View this link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/arts/music/20arts-MARXGETSHISN_BRF.html

The New York Times:

According to The Telegraph, the opera’s director, He Nian, told the Chinese newspaper Wen Hui Bao, “The particular performance style we choose is not important, but Marx’s theories cannot be distorted.” The opera is planned to open in Shanghai next year.

I wonder how it will compare to the great Cultural Revolution-era performance of “The East is Red”:

It gets really good at about 2:15 minutes in. (Tweeted by LeftBookClub.)