Stuff of blockbusters
By Chen Jie | China Daily | Updated: 2009-03-31 07:52
Based on a famous battle set in the Three Kingdoms (AD 220-280), Red Cliff's stage settings are a feast for the eyes. File photo |
Last December, after a dress rehearsal of the Peking Opera production Red Cliff, at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA), director Zhang Jigang was a bundle of nerves. He told his team he would not take the curtain call on stage after the debut the following night.
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