DOI: 10.36871/hon.202103020
Authors
Wang Dan
Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract
The article presents a portrait of the famous Chinese soprano singer Guo Shuzhen, who was one of the first performers of the role of Tatiana in China. It reconstructs in chronological order the stages in the creative path of Guo Shuzhen, who turned 2021 in 94. She began her ascent to the opera Olympus at the Central Conservatory of Beijing, where she was a student of Professor Sheng Xiang, the "Chinese Caruso", and completed her studies at the Moscow Conservatory, which she graduated with honours. In the class of Professor E. K. Katulskaya, а former soloist of the Bolshoi Theater, the singer joined Russian culture and Russian music and mastered the classical opera repertoire. The part of Tatiana seems to have been inherited by her teacher as E. K. Katulskaya sang this part at the Bolshoi Theater. In 1962 Guo Shuzhen took part in the production of the opera "Eugene Onegin" by P. I. Tchaikovsky at the Beijing Tian Qiao Theater and helped in the translation of the opera's libretto into Chinese. To date, Guo Shuzhen is a Professor of Vocal Music and Opera Department at the Central Conservatory of Beijing.
Keywords
Central Conservatory of Beijing, Moscow Conservatory, P. I. Tchaikovsky's opera "Eugene Onegin"
