Wang Shaoyuan
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of fourteen she entered the Lisheng Troupe of Xianyou County and studied under the renowned veteran Puxian Opera artist Zhu Shifeng, working in the qingyi (virtuous female) role and also in the guimendan (young lady of good family) and huadan (lively female) roles.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
She has held fast to the traditional character of Puxian Opera, which rests chiefly on vocal style and conventionalized movement, and has carried forward the regulated, delicate and refined artistic style of the Puxian Opera dan role with outstanding performing skill. Her singing is beautiful: it preserves the traditional manner, rich in both voice and feeling, while also drawing on modern scientific vocal technique, fully displaying the distinctive charm of Puxian Opera.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Puxian Opera, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 2000 she received the Seventeenth China Drama Plum Blossom Award. She has also won the gold medal at the Second Fujian Provincial Competition for Outstanding Young and Middle-Aged Actors, the Outstanding Xiqu Vocal Award of the Second Fujian Narcissus Flower Awards, the Outstanding Actor Award at the Twentieth Fujian Provincial Drama Joint Performance and the Best Actor Award at the Twenty-First, and has been conferred the titles of National Advanced Worker, Fujian Provincial Model Worker and one of the Fifth Fujian Ten Outstanding Young Persons.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Puxian Opera Ⅳ-3
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