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Li Xiaojia

05-2447Huagu OperaTraditional OperaHuaguxijuyuan, HunanBatch 5 (2018)

Lineage & School of Heritage

She studied under the renowned Huagu Opera actor Yang Fusheng.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

She is a woman of Han ethnicity, born in June 1944 in Changsha, Hunan Province. She is a National First-Grade Actor and an expert entitled to the special government allowance of the State Council. She is thoroughly versed in the vocal techniques of Huagu Opera tunes and applies them with ease; she commands the different regional styles of the genre, such as the Changsha and Shaoyang schools, and skilfully employs operatic conventions to create vivid stage characters of every kind. She is also a close observer of everyday life, drawing sustenance from it to create new theatrical conventions, enrich her means of expression and bring modern characters convincingly to the operatic stage.

Honors & Recognition

She is a representative bearer of Huagu Opera (Changsha Huagu Opera), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. She is active in training future bearers, passing on without reserve the vocal art, techniques, insights and repertoire she has accumulated over her years on the stage.

References & Archival Sources

  1. Li Xiaojia · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item
Huagu Opera
Item code
Ⅳ-112
Category
Traditional Opera
Region
Huaguxijuyuan, Hunan
Born
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Batch
Batch 5 (2018)

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