The Land of Smiles
Li Liuyi has been invited to different international art festivals and commissioned to create new productions. He was once invited by the City of Linz—the European Capital of Culture in 2009 to direct the opera "The Land of Smiles" in Linz State Theatre. He became the first Chinese director to set foot in the world of mainstream European opera. Li directed and put the "Heroine" trilogy on stage for the opening ceremony of Holland Festival and was received by the Queen of the Netherlands.