An effort to tell an original Shenzhen story in the form of Western opera won accolades at the recently concluded Fifth China Opera Festival. The festival, running between May 9 and last Wednesday in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang Province, presented 24 Chinese operas with 48 performances, including 19 new, original operatic productions.

New media art that incorporates digital technologies has become a significant genre in contemporary art, but what media art looked like a century ago? Perhaps, by looking at past media art, we can gain insight into the themes, techniques and styles, and develop new ideas that push art forwards in exciting ways.

Again, it was the special day for lovebirds to flock to the marriage registries to exchange their vows. A total of 1,810 couples tied the knot in Shenzhen on Saturday, or May 20, with the number 520 sounding like “I love you” in Mandarin.

Here are major performances in the city this week.

Shenzhener's were immersed in a romantic and relaxing concert Saturday night (May 20), a special Chinese occasion as “520” is a homophone of “I love you” in Chinese. The concert, titled “The Playlist of Fashion Queen,” featured two piano pieces, 15 French art songs and chansons, a German song and two encore songs performed by Chinese mezzo-soprano Li Ying and Guangdong-based Belgian pianist Renaat Beheydt at the Shenzhen Concert Hall. Intertwining music and stories, the concert took the audience on a journey reviewing French fashion icon Coco Chanel’s life and the music in her time.

Two films involving Shenzhen Media Group in the production, “A Man of the People” and “Nice View,” won the Excellent Feature Film Award of the 19th Huabiao Film Awards along with eight other films including “The Battle at Lake Changjin.”

​A near-zero carbon science museum was inaugurated in Yantian District recently to improve the public’s awareness of garbage classification and carbon emission reduction, especially among young people, and help the district build a “near-zero carbon” pilot community, Shenzhen Economic Daily reported yesterday.

After a five-year hiatus from Shenzhen’s music scene, the renowned Strawberry Music Festival returned for another spectacular edition. The festival, which took place over the weekend at Dameisha Coastal Park in Yantian District, featured a stellar lineup of popular acts from China and abroad, transforming the relaxing getaway destination into a euphoric sonic wonderland.