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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:28 pm    Post subject: Zhang Yimou to direct opera Reply with quote
The director of Oscar-nominated films Hero and The House of Flying Daggers is to stage a new production at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Zhang Yimou will direct the historical epic The First Emperor, scored by Chinese-American composer Tan Dun and starring Placido Domingo in the title role. Zhang becomes the first Chinese director to helm an opera at the Met.

more here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,,1714368,00.html
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