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Another Brick in the Wall

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Italian Style Is Refracted Through a Chinese Lens

In one of the stranger acts of globalism, the Chinese are writing Italian operas. Xiao Bai’s “Farewell My Concubine” from the China National Opera House is touring the United States and came semistaged to Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday night.
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