80~400
2012 NCPA International Ballet Gala Jan. 19~20 --- 160~780
Quartet San Francisco Concert Jan. 19 105 minutes 80~400
NCPA Original Drama Wangfujing Jan. 20~Feb. 6 165 minutes 180~580
Global Chinese Spring Festival Concert Jan. 21 105 minutes 280~1080
Ballet Third Symphony by Gustav Mahler
Hamburg Ballet China Tour 2012		 Jan. 24~25 --- 180~800
Peking Opera Three Fork Way/Bantering Jan. 24, 26 --- 160~240
Peking Opera The Return of the Phoenix Jan. 25, 27 --- 160~240
Ballet Nijinsky
Hamburg Ballet China Tour 2012		 Jan. 27~28 --- 180~800

 February 2012

Performance Date Duration Ticket (CNY)
NCPA Original Opera The Chinese Orphan Feb. 3~6 165 minutes 100~580
Stephen Kovacevich Piano Recital Feb. 3 105 minutes 80~360
Beijing Symphony Orchestra Concert Feb. 8 105 minutes ---
Comedy The Brides Feb. 8~18 --- 160~280
Beijing Wind Orchestra Concert Feb. 10 105 minutes 100~300
China NCPA Concert Hall Orchestra Concert Feb. 11 105 minutes 80~400
Original Singing and Dancing Poem The Painting of Four Beauties Feb. 11~14 --- 200~680
"Love Dance" National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra Concert
Melody for Valentine´s Day		 Feb. 14 105 minutes 80~400
Chinese Naitonal Orchestra Concert Feb. 17 105 minutes 80~400
Myung-Whun Chung and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Concert Feb. 18~19 105 minutes 280~1280
Ballet Carmen & L´Arlesienne Feb. 18~19 --- 80~400
Marcela Roggeri Piano Recital Feb. 19 105 minutes 150
Air Travel: Daniel Hope and Five Musicians Concert Feb. 22 105 minutes 80~360
Alice Sara Ott Piano Recital
NCPA Piano Virtuosos 2012		 Feb. 24 105 minutes 80~360
Libertango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla for Cello and Accordion Feb. 24 105 minutes 150
Impression of Paris: Julien Beaudiment Flute Recital Feb. 25 105 minuites 120~200
Vladimir Ashkenazy and China NCPA Concert Hall Orchestra Concert Feb. 29 105 minutes 80~400

 March 2012

Performance Date Duration Ticket (CNY)
Valery Gergiev and London Symphony Orchestra Concert Mar. 1~2 105 minutes 280~1280
New Huangmei Opera Descending the Mountain Mar. 6~7 --- 80~380
Colorful Roses: Special Concert for International Women´s Day 2012 Mar. 8 105 minutes 80~480
Daniel Harding and Bavarian Radio Symphon Orchestra Concert Mar. 9 105 minutes 200~980
Grand Modern Qinqiang Opera The Story of Xijing Mar. 10~11 --- 80~380
Célimène Daudet Piano Recital Mar. 11 105 minutes 150
Kunqu Opera Romance of the Western Chamber Mar. 13~14 --- 80~320
Cédric Tiberghien Piano Recital
NCPA Piano Virtuosos 2012		 Mar. 16 105 minutes 80~360
Terpsycorde Quartet Concert
A Global Music Tour		 Mar. 17 105 minutes 120~200