Sun Xiuwei

Sun Xiuwei

The world famous soprano, born in Yingkou City, graduated from Shanghai Conservatory of music, studied under the famous lyric soprano Professor Gao Zhilan and the famous Italian soprano maraspina, and is now the master's supervisor of China Conservatory of music.

Personal resume

At the end of 1994, he went to Italy to compete and won the first prize in the competition. Later, he stayed in Italy to study. In more than a year, he has participated in the world's major competitions and won six first places in a row. In Italy, he taught in the famous Italian soprano maraspina. Since 1995, he has entered the opera house in Italy and started his opera career. He has appeared in Aida, Madame Butterfly, Turandot, Tosca, Norma, Macbeth, the power of fate, Bard, Attila, nun, Salome, Andre chenille, etc., and then in Rome, Verona, Venice, Palermo, and Leicester in Europe In 1999, he began to sing in world famous opera houses such as Washington, Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia, Toronto, South America and so on The only Chinese soprano still active on the stage of European opera. He is now the president of Beijing Fenghua Guoyun vocal music and Opera Education Center

Life of the characters

Sun Xiuwei has successfully created many heroines of Puccini in his opera career, and is also a famous artist who interprets "Madame Butterfly" on the world opera stage. Since she first played the role of Qiao Qiao sang in Madame Butterfly in 1997, she has made an indissoluble bond with this opera. Up to now, she has performed more than 200 performances in major theaters all over the world. "Madame Butterfly she plays is the most ideal and perfect" and is known as "the most perfect Madame Butterfly in the world". In 2001, the opera Turandot, starring Puccini in Washington, USA, is a major breakthrough in sun Xiuwei's career, because Turandot is the most difficult opera for sopranos, and also the pinnacle of sopranos, which is a challenge to all sopranos. At the invitation of Domingo, one of the Three Tenors in the world, sun Xiuwei successfully performed Princess Turandot in Washington with her excellent conditions and skills, which won high praise from the local audience and media. He was called "brilliant star" by the Washington Post with a striking title, "shining like a diamond in dealing with high pitched paragraphs, giving people a strong shock". One of the most important characteristics of sun Xiuwei's opera performance is his superb singing skills. His natural voice is clear and transparent, full of strong appeal. He can use his voice freely and sing in Italian. He is full of dramatic lyricism, delicate and touching. The second is the role involvement. Through her deep understanding of the characters in the play, she can give new ideas to the characters. She is often able to make a different artistic treatment to the ordinary singing paragraphs. The artistic image created is real and profound. Her performance is a typical European style, which is very meaningful,. People can not only hear sun Xiuwei's superb singing skills in the performance, but also feel the strong personality of her role. Western media commented on her as a "shocking voice" and "giant singer".

Achievements and honors

He was admitted to the comrades in arms song and dance troupe in 1984. He was admitted to Shanghai Conservatory of music in 1985. In 1994, Tokyo Opera House of Japan first appeared on the opera stage and performed its first opera, Camellia girl, which was praised by the opera circle and successfully took the first step in its opera career. in 1995, Italian Verdi Opera House premiered Bellini's Opera Norma, officially starting its European opera career. in 1995, Milan, Italy performed Verdi's opera the power of destiny for the first time, which shocked the Italian opera world. The media commented that she had a "shocking voice". in 1997, the Italian Verona open-air theater played the role of Qiao Qiao sang in "Madame Butterfly". Up to now, it has performed more than 200 times in major theaters all over the world, and is known as the "Butterfly"

"The most perfect lady butterfly in the world".

In 2000, as an opera star, he was invited to the hall of Paolo VI in Vatican to sing for Pope John Paul II, which is a high honor. since 2000, she has been invited to participate in Puccini art festival for many times and performed the heroines in many Puccini operas. in 2001, at the invitation of Domingo, he starred in the Puccini opera Turandot in Washington, USA. with his excellent conditions and skills, he successfully performed Princess Turandot in Washington, which won high praise from the local audience and media. He was called "brilliant star" by the Washington Post with a striking title. It has become a major breakthrough in his opera singing career. in 2004, he worked with the famous director Franco in Verona amphitheatre, Italy·

