November 11, 2026
Shanghai Jingju Theatre's The Royal Consort of Tang on sale from 16:00 on 11 November, with three Shanghai Contemporary Music Week concerts already on sale
Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company's new production of the Peking opera The Royal Consort of Tang is in Harmony Hall of the Shanghai Grand Opera House on 4 and 5 December, on sale from 16:00 on 11 November 2026, tickets 180 to 680 yuan. The three concerts of the 2026 Shanghai Contemporary Music Week on 19 to 21 November are on sale from 9 November on the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Opera House website.
By 小魔女·Edited by 马勒迷
Shanghai Grand Opera House posted its sale notice at 10:00 on 11 November 2026: Shanghai Jingju Theatre Company's new-version Peking opera The Royal Consort of Tang 「大唐贵妃」 performs on 4 and 5 December at 19:30 in Harmony Hall, on sale from 16:00 on 11 November 2026 (Wednesday), across all channels. Six prices: 180, 280, 380, 480, 580 and 680 yuan. From the start of sale to 23:59 on 20 November, tickets at 380 yuan and above are 20% off, and the discount stacks with Shanghai Grand Opera House membership benefits.
- Friday 4 and Saturday 5 December, 19:30, Harmony Hall: Shanghai Jingju Theatre: The Royal Consort of Tang
Shi Yihong plays Yang Guifei, Li Jun plays Emperor Xuanzong and Xi Zhonglu plays Chen Yuanli. The opera is adapted from Mei Lanfang's 1920s Peking opera The Story of Taizhen 「太真外传」; it premiered at the Shanghai Grand Theatre in 2001. Running time about 148 minutes, including a 15-minute interval. The Shanghai Grand Opera House's own mini-programme is a direct channel; Damai, Maoyan, Meituan, Dianping, Piaoxingqiu and the Shanghai Grand Theatre WeChat mini-programme are official authorised channels.
The Shanghai Conservatory of Music Opera House box office shows that tickets for the three concerts of the 2026 Shanghai Contemporary Music Week are on sale from 17:00 on 9 November 2026. All three are in the Opera Hall, curtain 19:30. Tickets 280, 120 and 80 yuan, with 惠民票 at 50 and 30 yuan, limit 6 per order.
- Thursday 19 November, 19:30: Vocal and Film Music
- Friday 20 November, 19:30: Classic and New Orchestral Works
- Saturday 21 November, 19:30: Chinese Orchestral Works
On the 19th Zhang Liang conducts the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra; the programme includes film score excerpts from Chen Qigang's Under the Hawthorn Tree and Zhao Jiping's work for erhu and string orchestra, written from his score for A Chinese Odyssey. On the 20th Zhao Xiaoou conducts the Ningbo Symphony Orchestra; the programme includes the world premiere of Xiao Jinhan's Four Odes to the Abyssal Seas and the China premiere of Kurtág's Grabstein für Stephan. On the 21st Sun Peng conducts the Wuxi Chinese National Orchestra; the programme includes the world premiere of Zhong Juncheng's Flying Song of Guihai for suona. The closing concert on 22 November is not yet on sale in the box office system.