The opera uses an archaic theatre dialect (think Shakespeare does Beowulf in Middle English). So, there are subtitles in both standard Mandarin Chinese and English.
My favorite line tonight came from the Goddess of Heaven speaking in a shrilly tone:
I left the kingdom of Fragrance and traveled around the world.
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