Olivier with a twist: Composer Bright Sheng and the mys...

Composer and professor of music Bright Sheng found himself right in the centre of conflicts over race and identity — and blackface — when he tried to teach the mysteries of turning Shakespearean drama into opera. Composer and professor of music Bright Sheng found himself right in the centre...

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