As the oldest student in the Beijing Opera school, he learned more slowly than his classmates, but he didn't give up.

作为京剧学校年龄最大的学生，他比他的同学学得慢，但他没有放弃。

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Later, he enrolled in the provincial Sichuan Opera School, becoming the first foreign student ever registered there.

之后，他报考了四川戏剧学院，并成为该学院第一个外国留学生。

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Many of the singers were plucked from local choirs in poor townships and put through intensive training at the University of Cape Town’s opera school.

当时他们从萧条城镇的唱诗班中竭力选拔了许多演员并送往开普敦大学歌剧学院进行大强度训练。

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Jackie Chan, who transformed himself from a Chinese film star into a Hollywood action comedy legend, trained at a Peking Opera school.

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Prior to embarking on my legal career, I was a recording artist and songwriter (see website for a full history: www.tinab.tv) and studied opera at the Juilliard School in New York and with Maestro Vincent La Selva at the New York Grand Opera Company.

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"It's called opera, " her high school music teacher explained.

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