Program: Operatic Aria, Art Songs, and Folk Songs in
solo, duo, and trio.
Meet the Artists:
Guang Yang
Manager: Michael
Benchetrit
Management Territory: World
The 1997 winner
of the prestigious BBC Singer of the World Competition in Cardiff, recently
completed a three-year stay at the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Center for American
Artists.
Miss Yang’s current season includes a return to the Canadian Opera Company,
where Miss Yang will appear in Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung in their complete Ring
Cycles. She will make her Florida Grand Opera debut as Amneris in Aida, and two other
important debuts: in concerts of the ... more Verdi Requiem with Christoph Eschenbach, and
the Orchestre de Paris in Paris, and in Houston for more performances of Aida. Miss Yang
is invited to return to the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Canadian Opera Company and the
Deutsche Oper Berlin, all in leading roles.
Guang Yang’s recent projects
included her returning to the Welsh National Opera for her first Eboli in Don Carlos (in
the original French 5-act version), a role she will reprise for the Canadian Opera Company
in 2007/2008. She debuted with this company this past season as the Second Norn and
Waltraute in Götterdämmerung. Another important debut took place at the Deutsche Oper,
Berlin for the mezzo-soprano’s first Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana.
Guang Yang’s recent commitments at
the Lyric Opera of Chicago included Flosshilde in Das Rheingold, Grimgerde in Die Walküre
and the Second Norn in Götterdämmerung. Miss Yang made her Dallas Opera debut as Suzuki
in Madama Butterfly, a role she sang the previous season in Chicago to tremendous acclaim.
In concert, Miss Yang made her Chicago Symphony debut as the Alto Solo in Tippett’s A
Child of Our Time under Sir Andrew Davis and performed in recital at the Chicago Cultural
Center. She also appeared in concert with Deborah Voigt and Ben Heppner in Ottawa and in
Joliette singing Brangäne in the Act II Love Duet from Tristan und Isolde.
Other concert engagements include Miss
Yang’s Carnegie Hall debut in a Gala performance for the Marilyn Horne Foundation,
the Verdi Requiem with the National Symphony Orchestra in the summer of 2002, a recital
tour of the United Kingdom, and appearances with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the
Stockholm Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Guang Yang won first prize in Plácido
Domingo’s 2001 OPERALIA Competition. Miss Yang was born in Beijing, China, where she
studied at the Central Conservatory of Music.
As Suzuki in Madama
Butterfly at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, February 2004: “But the star of the show was
Chinese mezzo Guang Yang’s Suzuki. She is a major artist, with a huge, gorgeous voice
and terrific stage presence. Whenever she was onstage, the whole production moved several
notches upward.”
- Sarah Bryan Miller, St Louis Post Dispatch, March 7, 2004
In the Rising Stars Concert at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, April 2004: “A second
year student, Yang appeared, as Suzuki in Lyric’s ”Madama Butterfly” this
season, but even that memorable performance only hinted at the artistry that she
demonstrated Sunday in several selections. In the aria “O mon Fernand” from
Donizetti’s “La Favorite” (sung in the original French), she fearlessly
flew through the coloratura passages, evoking memories of a young Marilyn Horne. Later, in
a duet from Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri”, Yang served as a
delightfully comic foil to the equally wonderful Levi Hernandez.”
- Laura Emerick, Chicago Sun-Times, April 6, 2004
As Suzuki in Madama Butterfly at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, February 2004: “The
rest of the cast was as before, with the splendid Chinese mezzo Guang Yang stealing the
show with her affecting, gorgeously sung Suzuki." “The pathos that was hard to
find in Valayre's Butterfly was abundant in Lyric Opera Center mezzo-soprano Guang Yang's
warmly sung and uncommonly touching performance as Suzuki, Cio-Cio-San's confidante.”
Mewas
Lin
Mewas Lin was the 4th place winner of the V. Bellini
and a finalist of the G. B. Viotti International Voice Competitions. She was tutored by
virtuosos including Takahashi Masako, Xue Yong Shen, Alberta Valentini, Marcella Govoni,
Sergio Ballani, Marlena Mallas, Giuseppe Morelli and Thomas Grubb.
Mewas Lin was the 4th place winner of
the V. Bellini and a finalist of the G. B. Viotti International Voice Competitions. She
was tutored by virtuosos including Takahashi Masako, Xue Yong Shen, Alberta Valentini,
Marcella Govoni, Sergio Ballani, Marlena Mallas, Giuseppe Morelli and Thomas Grubb. Ms.
