Mo Hualun

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Early experience

Born in Beijing, Mo moved to Hong Kong with his parents when he was 6 years old, and later to the United States. His father was mo Qingyi and his mother was Gu MEICI. He graduated from the Music Department of the University of Hawaii and the Manhattan Conservatory of music. From 1987 to 1994, he signed a contract with the Berlin opera house in Germany as the chief tenor. Since then, he has been on the European and American opera stage for more than 10 years. He has played the leading role in dozens of Large-scale Western operas, including the Duke in the jester, Alfred in the lady camellia, count in the barber of Seville, Rudolph in the embroiderer, etc. He has also performed with many famous orchestras and conductors in the United States, Germany, Spain, China and the former Soviet Union. He gradually shifted his career focus to Asia. In addition to participating in large-scale operas in Europe and America, he was also active in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia.

Apart from Domingo and Pavarotti, who can stand on the stage of world opera There is also a name worthy of Chinese pride - Mo Warren.

Mo Hualun graduated from the University of Hawaii and Manhattan Conservatory of music. He was infatuated with opera. Although his father, a doctor, was a violin expert and loved classical music, he was really infatuated with opera because of his experience in Hawaii. "It was my first time to listen to an opera, and I remember that the play was bohemian. Standing on the scene, listening to the perfect singing without microphone in the 2000 people's Stadium, I was shocked! I've been fascinated by opera ever since, and I'm eager to have a chance to audition So he went to a vocal music professor at the University of Hawaii and bravely auditioned for him. Unexpectedly, the professor said that his voice was very good and he had potential. At that time, he was still studying accounting, and he was half hearted to learn opera! When he was a junior in college, he simply ignored his parents' opposition and switched to music. That's how he started his career as a tenor.

The natural talent of singing, self-discipline and hard practice lead Mo Hualun into the art world of music. After his master's degree, the curtain of opera performance officially opened for him. "At that time, the Berlin opera house was recruiting young singers in New York. It was one of the top ten opera houses in the world, and it was a place that people dreamed of. I didn't expect that I could be admitted to it at one time!" To be able to enter the world-class opera stage, Mo Hualun pushed off the original contracts with several American opera houses. At the moment, however, he began to worry again "When I was in college, my German was the worst. I was in a mess. I thought I would not go to Germany to sing! I was admitted to the Berlin opera house. At that moment, I regretted that I didn't read German well. " Thanks to his lack of self-knowledge, he had to study hard and put the bad German in a correct way.

Yellow skin is looked down upon

No helicopter, only a long ladder, Mo Warren had to step by step from the low-level small role, up to bear the flag as the hero. His success depends not only on continuous efforts, but also on timely grasp of opportunities. "When I first performed in the Berlin opera house, I always played small roles. Suddenly one day, the leader of the theater asked me if I was interested in playing the leading role of the jester. Of course, I said yes! As a result, without rehearsal, I sang surprisingly well and won praise from the outside The chance of instant success depends on how you grasp it!

Everything seems to be going well, but as a Chinese with black eyes and yellow skin, it is not easy for Mo Hualun to gain a foothold on the western art stage. "As soon as they see that you are a yellow Oriental, they will determine your performance by different standards! First of all, we will aim at the weakness of the Oriental people - pronunciation. German, French and Italian are not our mother tongue. How can we compare with the Westerners? But they are always very picky about it, no matter whether the voice line is beautiful or not, in a word, if you don't pronounce correctly, just pick out your fault! Therefore, if the Oriental wants to compete with foreigners, they must make some efforts in language so that they will not be looked down upon! " For other people's discrimination, injustice, Mo Warren are calm, he is determined to try to show the best, let others look at.

In the end, he did not disappoint people and became a rising Chinese American star in the world opera music world. His singing skills were highly appreciated and he often toured the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Greece and other places as a soloist. What is the most unforgettable performance? "I think it was at the opera house in London! It was the largest and most famous opera house in the world, and I was the first Chinese to sing there! There were 5000 seats in the stadium. Facing thousands of spectators in such a huge stadium, I felt proud and touched at that moment! " As for all the harvests, Mo Hualun did not support them alone. He hoped to bring the seeds of Western art to China through his position on the world opera stage, so as to make China more successful in art development.

