Soprano's tour surprises

Famed Slovak opera singer skips retirement to perform in China for the first time, offering up renditions from some of her most enduring roles, Chen Nan reports.

When she was invited to perform in China this March, Edita Gruberova asked her agent: "Why now?"

The legendary Slovak coloratura soprano prepared to retire altogether from singing after performing the lead role of Elisabetta in her final staged opera performance, Roberto Devereux by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti, early this year.