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CONTENTS
Live
06 Postcard from Beijing: 2009 marks another cultural pinnacle
09 Resounding like a bell: Deborah Voigt’s performance in Hong Kong
10 Dance darma Zhou Xuan heralds a new era for the cultural industry
12 Coming to a movie theater near you: The Metropolitan Opera!
14 Fantastic Harmony inspires and excites
16 Somerset Maugham’s Letter of duplicity, staged as opera
18 Well worth catching: I Capuleti e i Montecchi at Opera Australia
20 Drama and music in Handel’s Theodora
22 Mishaps and delays in a disjointed performance – Edinburght’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria
Excusive Interview
24 Return to opera -- Exclusive interview with Chen Zuohuang
Original
28 To create a distinctive and unique King of Chu
33 A romantic tragedy -- Directors Statement of Xi Shi
Frequent Flyer Critic
36 Putting Music in the Right Place
Focus
42 A newcomer’s foray into the Wagnerian oasis
Masters
46 Verdi’s Macbeth: a tragedy instigated by evil thoughts
Memories
50 Nostalgia for the first “Red Opera” Wang Gui and Li Xiangxiang
Art Blog
53 The charms of Vienna
54 Making of an opera: The Song of Youth
58 One musician, two unforgettable nights
News Express
61 Inquiry begins into restoration at Bolshoi and missing millions / Met Opera's New, Season Opening Tosca / First Twitter opera given premier ...
Opera’s Companion
66 Oscar-winning composer John Corigliano
70 Appreciation of classic
71 Filler station for opera knowledge
72 Operatic Maestros
73 Operas premiered in October
74 What’s on at Shanghai Opera House
76 Music & English
77 Schedule
COVER: Chen Zuohuang, Music & Art Director of NCPA, Conductor
BACK COVER: Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
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