“Understanding how they talk about what’s going on in China today, I thought that was really good. Being a communist country and some of the stuff that’s going on in China... they don’t stay away from that, they acknowledge those things that are obviously going wrong there. I think it’s been a history lesson,” said Joe Hallinan, a retired regional vice president of Starbucks.

“It was nice to be able to see the words up there. She was really talking about the spiritual and the creator. She had a heck of a voice, that’s for sure,” said Mr. Hallinan.

“The orchestra is fantastic. ... And the music I think is absolutely outstanding , just some of the best we’ve heard there,” he said.

Mixing two different systems of music is not an easy task. The intonation, timbre, and styles have to be carefully woven together in order for the music to sound natural.

“I just think that they were really able to bring it together. It’s not like that could be very easy, to be able to merge the way they did,” Mr. Hallinan added.

Mr. Hallinan expressed that he enjoyed seeing the performers use the screen as they “kind of jump in [then] they go out into the screen [and it] is really clever, so it’s been good. We’ve really been enjoying it.”

Summing up, Mr. Hallinan described the performance as: “Incredible dancing. The music was unbelievable. And the colors and just hearing the story about some of the things. And I love that screen in the back. I love that screen where they dive into.”