This character predicts that "a time will come whe
This character predicts that "a time will come when luxury dissolves into the atmosphere like a perfume." This character ignores two warnings to "watch your step," joyful that "at last the weather's warming up." This character notes that "I don't daydream and don't look back" after being given a model elephant by glass factory workers. While watching a performance, she rushes onstage to help a peasant girl seemingly being whipped to death. While at the Summer Palace, this character sings the aria "This is prophetic." This non-coloratura soprano attends a performance of the opera The Red Detachment of Women alongside Chiang Ch'ing, the wife of Mao Zedong. For 10 points, name this John Adams character, a First Lady who visits China.
This character predicts that "a time will come when luxury dissolves into the atmosphere like a perfume.