Art beat in April

Arias highlight concert

Austrian soprano Eva Lind started singing as a teenager, but she studied philosophy at the University of Vienna before training to be a professional singer. Now an established opera lead, Lind has played roles such as Lucia in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Gilda in Rigoletto, Juliette in Romeo et Juliette, and Amina in La Sonnambula. She will perform arias from various opera works, as well as artistic songs at the Shanghai Concert Hall.

7:30 pm, April 12. Shanghai Concert Hall, 523 Yan'an Lu (Road) East, Shanghai. 021-6386-2836.

Chekhov's life and work

The Performance Workshop by Stan Lai from Taiwan will present two plays. An original play adapted from the love letters of Anton Chekhov to Olga Knipper, titled Let Me Lead You by the Hand, will be performed, followed by Chekhov's play The Seagull. By presenting the author's life story before a production of his creation, Lai hopes to initiate a dialogue between contemporary people and the Russian master. In the first play, the role of Olga will be played by Jiang Wenli, and The Seagull will feature Ju Xue, both well-established Chinese actresses.

4 pm and 7:15 pm, Apr 11-13. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Opera Hall, 425 Dingxiang Lu (Road), Pudong New Area, Shanghai. 021-6854-1234.

A one-man show

The original play Journal of Three Beans by Jalent Culture Communications Company, a one-man show, tells stories of three ordinary men. All named "Dou Dou", or "beans" in Chinese, they are a music DJ, a taxi driver, and a nerd dreaming about love and better life. The show tells their struggles against their respective problems.

7:30 pm, April 11-13, D6 Studio, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, 288 Anfu Lu (Road), Shanghai. 021-962-388.

Nature in Li Qi's art

Li Qi is presenting his ink-art creation at Zhu Qizhan Art Museum. Li is from Baoding in Hebei province. More than 50 calligraphy and landscape paintings are presented. Show curator Yang Weimin says that Li used to live in the mountains and travel on the Tibet Plateau and nature has purified his soul, and enriched his heart, helping him to catch the spirit of natural beauty and sublime spirit.

9:30 am-4:30 pm, April 11-20. Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, 580 Ouyang Lu (Road), Hongkou district, Shanghai, 021-5671-0742.