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Starting in the 1990s, Zhang Yimou has been directing stage productions in parallel with his film career.
In 1998, he directed an acclaimed version of [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]]'s opera ''[[Turandot]]'', firstly in [[Florence]] and then later [[Turandot at the Forbidden City]], [[Beijing]], with [[Zubin Mehta]] conducting, the latter documented in the film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262076/ The Turandot Project (2000)]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E3DF143FF932A3575AC0A96E958260|title= Turandot - Directed by ZHANG Yimou, at the Forbidden City Beijing|author =Eckholm, Erik | publisher = ''[[The New York Times]]'' | date= 1998-09-01| accessdate=2008-08-21}}</ref> He reprised his version of ''Turandot'' in October 2009, at the [[Beijing National Stadium|Bird's Nest Stadium]] in [[Beijing]], and plans to tour with the production in Europe, Asia and Australia in 2010.
In 2001, Zhang adapted his 1991 film ''Raise the Red Lantern'' for the stage, directing a [[ballet]] version.<ref>[http://russian.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/70826.htm Director Zhang Yimou Fine Tunes 'Red Lantern' Ballet]</ref>
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