Mr. Argento writes his own librettos, and his predominantly tonal music makes text intelligibility paramount while maintaining its own distinctive profile.
The city's Heritage Museum has a hall devoted to artefacts related to the art and its history, including a reconstructed theatre, librettos and multimedia programs.
Peking opera is sung and recited using primarily Beijing dialect, and its librettos are composed according to a strict set of rules that prize form and rhyme.