A Chinese Crescendo

Chinese visitors are seen in a hall of the Guangzhou Opera House in April 2010,
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Time magazine has the scoop on the burgeoning opera scene in China: As Opera Struggles in West, an Art Form Flourishes in China.

"As if any more proof was needed of China's growing dominance, it is now being bellowed at full volume by tenors and sopranos. Chinese composers have become a major source for opera in Europe and North America, while more opera festivals are staged in the People's Republic than anywhere else."