 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Opera yaTan Dun ichangobva kuitika, The First Emperor 2006, yakarayirwa neMetropoliten Opera ine basa rakatangira Plácido Domingo. Yakanyorwa naTan Dun uye munyori wenhau wechiChinese Ha Jin, opera inotarisa kubatanidzwa kweChinapasi paQin Shi Huang, mambo wokutanga weQin Dynasty, uye ukama hwake nomuimbi Gao Jianli. Kufanana nemitambo yapfuura yaTan Dun, The First Emperor inoda zviridzwa zvechiChinese mukuwedzera kune orchestra yakazara, kusanganisira guzheng uye bianzhong. Iyo yekutanga Met kugadzirwa kwakatungamirwa naZhang Yimou, uyo Tan Dun akashanda naye pafirimu Hero. 