↑ Barbara Mittler: "Dangerous tunes: the politics of Chinese music in Hong Kong", p. 163, 1997 "Jin Xiang studied composition at the Central Conservatory under Chen Peixun (Chan ... His opera Yuanye (The Savage Land) of 1987, depicts a dark and brutal atmosphere, a Chinese verismo that is ..."
↑ Chinese American Forum 1991, p. 30 "Savage Land, by Jin Xiang, with libretto by Wan Fang, is the best opera with a Chinese libretto to be presented by a major American company. And with subtitles and soaring melodies to smash through the language barrier, it could become ..."
↑ Opera Canada, vol. 33, p. 36, Canadian Opera Guild, 1992 "Stunning Savage Land Premieres in Washington ... outside China of Jin Xiang's stunningly beautiful, dramatically gripping Savage Land (libretto by Wang Fang after Cao ..."
↑ Classical Music Magazine 1997, p. 8 "Vancouver – Chinese composer Jin Xiang's Savage Land is the one novelty of Vancouver Opera's 1997–98 season, under returning general director Robert Hallam and music director David Agler. Savage Land is sung in Chinese but has ..."
↑ U.S.–China Review, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 6, U.S.–China Peoples Friendship Association, 1992 "The work of a leading Chinese composer, Jin Xiang, Savage Land is a romantic tragedy set in the rural China of the 1920s. It combines Western techniques of composition with Chinese esthetics. The opera was performed by an all- ..."
↑ Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture, p. 420, Edward L. Davis, 2012 "Jin Xiang's style is characterized by a particular sensibility for musical colouring. His opera The Savage Land (Yuanye, 1987) features a Chinese-style verismo, reminiscent of Russian opera but at the same time permuted by distinctly Chinese ..."
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