In 1980, Xiao Ya entered the Yue Opera class of the Shanghai Opera School;
In 1982, she graduated from the Shanghai Opera School and joined the Shanghai Hongkou Yue Opera Troupe, where she quickly rose to prominence; < /p>
In 1985, "Shanghai Drama" magazine held a large-scale symposium specifically on Xiao Ya's singing issues, which was recognized by experts from all walks of life. Immediately afterwards, Wen Wei Po published an article "Should Xiao Ya Sing", which became a topic of discussion in newspapers across the country and Shanghai, causing a sensation in the theater world.
In 1986, he participated in the popular song amateur group of the Second National Young Singer Television Grand Prix (i.e. Youth Singing Competition) and entered the finals. He won the Excellence Award for his two songs "When the Moon Walks, So Will I" and "Rain and Clear", and became a special guest performer on CCTV. At that time, the song "When the Moon Walks, So Will I" became widely sung.
In 1988, Shanghai Jiefang Daily, Wenhui Daily, Xinmin Evening News, Shanghai TV Station and Shanghai People's Broadcasting Station jointly organized the "Xiao Ya Singing Art Special" performance. The performance was a mixture of drama and song, complementing each other and creating a sensation. Shanghai. After that, they co-organized the "Xiao Ya Art Seminar", which was highly praised and praised by experts.
In 1988, Shanghai TV produced and broadcast the Yue opera TV series "The Queen of Hanwen" starring her.
In 1989, he won the special prize in the Popular Song Competition for Opera Actors in Six Provinces and One City in East China. During this period, she became a disciple of Yin Guifang, the founder of Yin School of Art. In 1991, Xiao Ya went to the United States to settle down. However, a stable and prosperous life has not erased Xiao Ya's stage complex. She loves Yue Opera and misses the audience. She never leaves her mouth to sing, never leaves her body and performs her duties. She longs for returning to the stage day and night.
In 1994, Shanghai TV produced and broadcast the Yue opera TV series "Bloodline" starring her.
In 1995, Shanghai TV produced and broadcast the Yue Opera TV series "Jade Dragonfly" starring her (won the third prize in the 15th National TV Drama "Feitian Award").
At the end of 1998, he decided to leave the United States and return to Shanghai to reintegrate into the audience.
In April 2001, Shanghai Oriental TV Station, Liberation Daily and Shanghai Journalists Association *** jointly held the "Oriental Elegant Rhythm - Xiao Ya Yin School Singing Special" performance for her.
In May 2001, he participated in the performance of "Early Spring in February" by the Shanghai Yue Opera Theater and played the role of Xiao Jianqiu. This is a milestone leap for Xiao Ya, who has never acted in a modern drama. She successfully created the image of Xiao Jianqiu written by the martyr Rou Shi, which was welcomed by the audience and praised by experts.
In June 2002, he organized his own "Xiao Ya Art Studio".
In September 2002, "Xiao Ya Culture and Arts Co., Ltd." was established, becoming the first private Yue Opera group in Shanghai to be financially responsible for its own profits and losses. The first major drama after the establishment of the company was "The Unresolved Love of the Number One Scholar", in which Xiao Ya successfully shaped Yang Xueyun's artistic image.
In June 2002, the performance-centered Shanghai Xiaoya Art Studio was established, starring in the original Yue opera "The Number One Scholar's Unfinished Love" (originally known as "Chasing Love"), which was performed at the 4th Shanghai International Arts Festival After the success of the premiere, he created and staged "Review of the Best Shaoxing Opera - Special Performance of Xiao Yayin School Excerpts".
In October 2003, he participated in the first Beijing International Theater Festival, and Putin watched the performance. The performance aroused enthusiastic response and was congratulated by the central leaders on stage.
In December 2003, he went to Changsha to participate in the 7th "Yingshanhong" Folk Art Festival, and won 12 individual awards including the gold medal for drama and the first prize for screenwriting. The original Yue opera "The Number One Scholar's Unending Love" starring Xiao Ya won the Gold Award for Drama (Comprehensive Arts). Li Huikang won the first prize for screenwriter, and Xiao Ya won the first prize for actor.
In March 2004, he won the 21st Chinese Drama "Plum Blossom Award" for his original costume drama "The Number One Scholar".
The new play "The Number One Scholar's Unfinished Love" (formerly known as "Chasing Love") is jointly produced by Xiao Ya, a young student of the Yin School of Shaoxing Opera, and Jin Jing, a Hua Dan actor of the Qi School, at the Majestic Theater for the Arts Festival. There are not many plays that Yin Pai and Qi Pai have co-starred in. This is also the first time for Xiao Ya and Jin Jing to work together. The rehearsal venue is located at Zhongfu Hui'er Art. The artistic directors are Yue Meiti and Zhang Xunpeng, both famous Kun Opera masters. The director is Shi Yukun, who has directed famous works such as "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", "Fu of Luo Shen" and "Yingshan Hong". "The Number One Scholar's Unfinished Love" is the first work released after the establishment of Xiao Ya Art Studio. "The Number One Scholar's Unfinished Love" is a romantic drama that awakens the world.
