Stage sirens take to the silver screen

The National Centre for the Performing Arts' International Opera Film Exhibition will take place at 17 cinemas in 10 Chinese cities - including Beijing, Dalian, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Chengdu - from Aug 4 to Oct 13, and will see 265 screenings of 13 opera film productions by four of the world's leading theater companies.

The NCPA's 2015 production of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra, which was conducted by Chun Myung-Whun and features Placido Domingo, will open the exhibition.

The NCPA initiated the opera film project in 2013 and of the 76 operas the NCPA has produced since it opened in 2007, nearly 30 have been turned into opera films.