28 Nov 2010
Is China poised to become next opera superpower?
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/897896--is-china-poised-to-become-next-opera-superpower
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/897896--is-china-poised-to-become-next-opera-superpower
By Bill Schiller [Toronto Star, 28 November 2010]
BEIJING—When Italian opera star Leo Nucci set off in 2009 on his first-ever working visit to China, he concedes he felt a measure of excitement.