Xiao Ya plays the role of Yang Xueyun, the new champion in the field of science, and Jin Jing plays the role of Tang Meifen, the daughter of the imperial censor.
Character Expertise
Artistic Title: National First-Class Actor, Plum Blossom Award Winner
Famous Young Shaoxing Opera Actor, Yin Pai Xiaosheng, 21st (2004) ) Winner of the Chinese Drama "Plum Blossom Award".
I have loved art since I was a child and determined to be an excellent actor. In middle school, Xiao Ya studied vocal music with teachers from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. After finishing high school, she was admitted to the Shanghai Hongkou Yue Opera Troupe to become an actress. After that, Xiao Ya entered the Shanghai Opera School and specialized in the niche industry. She studied hard, studied hard and practiced hard, and since then she has taken solid steps on the road of art. Has more than 30 years of stage work experience.
Xiao Ya set a precedent for opera actors to sing and became the earliest opera singer and amphibious actor. In terms of art, he not only inherits the teachings of his teachers, but also is eager to learn and learn a lot. She once became famous all over the country with her first song "The Moon Walks, So I Walk", which showed her solid musical skills and made a useful attempt to promote the mutual penetration of opera and songs. She is a direct disciple of Yin Guifang, the founder of the Yin School of Yue Opera. Under Yin Guifang's recommendation, she became a teacher of the famous Kun Opera master Yue Meiti, sucking the milk of Kun Opera and improving her artistic quality.
Xiao Ya also boldly innovated, made valuable explorations in breaking through the traditional singing methods of opera, and pioneered and innovated the traditional singing methods of Yue Opera. She integrated the soft voice, breathy voice and Western bel canto singing methods in popular songs into the Yin style singing. She made a useful attempt at the mutual penetration of opera and song, enriching the expressive power of Yue Opera and making it full of the sense of the times. It has shortened the appreciation distance between traditional opera and young audiences, formed a unique performance charm, and won many close friends.
Xiao Ya has a gentle personality and is very considerate to theater fans. After the performance, the unsatisfied audience often asked her to return to the performance. Xiao Ya always tried her best to satisfy these requests. Regardless of the fatigue of performing for more than 2 hours, she sang or acted well on the stage and interacted well with the audience, which was highly praised by the audience. .
Chronology of Activities
1. In 1985, he participated in the CCTV "Family Carnival" TV singing show, singing the songs "Xue Shuihe" and "Drinking Song". This song concert inherited the "Jiuzhou Fangyuan" song concert in 1984 and launched some excellent original songs and young singers. This song concert was recorded and released on tape, called "Family Joyful Song Party". Also participating in the song concert were singers Tian Zhen and Zhou Feng. , Duan Pinzhang, etc. The "Drinking Song" with Mongolian flavor sung by Xiao Ya was later covered by many singers.
2. January 30, 1994, December 30, Yihai Year of the Lunar Calendar: 1994 Spring Festival Gala and Wu Guolan sang the Yue Opera "Eighteen Farewell"
3. February 4, 2000, the 29th day of the twelfth month of the Lunar New Year: 2000 Spring Festival Gala to perform the Yue Opera "Yizhimei" (Xiao Ya, Dong Meihua); 2000 Spring Festival Gala to participate in the song chorus "Sweet Honey" p>
4. January 23, 2001, December 29 of the Gengchen Year of the Lunar Calendar: The 2001 Spring Festival Opera Gala performed the overture "The First Spring of the Century" (Dongqiao, Li Mei, Tian Min, Leng Mingyu, Wu Yaling, Yu Shun, Sun Jing, Xiao Ya, Yan Xuejing, Dong Baobao, Li Xin, Li Shengsu) and sang the Yue Opera "Wife Asking for Wife·Bridal Chamber" (Xiao Ya, Liu Wei)
5. February 11, 2002, December 30th of the Xinsi year of the lunar calendar: The 2002 Spring Festival Opera Gala performed the excerpt "Poster Poetry Song" from the Yue Opera "Early Spring in February" (Couple Dance: Sun Xiaojuan, Wang Zihan) Six , January 31, 2003, December 29, Renwu Year of the Lunar Calendar: Shaoxing Opera "He Wenxiu Visiting His Wife in the Mulberry Garden" (Xiao Ya) at the 2003 Spring Festival Opera Gala (Xiao Ya)
Seven, 2004 January 21st, December 30th of the Guiwei year of the lunar calendar: 2004 Spring Festival Opera Gala singing Yue Opera "Wife Asking for Wife·Mid-Autumn Moon Appreciation" (Xiao Ya, Wu Haili)
8. 2004 March 16, February 26 of the Jiashen year of the lunar calendar: Won the 21st Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award.
