Chunyu Xu

As one of the leading sopranos in Central Opera House and one of most promising singers in China, Chunyu Xu has performed principle roles in variety of operas. She played not only roles in classic opera such as Gilda in Rigoletto, but also in operas written in Chinese like Jiangjie in opera Jiangjie, and Ms. Lengyun in Eight Heroine.

During the period studying at St. Cecilia Conservatory in Rome Italy, Ms. Xu participated in a series of international music competitions and accomplished a great deal. She won the First Prize in Fifth Piombino Vocal Competition in 2004 and the third place in the Sixteenth Giacomo Lauri Volpi International Vocal Competition in 2006. She also, in the same year, received an opportunity to further refine her singing technique in the master classes given by world-renowned soprano Mirella Freni. With outstanding achievements at the conclusion of the program, she was recommended by Sgra. Freni personally to the Fifty-three Italy Puccini Opera Festival -Festival Pucciniano-, and contracted for the role of Musetta in La bohème with the Festival. Her accomplishments also include her solo recital series in Rome, Piombino, Luca, Pisa, etc. In May 2008 she successfully held her home-coming solo recital in the theme of "Moist in the Spring" in Beijing Concert Hall.