You’ll Fall In Love With The Nation’s Most Captivating Opera Singer:
Shu-Cheen Yu
When Shu-Cheen sings, her powerful yet beautifully fluid voice envelopes the whole theatre and no audience member is left untouched.
Discover just how brilliant she is by experiencing her live in concert at one of her upcoming events or listen to her now and consider booking her for your next concert, festival or corporate function.
Her powerful voice and shimmering presence have helped nations bridge the east/west divide, so much so that the Chairman of the Australian International Opera Awards, William Cowan commented: “She has proved to be an extraordinary diplomat for both China and Australia and the wider world.”
Shu-Cheen’s Full Biography:
Born in China, Shu-Cheen Yu began her career as a child star in Chinese traditional opera.
Before migrating to Australia in 1987, Shu-Cheen was one of China’s best folk singers and a principal artist with the Shan-Xi province Beijing Opera Company and China’s prestigious National Oriental Song and Dance Company where she sang for senior government ministers, foreign dignitaries and other distinguished and illustrious figures.
She made regular broadcasts on the powerful CCTV (China Central TV Station), Beijing Television Station and Radio Beijing. She released five successful albums in China and her career in Australia has been equally impressive.
She has accumulated no less than 12 major national and international singing awards, has released three best-selling CDs each produced by ABC Classics, and has an extensive repertoire that enables her to perform at virtually any event be it a gala concert, cultural festival or intimate wedding.
She has performed with Opera Australia, the nation’s most prestigious opera company, in the following productions:
- Anchen – Der Freischütz
- Gianetta – L’elisir D’amore
- Barbarina – Le Nozze Di Figaro
- First Bridsmaid – Le Nozze Di Figaro
- The Page – Rigoletto
- Katchen – Werther
- Drusilla - L'incoronazione di Poppea
She has also performed with Opera Australia, the nation’s most prestigious opera company, in the following productions:
- Anchen – Der Freischütz
- Gianetta – L’elisir D’amore
- Barbarina – Le Nozze Di Figaro
- First Bridsmaid – Le Nozze Di Figaro
- The Page – Rigoletto
- Katchen – Werther
- Drusilla - L'incoronazione di Poppea
Shu-Cheen has also performed with the following companies:
- Pan Jin Lian – The China National Peking Opera Company (opera excerpts)
- Madama Butterfly – Parramatta Riverside Theatre
- Judou – The Chambermaid Opera, Melbourne
- Woodbird – State Opera South Australia
- Papanena – The Melbourne Opera Company
- Virgin mary – El Nino, The Adelaide Festival
- Woodbird – Sydney Symphony Orchestra
- Titania – The Fairy Queen, The Song Company
- Ninetta – La Gazza Ladra, Sydney University
- Tuptim – The King and I, Gordon Frost & The Adelaide Festival
- Cast Member – Chess, Theatre Royal
Shu-Cheen’s concerts and performances include:
- Soloist at the Gala Concert at the Melbourne Recital Hall - International Chinese Arts Festival
- One-Woman’s Show – Two Worlds in Song: The West & China. St. Johns Toorak
- Soloist at the Variety Concert, Melbourne Town Hall, International Chinese Arts Festival
- Soloist at Concert – Vienna City of My Dream, Robert Stolz Vienese Music Society
- Mother Yang Jie in a play reading of Justine Flemings “His Mother’s Voice” – Parramatta Theatre
- Recital with Duo Chamber Melange – The Melbourne Recital Hall
- Solo Recitals for the Murray River International Music Festival – Muldura
- Solo Recitals for The Organs if the Goldfield – Ballarat Music Festival
- Soloist at the Steinway Spectacular – Cantor productions
- Featured Vocal Soloist for the film (Dragon Pearl)
- Soloist at the Gala Concert of Opening Australian Cultural Year in China – The EGG, Beijing
- Soloist at the Gala Concert for China’s Kite Festival – China Central television Station
- Soprano at the concert of Eternal Love – Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, KL Malaysia
- Soloist at the concert of Vivaldi’s Last Supper – Cantor Productions
- Soloist (2 years) at the Carols by the Candel Light – Sydney Domain, Channel 7 Net Work
- Soprano Soloist in “Messiah” – The Macquarie Singers, Sydney Macquarie University
- Soloist in Concerts for the Melbourne Academy Players
- Soprano Soloist at the St. Johns Passion – The Melbourne Choral
- Soprano Soloist at the Gala Concert – Mahler’s 8 Symphony, Sydney Olympic Arts Festival, SSO
- Soprano soloist in Carmina Burana – The Sydney Philharmonic Choir
- Queen Of Sheeba in Handel’s Solomon – the Sydney Philharmonic Choir
- Woodbird – The Sydney Symphony
- The Philistine Woman in Handel’s Samson – The Sydney Philharmonic Choir
- Soprano Soloist in Gala Concert for Choral Music – the Sydney Philharmonic Choir
- Soprano Soloist in Carmina Burana – The Sydney International Festival
- Soprano Soloist in Messiah – St. Andrews Cathedral
- Soprano Soloist in Feaure’s Requem – Sydney University Choir
- Soprano Soloist in Dvorak’s Te Deum – Sydney University Choir
- Soprano Soloist in Beethovan’s Choral Symphony No 9 – Zelman Symphony, Melbourne
- Soprano Soloist in Benjamin Britten’s Company of Heaven
- Soprano Soloist in Mozart’s Vesperae solenne de confessore – The Macquqrie Singers
- Solo Recital for the Arden Crescent Music Society, Melbourne
- Solo Recitals for Manly Music Club
- Solo Recitals for Southern Highland Music Society
- Soloist in concerts for the Lieder Society Melbourne
Shu-Cheen has also performed at the following shows, functions and events:
- After Hour Celebrity Talks – The Art Gallery of NSW
- Solo Recitals since 2003 for the Chinese New Year Celebration – Crown Melbourne Limited
- Solo Recital for the Shanghai Expo – Australian Pavilion
- Recital for Qantas in Shanghai Expo
- Recitals for the Chinese Embassy Canberra, Consulate General Sydney and in Melbourne.
- Soloist in recitals for Australian International Opera Awards
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