Award-winning track "The Number One Scholar's Unfinished Love"
9. February 8, 2005, December 30th of the Jiashen Year of the Lunar Calendar: 2005 Spring Festival Opera Gala Singing the Yue Opera "A Dream of Red Mansions·A Golden Jade Marriage"
p>10. January 28, 2006, December 29 of Year Yiyou of the lunar calendar: Participated in the 2006 Spring Festival Opera Gala to sing "He Wenxiu"
11. January 2006 29th, the first day of the first lunar month of the Bingxu year in the lunar calendar, 19:00: 2006 Spring Festival Opera Comeback Gala by famous performers from the north and south, Zhang Yongmei and Xiao Ya comeback to the Huaihe Opera "Qin Xianglian"; 12. August 19, 2006, On the 26th of July in the Bingxu year of the lunar calendar, the "National Kunqu Opera Xiaosheng Actor Training Class Finale Report Performance" was held at Shaw Stage. Xiao Ya, a young Yue Opera student, performed a segment of Kun Opera "Lake Tower".
13. September 15, 2006 "A Hundred Years of Yue Opera Journey - A Concert of Famous Duchess by Contemporary Chinese Yue Opera Masters" was held at the Majestic Theater on September 15 and 16. Sponsored by the China Yue Opera Art Festival Organizing Committee, executively sponsored by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and the Shaoxing Municipal People's Government, and coordinated by the Shaoxing Municipal Performance Company, the "Century Yue Opera Thousand Miles Journey" has launched an "all-star" lineup. The 56 famous Yue Opera actors who have been shortlisted are all A national first-class actor, 21 of the 56 famous Yue Opera actors are winners of the previous "Chinese Opera Plum Blossom Award". Xiao Ya sang "The Number One Scholar's Unfinished Love, the Sound of Wind, Rain and Thunder".
14. On November 12, 2006, the symphony concert "A Hundred Years of Shen Jiang Huai Opera" was held at the Shanghai Grand Theater to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the introduction of Huai Opera to Shanghai. In this party, Xiao Ya sang a Huai Opera aria.
15. On January 24, 2007, the "Fragrance of Osmanthus - In Memory of People's Artist Yin Guifang" series of performances was held. In order to commemorate Mr. Yin Guifang, the people's artist and founder of the Yin School of Yue Opera, for his outstanding contributions to the cause of Yue Opera, this event is hosted by the Shanghai Yue Opera Theater, Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe, Fujian Fanghua Yue Opera Troupe, Shanghai Xiaoya Culture and Art Co., Ltd., Shaoxing, Zhejiang Undertaken by the Municipal Performance Company and coordinated by Shanghai Hon Hai Culture and Art Co., Ltd., the entire performance includes performances of four major dramas, including "Jade Dragonfly", "The Orphan of Zhao", "The Wife Asks for My Wife", and "Lu You and Tang Wan". These four dramas It is unprecedented for Yin's works to appear together. The performance also includes a series of performance activities such as the theme evening "Yin Guifang School Concert" and the "Yin School New Generation Boutique Excerpts" performed by new generation actors.
16. Performed with Fang Yafen at the 2007 CCTV Spring Festival Opera Gala.
17. Performed with Hua Yiqing (Yuan Yuan) at the 2008 CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Party) duet sung Yue Opera "A Dream of Red Mansions·Sister Lin Falls from the Sky"
18. Sung "A Dream of Red Mansions·A Good Marriage" at the 2008 CCTV Spring Festival Opera Gala. 16. Sung at the 2009 CCTV Spring Festival Gala "He Wenxiu·Visiting His Wife in Mulberry Garden"
19. Singing "Wife Asking for Wife·Bridal Chamber" at CCTV Spring Festival Opera Gala in 2009
20. CCTV Spring Festival Opera in 2010 At the party, she collaborated with Sheng Shuyang to sing "Letter of Love from Mountains and Rivers"
Twenty-one. On December 17, 2011, the "Voices of Shanghai - Extraordinary Interpretations of Shanghai Opera Masters Wang Pansheng and Yang Feifei" was held at the Shanghai Grand Theater. It brought together 42 famous actors from various types of operas. It was the largest Shanghai Opera concert in recent years. . Xiao Ya plays the role of Hua Dan and collaborates with the famous Shanghai Opera actor Lu Jingye, who has not appeared on the stage in 16 years, in "The Hero's Girl·The Rooftop Club".
