Wu Shengzhang
Lineage & School of Heritage
The Dong opera he composed and sang was melodious and naturally fluent, with a strong flavour of local life; close to a thousand people came to his door to study under him as apprentices.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Wu Shengzhang was born in 1948 into the Dong ethnic group in Liping, Guizhou. He began learning to sing Dong opera from the opera master Wu Zhaoquan at the age of ten, and in 1969 he founded a Dong opera troupe in Dimen village, devoting himself to the creation, direction and dissemination of Dong opera. He directed and performed in more than one hundred Dong operas; his principal works include Mei Liangyu, Li Dan and Fengjiao, Zhu Yingtai (The Butterfly Lovers) and Zhulang Niangmei.
Honors & Recognition
He is a national representative bearer of Dong Opera, a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a master of Dong opera.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Dong Opera Ⅳ-83
- Dong Opera Ⅳ-83
- Dong Opera Ⅳ-83
Profile
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