Pinocchio sings Peking Opera
By Xinhua in London | China Daily | Updated: 2014-02-08 07:24
A group of Beijing pupils put a Peking Opera version of Western fairytale The Adventures of Pinocchio on the stage in London last weekend.
The 60 pupils from Zhongguancun No 1 Primary School in Beijing staged the opera in the Mermaid Conference & Events Center. It is part of a series of Lunar New Year celebrations in Britain.
The original story of The Adventures of Pinocchio, written by Italian author Carlo Collodi, was a world-renowned classic of children's literature.
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