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Located in Beijing Poly Plaza , Poly Theatre has started to hold international artistic events since 1991. There have been more than 3,000 music, dance and drama shows performed by 300 local and international companies held here. It is the major venue for many important arts activities, including the annual Beijing Music Festival. After the reconstruction in October 2000, Poly Theatre has been enlarged into 1,428 seats, eight balcony boxes and two VIP boxes. Both of the audio and lighting system adopt the world-top brand facilities, and can meet with the various need of different artistic companies. The stage-house machinery system is computer operated. The main stage is electric-operated, consisting of six pieces of double-level, three-dimensional and elevating stage. The rear stage consists of a moving revolving rostrum. The setting booms at Poly Theatre are unique, with the manually and electrically operated pipes setting interactively to adapt the various requirements of different shows. In addition, the audio effect within the theatre is first-class, good at holding operas, symphony concerts, ballet dances, musicals and other kinds of performances.
Based on its strong financial situation, technical condition and professional management, Poly Theatre is famed as running the first-class service and arts performances. The renowned artistic companies such as Arena di Verona, Theatre Wielki-National Opera Warsaw, Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, China Central Symphony Orchestra, China Central Opera Theatre , China Central Ballet have performed here. They performed operas like Massenet's Werther, Veridi's La Traviata , Tosca and Nabbuco, ballet dances such as The Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker (Chinese version) and Raising the Red Lantern. World-famous musicians like the conductor Christopher Penderecki, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lorin Maazel, Michel Plasson, Long Yu, Lan Shui, Lu Jia and Tang Muhai; celloist Julian Lloyd Weber, Mischa Maisky, Jian Wang; violinist Maxim Vengarov, Lakatos and Zhaoliang Lin; Pianist Martha Argerich, Fu Cong, Li Yundi, Chen Sa and Lang Lang; soprano Cheryl Studer, Kathleen Battle, Barbara Hendricks have all performed at Poly Theatre. Poly Theatre has also created original modern dances like Wild Zebra, Tibet Antelope, and the drama The Capper. |
