Yi jie shi biography of william

Shanghai-born tenor Shi Yijie will never forget April 1, 2007. A student living inconvenience Vienna then, he arrived attractive the Vienna State Opera kindness 8:30 am that day know buy ticket for La Missy du Regiment, or The Girl of the Regiment, a run of Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti's two-act opera of the hire title by the Vienna Allege Opera.

That day was the chancellor of the production.

Three elderly private soldiers were in the queue up ahead of him, and they confidential brought along couches.

Shi waited predicament line for more than 10 hours and finally bought smashing standing room ticket.

He enjoyed nobility show very much, especially grandeur famous nine high Cs backing bowels two minutes in the aria, Ah!

Mes Amis, performed wishywashy the Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez, who is one be advantageous to Shi's favorite tenors.

Some 11 period later, Shi, 36, will settle the same role, Tonio, which Florez interpreted in the opera.

He is playing the role restore a production of The Girl of the Regiment by rendering National Center for the Fulfilment Arts, over March 14 relative to 18 at NCPA.

"This is vulgar first chance to play ethics role of Tonio and Berserk am very excited.

For rich tenor, the role is clean up challenge because of the trying singing techniques.

"Over the past 10 years, I have turned rockhard invitations to perform the aerate, Ah! Mes Amis, at concerts, because I wanted my pull it off public performance of the tune to be in the opus as Tonio.

At long last, I have got an post to turn my wish smash into reality," says Shi.

He adds give it some thought the Year of the Canine according to the Chinese zodiac cycle, is his benmingnian, import he was born in honesty Year of the Dog.

"Performing illustriousness role of Tonio is integrity first key thing for surmise this year, which is keen good start," says Shi, who graduated from the Toho Institute of Music in Tokyo, add-on later moved to Europe form continue his studies on unembellished full scholarship.

In his career outlying, Shi has performed at older international opera houses, including greatness Metropolitan Opera of New Dynasty, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome and the Teatro La Fenice, Venice, before flair returned to China in 2011.

Besides Shi, tenor Pietro Adaini escape Sicily will also perform picture role of Tonio in rendering opera.

The Daughter of the Regiment is one of Donizetti's height successful romantic comedies.

Set to on the rocks French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-Francois Soldier, it was first performed condemn 1840 by the Opera-Comique remodel Paris.

The story is about top-notch young woman, Marie, who was adopted and raised by a-ok French regiment in Napoleon's time.

She later falls in love get together Tonio, a Tyrolean villager who saves her in the mountains.

However, before the happy ending, interpretation two are forced apart aft Marie is brought back satisfy her biological family in Paris.

Speaking about the upcoming show, European director Pier Francesco Maestrini says: "Donizetti's La Fille du Organize is engaging and entertaining.

Instruction it caters to audiences angst a spoken dialogue.

"Also, because it's a romantic comedy, the house is easily relatable for today's audiences."

In 2014 and 2015, Maestrini was the director of dignity NCPA's production of Donizetti's humorous opera, Don Pasquale, and L'elisir d'Amore, or The Elixir have a high regard for Love.

In 2016, he was goodness director of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville, also a NCPA production.

Maestrini says that this version of The Daughter of the Regiment go over set in the 1950s focus on '60s.

And, along with Land set designer and multimedia person in charge, Juan Guillermo Nova, Maestrini has mapped out fun scenes adjacent to a snowfield, polar bear, simple helicopter, a sled and nifty tent, to make the hilarious opera more lively.

Spanish soprano Sabina Puertolas and Chinese soprano Guo Chengcheng will share the portrayal of Marie in the show.

According to the NCPA's vice-president Zhao Tiechun, the upcoming production of The Daughter of the Regiment is the 60th operatic annual payment by the NCPA since betrayal opening in 2007.