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TaipeiEYE – Picking Up the Jade Bracelet

January 16, 2012 – 8:27 am
Picking Up the Jade Bracelet

The man at center stage was wearing a very colorful and elaborate costume. He stood there for a moment and then slowly raised one leg and pointed his foot at the audience like it was a kind of weapon. On his foot was a shoe with a three- or four-inch-thick white wooden platform. He grabbed his foot with one hand, twisted it to the side …

Night at the Opera – Bluebeard’s Castle

December 31, 2011 – 10:20 am
Bluebeard's Castle Program

The opera Bluebeard’s Castle by Hungarian composer Bela Bartok was performed at the National Theater in Taipei on Friday night. I had never been to the National Theater and, on impulse, I picked up a ticket for NT$800. My seat was off to the left in the balcony on the second floor. My experiences at Zhongshan Hall and the National Concert Hall led me to believe …