I saw "The First Emperor":http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/season/production.aspx?id=8798 as part of the "Met at the Movies":http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/hd_events.aspx, and although the production itself is still new and toddling, it's a refreshing entry into the scene. I would love to see future productions grow in depth and see it again in, say, five years. Domingo is still the consummate performer and I felt blessed to see him even on a movie screen, but to hear his Spanish accent over English text in a Chinese opera - too much. But Wu Hsing-Kuo as the Ying-Yang Master and Hao Jiang Tian as General Wang were absolute delights. See it just to discover these two talents.

But this:
Sorry, but I can't stop thinking of Dom DeLuise with a Chinese moustache.Images from Playbill.com