The next International Virgilijus Noreika Competition for Singers is planned for 2026, Vilnius
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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
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Le Nozze di Figaro
Count Almaviva's aria "Hai gia vinta la causa"
Charles Gounod
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Faust
Valentin's Recitative and Cavatina "Avant de quitter ces lieux"
II ROUND
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Die Tote Stadt
Pierrot's aria "Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen"
Umberto Giordano
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Andrea Chenier
Gérard's recitative and aria "Nemico della Patria"
III ROUND
Giuseppe Verdi
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Don Carlos
Rodrigo's recitative and aria "O Carlo, ascolta… Io morrò, ma lieto in core"