On February 17, 2015, I attended the 2015 CCTV Spring Festival Gala and performed the song "give my heart to you".

In November 2016, he was the ninth vice president of Guangdong Musicians Association.

Honors

In 2015, he won the second "top ten outstanding figures" of the world Guangfu people

In 2016, Mo Hualun became China's "Mars ambassador".

Appointment and removal information

In November 2016, he was elected the ninth vice president of Guangdong Musicians Association.

Acting experience

Mo Warren, a Chinese tenor who is active in the international music world, is a world-famous Hong Kong musician in the field of opera. He is also a well-known male high music singer at home and abroad after Shi honge, a famous singer in China. In 1987, Mo Warren went to Berlin opera house to be a resident singer. He sang for seven years. At the beginning, it was hard to get even the small roles. After playing the "little role" for two and a half years, the opportunity finally came. Once, Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" was temporarily short of tenor, without any rehearsal, and only gave Mo Warren three days. Since then, he has performed in Paris Opera House, Rome Opera House, Sydney Opera House, nice opera house, Lyon opera house, Argentina Cologne theatre, Netherlands National Opera House, Leipzig opera house, Royal Danish opera house, Bologna municipal opera house, Lisbon San Carlo theatre, Seattle opera house, Russian Grand Theatre, Poland Warsaw National Grand Theatre, Italian Cagliari Grand Theatre, Bilbao opera house in Spain, Parma opera house in Mallorca, Nancy opera house in France, Bergen opera house in Norway, Latvian National Opera House, Hawaii opera house, Carnegie Hall in New York, Albert Hall in London, Berlin Philharmonic Hall and sandley hall in Tokyo, Seoul Art Center in Korea He has performed in opera houses in Guangzhou, Florida, Prague and Zurich, and has been a judge in many CCTV youth song competitions.

Mo Shi has a beautiful and special dramatic Lyric tenor voice. He can sing more than 50 opera roles, including karafu in Turandot, cavaradosi in Tosca, Rudolph in bohemian, don Jose in Carmen, Ricardo in masquerade ball, ladames in Aida and jester 》"The Duke of" and "the lady of Camellia" by Alfredo, Don Carlos, Faust and waite.

In recent years, Mo has been very active in Asia. Besides singing, he also engaged in opera production. He has produced and performed Romeo and Juliet and Carmen for Shanghai Opera House and Shanghai Art Festival in Shanghai. He worked as karafu in "Turandot" produced by the National Opera House in Beijing and Rudolph in "Bohemians" at the first Beijing International Music Festival. In addition, he often performed in Macao Art Festival, and played opposite roles with internationally renowned soprano Anna domova cinto in the operas Tosca and masquerade ball. He acted as cavaradosi and Ricardo. He is a frequent guest of Hong Kong television and broadcasting companies. In addition, he was a soloist at the ceremony of Hong Kong's return to China in 1997. He has gradually become one of the most outstanding Chinese tenors in the international music world. He is also an active promoter of Western opera and music in China and Asia.

The guardian, a London newspaper, commented on Mo's performance as follows: "his acting skills are very solid. Apart from his beautiful and stable timbre, he also has his concentration and enthusiasm on the stage. When he sings high notes, his voice is loud and strong, just like Pavarotti's voice." George Romes of opera magazine also commented on his performance: "the role of Ruhr played by Mo Warren in the Opera House of Skala is as outstanding as the legendary tenor Franco Corelli, who has passed away. It is close to perfection. His performance has proved that Mo's voice is loud and belongs to baritone, which is also magnificent. He didn't just play the role of Ruhr in a smooth and broad high pitch field... "

In 2007, for the first time, Mo worked with the Irish Opera House to play karafu in Turandot and the Duke of the jester in Macau International Music Festival. He also supervised the production of Aida by the Hong Kong opera house.

In 2008, the Italian government awarded Mo's "Knight of the star of Italian unity" and the French government awarded him the "Knight of culture" in recognition of his promotion and outstanding contribution to the cultural exchanges between China and Italy and between China and France. In the same year, he will work with the Australian Opera House, starring in "Bohemians" at the Sydney Opera House, the Hawaiian opera house and the Hong Kong opera house

Chinese PinYin : Mo Hua Lun