Hao Jiang Tian appears in the following:
The Future of Opera Could Be in China
Monday, September 05, 2011
Most of us think of opera as a traditionally Western art. Historically, the best composers wrote in French, Italian, German or English — until now. Over the past decade, the Chinese government has devoted millions to new opera houses, opera festivals and music education. The Chinese investment in opera has piqued the interest of classical music students here in the U.S., where budget-cutting has sapped funding for the arts.
From Mao to the Met
Monday, July 07, 2008
Hao Jiang Tian was twenty-years-old when he discovered his singing voice. Ten years later he was making his debut at the Metropolitan Opera! In his book, Along the Roaring River: My Wild Ride from Mao to the Met, Mr. Tian describes how he became the first world-class Western opera ...
Fighting for Change
Monday, July 07, 2008
Former NPR correspondent Sarah Chayes gives us an update on the situation in Afghanistan. She’s witnessed first-hand the resurgence of the Taliban and the widespread corruption of the US-backed Karzai government. Also, the stories of individual reformers who are fighting unsuccessfully for political change in China. And Hao Jiang Tian ...
Journey From East to West
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The Chinese-born operatic bass Hao Jiang Tian worked in a factory as a teenager, yet also was able to develop as a singer during the Cultural Revolution. Today, he is a regular fixture at the Metropolitan Opera, where he recently sang in a production of Tan Dun’s "The First Emperor." ...
Freewheelin' in the Years
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
For 45 years, she was known as the woman clinging to a young Bob Dylan's arm on a legendary album cover. Today: Suze Rotolo talks about being Dylan's muse and shares her memoir about Greenwich Village in the 1960s. Later: operatic bass Hao Jiang Tian came of age during China's ...
