Yin Siming
Lineage & School of Heritage
Yin Siming came from a family long associated with Sutan and learned the art from childhood under her father, Yin Zhongqiu; as a young woman she sang Sutan in Shanghai and was quite influential. In 1951 she joined the Minfeng Sutan Troupe of Shanghai, predecessor of the provincial Su-Kun Opera Troupe; she was one of the founders of the Su Opera troupe, served as a leading performer throughout, and was a transmitter of the first generation of Su Opera.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in 1921, a native of Shanghai. In the 1950s she settled in Suzhou with the troupe. She first specialized in the dan (female) role, later changed to xiaosheng (young male), and in 1956 changed again to laosheng (old male); she created many new vocal melodies for the female laosheng role in Su Opera, solving the problem of the weak melodies for laosheng in the genre, and she also composed music and vocal melodies for a number of Su Opera plays. Her representative works include Han Gong Qiu Yue (Autumn Moon over the Han Palace), Zhenzhu Ta (The Pearl Pagoda), Baitu Ji (The Story of the White Rabbit) and Wu Guniang (The Fifth Daughter).
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Su Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Su Opera Ⅳ-55
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