Prof.Liao Changyong (Chinese:廖昌永; born October 25, 1968[1]), sometimes referred in English media asC. Y. Liao orChangyong Liao, is a Chinese operaticbaritone and academic. He won first prize in three different international competitions in 1996 and 1997:Operalia; the FrenchInternational Singing Competition of Toulouse; and theQueen Sonja Singing Competition.[2][3][4] While his performance career has mainly been in China, he has appeared as a guest artist with opera companies and orchestras internationally.[5] He is the president at theShanghai Conservatory of Music.[3]
Born inPi County in the outskirts ofChengdu,Sichuan Province, Liao was trained by vocal pedagogueZhou Xiaoyan and tenor Luo Wei at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music from which he graduated in 1995.[4] In 1996 and 1997 he won three major international singing competitions which catapulted his career: Operalia, the French International Singing Competition of Toulouse, and the Queen Sonja Singing Competition.[2][3][4] That same year he was a featured soloist in concert with theOslo Philharmonic withQueen Sonja of Norway in attendance.[6]
In 2000 Liao made his debut at theWashington National Opera as the Count di Luna in Verdi'sIl trovatore at theKennedy Center withPlácido Domingo conducting.[7] In 2001 he portrayed Enzo inAttila with theOpera Orchestra of New York (OONY) atCarnegie Hall, and was heard again with that ensemble the following year as Captain Israele inGaetano Donizetti'sMarino Faliero.[8][9] In 2002 he sang the role of Méphistophélès in Berlioz'sLa damnation de Faust with theChina Philharmonic Orchestra.[10] In 2003 he made his debut at theDutch National Opera as the Japanese Prince inTan Dun'sTea: A Mirror of Soul. That same year he made his debut with theMichigan Opera Theater as the Count di Luna, and was also seen with that company as Renato inUn ballo in maschera.[11] In 2004 he sang the role of Pasha Seid in Verdi'sIl corsaro with the OONY andEve Queler conducting at Carnegie Hall.[12]
In 2005 Liao portrayed the role of Renato toClaire Rutter's Amelia and Patrizia Patelmo's Ulrica for his debut at theFlorida Grand Opera.[13] In 2007 he sang the title role in Verdi'sRigoletto in Shanghai.[3] In 2008 he was a featured soloist in the opening of theBeijing Music Festival.[14] In 2010 he was a guest soloist in theNew York Philharmonic's concert series "Concerts in the Park", performing Rossini arias with theShanghai Symphony Orchestra.[15] That same year he was the baritone soloist inCarl Orff'sCarmina Burana with theHong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.[16] He sang that work again in 2013 with theSydney Symphony Orchestra under conductorLong Yu.[17]
Liao has been a fixture in Western opera performances at theNational Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing for more than a decade. Recent appearances at that theater include Count Capulet inRoméo et Juliette (2005), Rodrigo inDon Carlo (2008), Giorgio Germont inLa traviata (2011), Figaro inThe Barber of Seville (2013), Count Ankarström inUn ballo in maschera (2013), Count Almaviva inThe Marriage of Figaro (2015), and Vaskov inKirill Molchanov'sThe Dawns Here Are Quiet (2015).[18][19] He has also performed frequently at theShanghai Grand Theatre, including a 2013 concert with pianistLang Lang, and a performance at the 2015Laureus World Sports Awards.[20]
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