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Whether calmly undulating under an impassioned duet or anxiously sputtering as the plot darkens, Huang’s music tends to simmer out of the spotlight, allowing the storytelling to come to the fore.

When the sky darkens during next month’s solar eclipse, electricity production in some parts of the country will drop so sharply that it could theoretically leave tens of millions of homes in the dark.

At dawn, the light changes colour rapidly from a dark blue to a brighter yellow or neutral hue; at dusk, it changes in the opposite direction, becoming bluer as it darkens.

Zoo animals have also been documented transitioning to “nighttime behaviors” as the sky darkens, returning to their shelters or starting evening calls.

Asian stocks were steady and moves in the foreign exchange market were small - with little to shift last week's dour mood as the economic outlook darkens.