Opera of Jianzhen's voyage to Japan on show in US
By Liu Yinmeng in Los Angeles | China Daily | Updated: 2019-06-10 07:45
The story of an eminent monk who became the symbol of cultural exchange between China and Japan is being shown to audiences in the United States through the lens of a familiar art form in the West: opera.
The US debut of Voyage to the East: A Fearless Buddhist Master's Mission to Japan, an original Chinese contemporary opera produced by a group of Chinese artists, opened on Saturday in Pasadena, California.
The debut at the 2,997-seat Pasadena Civic Auditorium, where many Broadway musicals have been performed, was jam-packed.
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