III International Virgilijus Noreika Competition for Singers

Yincong Cheng

Yincong Cheng (1991)

| China

Baritone

Accompanist | Lina Giedraitytė

Yincong Cheng was born in Shandong,China in 1991. Yincong graduated from Shanghai Conservatory of Music with a master's degree with Prof. Yi Ge. After graduation, Yincong was a member of the Young Artist Program at the New National Theater in Tokyo, Japan, from 2019 to 2022.Yincong is currently a member of the doctoral program at Musashino Academia Musicae, studying with Prof.Yasuo Horiuchi and is a scholarship holder of The Fukusima Foundation. Yincong’s roles include Count Almaviva, Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Gianni Schicchi (Gianni Schicchi), Ford (Falstaff), Bertand (Иоланта/Iolanta), Don Perizonio (L'impresario in Angustie). Yincong has received numerous awards, including first prize at the 1st Margherita Guglielmi Vocal Music Competition as well as the 39th Soleil Vocal Competition in Japan.

I ROUND

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro
    • Count Almaviva's aria "Hai gia vinta la causa"
  • Charles Gounod | Faust
    • Valentin's Recitative and Cavatina "Avant de quitter ces lieux"
  • II ROUND

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Die Tote Stadt
    • Pierrot's aria "Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen"
  • Umberto Giordano | Andrea Chenier
    • Gérard's recitative and aria "Nemico della Patria"
  • III ROUND

  • Giuseppe Verdi | Don Carlos
    • Rodrigo's recitative and aria "O Carlo, ascolta… Io morrò, ma lieto in core"
  • Gaetano Donizetti | Lucia di Lammermoor
    • Enrico's aria "Cruda funesta smania"
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