Cai Zhengren
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han, born in 1941 in Suzhou, Jiangsu. Cai Zhengren entered the Kunqu class of the Shanghai Traditional Opera School in 1954, where he received personal instruction from veteran artists of the Chuan generation of Kunqu and from the Kunqu master Yu Zhenfei. He specializes in xiaosheng roles and is skilled at creating distinct characters across the guansheng (official), jinsheng (scholar) and qiongsheng (impoverished scholar) categories of the young male role type; he has long been known as the little Yu Zhenfei. His voice is broad and bright, and his singing is sincere in feeling. His representative works include Zhongzhong Fengong (Tolling the Bell and Dividing the Palace), Jingbian Maiyu (Startled Transformation and Burying the Jade), Fanma Ji (The Horse Trading Record) and Banzhao.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Kunqu Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; a first-class actor; and winner of the fourth China Drama Plum Blossom Award.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
- Kun Qu Opera Ⅳ-1
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