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We’re finished with our performances in Beijing, and the Company has two free days to do some sightseeing and socializing. Sunday: the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. Monday: the Great Wall, the Ming Tombs, and a reception at the American Embassy. It’s fun to be traveling with a young and ebullient bunch of natural-born [...]
We met the musicians playing for our performances in Beijing. They are officially called the Symphony Orchestra of the Chinese National Opera and Dance Drama Company, and are a good group. Our guest conductor Charles Barker is pleased to be working with them. The drive to the rehearsal hall impressed me with what a huge [...]
We finished our run in Shanghai and arrived in Beijing yesterday. The weather is blissfully cool and dry. Shanghai was so humid and warm that I couldn’t walk outside without breaking into a sweat. The only cool things in Shanghai were the audiences, which, as Lily Rogers noted, were much more reserved than we’re used [...]
China Wrap-up
Music Librarian for San Francisco Ballet
October 20, 2009