National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) 國家大劇院

Tian'anmen

2 Chang'an Jie, Xicheng District

西城區西長安街2號

Tel: 010-66550000

www.chncpa.org

This is China's premier performance-art venue. Designed by French architect Paul Andreu, the complex provides an opera house, a music hall and a drama theatre with a total of 6,200 seats. The giant silver dome to the west of Tiananmen Square is an architectural icon.