Lin performed in many operas: as Cio-cio San in “Madama Butterfly”, as Leatitia
in “The old maid and the thief”, as Liù in “Turandot”, as Belinda in
“Dido and Aeneas”, as Juliette in “Roméo et Juliette”, as Gilda in
“Rigoletto”, as Königin der Nacht in “Die Zauberflöte”, as Alice
in“Falstaff”, as well as a variety of Chinese operas. In 1989, Ms. Lin gave her
solo debut at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in New York and her professional debut in Taiwan
in 1990 at the Taipei community Hall, closely followed by solo recital at the National
Performance Hall in the same year. In 1993, she performed with José Carreras in the
opera, La Traviata. She performed worldwide including the United States, Canada, Costa
Riga, Italy, Korea, China, Singapore, and other countries. She gave solo recitals all
around in Taiwan every year since 1990. In 2002, she gave two successful solo recitals in
Rapolano, Italy with symphonic orchestra singing opera highlights. Ms. Mewas Lin was born
at Li-Mountain, Taiwan. She is a decedent of Tayal tribe. She graduated from the National
Taiwan Academy of Arts and Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy. She currently
teaches in the Music Department of the Taipei National University of Arts. Ms. Lin
performed in many operas: as Cio-cio San in “Madama Butterfly”, as Leatitia in
“The old maid and the thief”, as Liù in “Turandot”, as Belinda in
“Dido and Aeneas”, as Juliette in “Roméo et Juliette”, as Gilda in
“Rigoletto”, as Königin der Nacht in “Die Zauberflöte”, as Alice in“Falstaff”, as well as a variety of Chinese operas.
In 1989, Ms. Lin gave her solo debut
at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in New York and her professional debut in Taiwan in 1990 at
the Taipei community Hall, closely followed by solo recital at the National Performance
Hall in the same year.
In 1993, she performed with José Carreras in the opera, La
Traviata. She performed worldwide including the United States, Canada, Costa Riga, Italy,
Korea, China, Singapore, and other countries. She gave solo recitals all around in Taiwan
every year since 1990. In 2002, she gave two successful solo recitals in Rapolano, Italy
with symphonic orchestra singing opera highlights.
Ms. Mewas Lin was born at Li-Mountain, Taiwan. She is a decedent
of Tayal tribe. She graduated from the National Taiwan Academy of Arts and Conservatorio
di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy. She currently teaches in the Music Department of the Taipei
National University of Arts.
Guiping
Deng
The third place winner of the 1990 New England Voice competition,
Soprano Guiping Deng was born in China, where she was a soloist for the Central
Broadcasting Company and won the National Singing Competition. Before coming to the United
States to study with Phylis Curtin at Boston University and at Tanglewood on a fellowship,
she appeared on television, bringing with her the experiences of her acting and ballet
training. Comfortable in both contemporary and traditional repertoire, her roles include
Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, The Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, Pamina in Die
Zauberflöte, Liu in Turandot, The Governess in The Turn of the Screw, and Mimi in La
Bohéme, performed with Los Angeles Opera Center, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Boston
Lyric Opera, Opera Delaware, Nevada Opera and Mobile Opera. She has performed the title
role in Madama Butterfly numerous times with such companies as Los Angeles Opera Center,
Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Houston Grand Opera, Portland Opera, Opera Pacific, Hawaii
Opera Theatre, Michigan Opera Theatre and Connecticut Opera.
Last season Ms. Deng sang Cio-Cio-San with
Arizona Opera, Sacramento Opera, Piedmont Opera, Festival Opera, and in her debut with
Calgary Opera. She also sang Micaëla in Carmen with Boston Lyric Opera and another
portrayal of Mimi with both Sacramento Opera and the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
In
past seasons, performances included Liu in Turandot with Opera Pacific, Pamina in Die
Zauberflöte with the Utah Symphony, Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Michigan
Opera Theatre and Elsie in Yeomen of the Guard with Kansas City Lyric Opera.
Ms.
Deng has appeared with the Colorado Symphony, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cantata Singers,
Handel and Haydn Society, Nanjing Orchestra and the Beijing Orchestra in works ranging
from Mozart's "Requiem" to Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms".
Ms.
Deng was appeared again as Cio-Cio-San with Virginia Opera, Michigan Opera and El Paso
Opera in 2004. She is currently the chair of the voice department of the attached high
school of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China.
Ms.
Deng is represented by Anthony George Artist Management.
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