Staging a comeback
By Chen Nan | China Daily | Updated: 2017-07-29 07:14
Beijing Fenglei Peking Opera Company was on the verge of extinction in 2001, but it has had a dramatic reversal of fortune thanks to its president
When Song Yan was offered the opportunity to become the president of Beijing Fenglei Peking Opera Company in 2001, he was about to leave the company.
"It was a tough decision to make," recalls Song. "The situation of Peking Opera was bad. Like many traditional art forms, it faced decline."
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