Franco Zeffirelli

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Franco Zeffirelli co authored Madame Butterfly. in July 2005, he cooperated with world famous baritone Renato bruson to perform Verdi's Opera Nabucco in Switzerland, which was a great success. Praised by the local media, with a "transparent and beautiful" voice, the ideal Verdi soprano. in 2006, at the invitation of Domingo, he once again acted in "Madame Butterfly" directed by Domingo in Washington, USA. he sang six times in a row, which was broadcast live on Washington TV, causing a great sensation. In 2007, Guangzhou cooperated with famous conductor Yu Long and tenor Mo Hualun in Turandot. In January 2008, he performed in the Golden Hall of Vienna "2008 Vienna Chinese New Year Concert". in 2008, she acted as Princess twice in the first large opera Turandot of the National Grand Theater, creating a brand-new humanized image of Chinese Princess and achieving great success in her career. in December 2008, Guangzhou cooperated with Li Xincao, one of the most popular Chinese conductors in today's music world, and starred in the concert version of the opera Tosca. in January 2009, Shenzhen successfully held the "phantom of the opera - Concert of Italian classic music by Wei Song and sun Xiuwei". in May 2009, the first opera festival of the National Grand Theater starred in Turandot again. in March 2010, he starred in Turandot in Taiwan.

Behind the honor

At 7 p.m. on November 2, the National Opera House in Washington is rehearsing Puccini's Italian opera Madame Butterfly. As soon as the curtain opened, the audience of the theater was deeply attracted by the singing of the leading lady butterfly. Her voice is so beautiful, her performance is so emotional, her grasp of the role is so accurate, on the stage, the tragic characters of a century ago are vividly reproduced to the contemporary audience. The audience's breathing can be heard in the theater. Some are sobbing, others are wiping their tears, while Mrs. butterfly is still bringing the tragic atmosphere to a climax. she completely forgot that it was just a rehearsal. Normally, rehearsal did not require actors to sing in full voice, but she could not do it. As soon as she came on stage, she completely forgot herself. When the rehearsal was over, the audience all stood up, clapped for a long time, and she repeated the curtain call. This is not a formal performance, such scenes are rare in rehearsal. Mr. Domingo, art director and one of the world's three famous tenors, immediately ran onto the stage, wiping his tears and saying, "you can't put in like this. There are still many performances behind you." Domingo decided on the spot that she would replace the original a-role from Russia. The singer of lady butterfly in the opera is sun Xiuwei, a Chinese soprano from Italy. sun Xiuwei, who speaks Italian fluently, was born in Yingkou, China, a place historically famous for producing fruits rather than singers. Sun Xiuwei's sense of art comes from his father, who is a national painter and good at various musical instruments. Her mother is a primary school teacher. She not only brings sun Xiuwei simple and kind character, but also inherits her natural sensitivity to art to sun Xiuwei. Sun Xiuwei loved singing since childhood. She learned to sing Model Operas with the radio and folk songs with others. She seems to be born with singing, feel singing can bring her a lot of happy life, as her life's greatest spiritual sustenance, so insist on. Later, with his own efforts, he was admitted to Shanghai Conservatory of music and studied vocal music under the guidance of the famous lyric soprano Professor Gao Zhilan. It was generally acknowledged that sun Xiuwei studied hard at that time. Yu Guofang, Zhang Lihui and Wang Xiaohong, alumni of Shanghai Conservatory of music living in Washington, D.C., were not difficult to tell many stories about sun Xiuwei's hard work. Because sun Xiuwei has always believed that: a person's strength has the final say! in 1994, sun Xiuwei came to Italy, the hometown of opera, to participate in the "viodi valcesia International Vocal Competition". With excellent results, he won the first prize in the competition, the Italian president's special award and the best singer award. This competition opened the door to the international stage for sun Xiuwei. Her outstanding performance attracted the attention of maraspina, a famous Italian singer and vocal music educator. She knew sun Xiuwei wisely and insisted that sun Xiuwei stay in Italy to study with her. With the help of maraspina, a teacher, sun Xiuwei has participated in more than ten vocal competitions of various scales, winning the first place in six competitions and several second and third places. Such achievements not only lay a good foundation for the development of sun Xiuwei's career in Italy, but also help her understand

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