Also known as China's "War and Peace", "Dream of the Red Chamber", an 18th-century novel by Cao Xueqin, is one of the four classic novels in China.
And now the epic piece of literature has been adapted into a lavish new opera , which has just had its world premiere in San Francisco with a total of six performances in all. But, Can this American-version of the opera attract a new audience to this timeless Chinese classic?
