National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA)  国家大剧院

Tian'anmen
2 Chang'an Jie, Xicheng District
西城区西长安街2号
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.