Photo Credit: He Maofeng/Asianewsphoto Outside Western opera, there are operas which are just as long, if not longer, than Wagner’s “Ring Cycle.” One such example is the masterwork, “The Peony Pavilion,” a tragic comedy in the form of 55 scenes which take more than 22 hours to perform. With the play written by Tang Xianzu, one of the most important {…}