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Matt Naughtin
Beijing Journal III
We’re finished with our performances in Beijing, and the Company has two free days to do some sightseeing and socializing. Sunday: the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. Monday: the Great Wall, the Ming Tombs, and a reception at the American Embassy. It’s fun to be traveling with a young and ebullient bunch of natural-born [...]
Beijing Journal II
We met the musicians playing for our performances in Beijing. They are officially called the Symphony Orchestra of the Chinese National Opera and Dance Drama Company, and are a good group. Our guest conductor Charles Barker is pleased to be working with them. The drive to the rehearsal hall impressed me with what a huge [...]
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Beijing Journal
We finished our run in Shanghai and arrived in Beijing yesterday. The weather is blissfully cool and dry. Shanghai was so humid and warm that I couldn’t walk outside without breaking into a sweat. The only cool things in Shanghai were the audiences, which, as Lily Rogers noted, were much more reserved than we’re used [...]
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China Wrap-up