Twenty-two. On December 18, 2011, she sang "Prince of the Desert - Fortune Telling" and the song "When the Moon Walks, So Will I Go" at the 665th "Orchid Schools Competition" awards night of Henan Satellite TV's "Liyuan Spring" column.
Twenty-three. In the 2012 CCTV Spring Festival Opera Gala, she sang the famous Yue Opera piece "He Wenxiu Visits His Wife in the Mulberry Garden".
Twenty-four. On May 12, 2012, the opening ceremony of the 10th Real Estate Cup Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai Yue Opera Exhibition ""Singing the Same Opera" - Concert of Famous Yue Opera Masters" was held at the Shaoxing Grand Theater. Xiao Ya performed the Yue Opera excerpt "Pan Wife Suo" Wife - Bridal Chamber".
Twenty-five. On May 29, 2012, the "Xiao Sheng Ya Yun Life is Love" - ??Shanghai Xiao Ya Culture and Art Co., Ltd.'s 10th anniversary appreciation party was held at Shanghai Shaw Stage.
The evening program included traditional Yue opera arias such as "Visiting Wife in the Mulberry Garden" and "Letter from Mountains and Rivers", as well as popular songs such as "When the Moon Walks, So Will I Walk". Xiao Ya also performed medleys of Peking Opera, Huai Opera, Shanghai Opera, and Yue Opera genres, Demonstrating Xiao Ya’s versatility. Xiao Ya's friends Wang Rugang, Guan Dongtian, Sun Xuchun, Liang Weiping, Fang Yafen, etc. all came to help, and Zhoushan Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe performed together.
Twenty-six. On June 2, 2012, the Yin School's famous play "The Legend of He Wenxiu" was performed at the Chang'an Grand Theater in Beijing. The 11 "Sky Theater" columns of the Central Committee broadcast it live. This is one of the repertoires for the 10th anniversary of the establishment of Shanghai Xiaoya Culture and Art Co., Ltd.
Twenty-seven. On September 25, 2012, Xiao Ya participated in the National Cultural System Reform Commendation Conference in Beijing. On the 26th, the "Xinwen Lianbo" column reported the overview of the conference.
28. On October 31 and November 1, 2012, at the Beijing Children's Art Theater, the Yue opera "New" was performed by Xiao Ya, a famous Yue opera artist, and actors from the Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe of Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province. "Beheading the Father" was performed in Beijing as a gift to the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Leaders of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and guests from all walks of life watched the entire performance. The CCTV aerial theater column recorded and broadcast the entire performance.
Twenty-nine. From December 6th to 9th, 2012, Li Min's personal performances were performed at Hangzhou Theater, Ningbo Grand Theater, Huzhou Grand Theater and Shaoxing Grand Theater. Xiao Ya assisted in the special performance of the songs "Butterfly Lovers Farewell" and excerpts from "Mo Chou Girl Wandering in the Lake", among which "Butterfly Lovers Farewell" was performed in collaboration with Li Min.
Thirty. On December 14, 2012, "The Voice of Shanghai" - a performance of new plays by Mesozoic actors of Yue Opera to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the reform of Yue Opera (Part 2) was held at the Shaw Stage in Shanghai. Xiao Ya sang "The Unresolved Love of the Number One Scholar - The Sound of Wind, Rain and Thunder" "Sound" excerpt.
Thirty-one. 2013 CCTV Spring Festival Opera Gala and Liu Nanyan performed Yue Opera "Love Between Mountains and Rivers"
Thirty-two. On March 15, 2013, Xiao Ya and Zhoushan Xiaobaihua were invited by Beijing Chang'an Grand Theater to perform the Yin School's famous play "The Wife Asks for Wife" at the Chang'an Grand Theater. CCTV Sky Theater recorded and broadcast the entire performance.
Thirty-three. On September 12, 2013, Shanghai Oriental Art Center attended Zhao Zhigang and Chen Shi's "Flowers and Full Moon" concert as a guest. "Prince of Yue Opera" Zhao Zhigang and his partner Chen Shi, this year's new "Magnolia Award" winner, will appear at the Oriental Art Center Concert Hall next month to hold a "Beautiful Flower and Full Moon - Zhao Zhigang and Chen Shi Mid-Autumn Yue Opera Concert". The concert also invited Han Tingting, Zhang Xiaojun, Xiao Ya, and Huang Hui, four Shaoxing opera actors from different genres to appear on the same stage. Mao Shanyu and Li Jun, famous actors of the brother opera genre, will also perform with Zhao Zhigang and Chen Shi.