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...Liping Zhang is the soaring soprano, Shenyang the baritone. Unfortunately, the performance of the Mahler is a let-down....
...“This project has been full of twists and turns,” said Xu Liping, a south-east Asia expert at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing....
...These are timed to coincide with seasonal campaigns, such as the lunar new year, and have involved influencers such as actor Zhang Jing and choreographer Yang Liping taking over Watches of Switzerland’s...
...Zhang Liping was such a steely Violetta both vocally and dramatically that it was difficult to imagine her bending to Liao Changyong’s Germont so soon, if at all....
...As the prison escapee, baritone Yuan Chenye’s anger was tempered by his feelings for soprano Zhang Liping, herself sympathetically trapped in a loveless marriage to the landlord’s son....
...Liping Zhang is the mellifluous Micaëla, though she makes little of the words. As Escamillo, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo despatches the toreador’s song with bravado but not much volume....
...The Micaëla of Liping Zhang was beautifully sung, but bland even for this milksop character....
...Credit Suisse First Boston has closed the gap at the top of its Chinese operations by appointing Zhang Liping, a former Merrill Lynch executive, as head of investment banking in the country....
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