Puccini in China

A violin player heads to her position at the orchestra pit ahead of a performance of "Turandot" during the 2009 Beijing Opera festival at the National Center for the Performing Arts. A 2007 version of the opera was set in modern-day Shanghai with the successful suitor, Calaf, solving the riddles by surfing the Internet.

( Elizabeth Dalziel / Associated Press / May 22, 2009 )

A violin player heads to her position at the orchestra pit ahead of a performance of "Turandot" during the 2009 Beijing Opera festival at the National Center for the Performing Arts. A 2007 version of the opera was set in modern-day Shanghai with the successful suitor, Calaf, solving the riddles by surfing the Internet.

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