China Flies High For Puccini
Back in the 1960s and ’70s, when Italian opera was deemed a capitalist indulgence in China, no work was more despised than Puccini’s ‘Turandot.'” But the Chinese are singing a different tune these days. For the 60th anniversary of China’s communist revolution in October, a new production of ‘Turandot’ has been commissioned for the 100,000-seat Bird’s Nest stadium. (And you thought only U2 could fill giant arenas!) ‘Turandot” is one of a raft of productions of Puccini operas in the country.
