Zuo You
No. 62
Voice type: Tenor/Countertenor
Country: China
Date of birth: 24 April, 1991
He commenced his tertiary musical education at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in 2011 and continued with the M.A. program of the same institution. He attended the masterclasses of Nicholas Clapton and Fressis Reggel. In 2011, he won first prize (Kongque Award) of the National Singing Competition of China. In 2013, he was invited as a soloist by th Liszt Academy to perform Bruckner’s Te Deum in Saint Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest. In the same year, he collaborated in the official opening ceremony of the restored Liszt Academy. He also took to the stage of the Hungarian State Opera House in Goldmark’s The Winter’s Tale, he acted as Tamino at the opera examination of the Liszt Academy. His repertoire includes moreover Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Ernesto in Don Pasquale and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Pace non trovo (Sonetto 104 di Petrarca)
Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima – Nemorino románca a Szerelmi bájitalból
Mozart: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön – Tamino áirája a Varázsfuvolából
Semi-final
Gounod: L’amour! L’amour!... Ah! Lève-toi, soleil! – Rómeó cavatinája a Rómeó és Júliából
Donizetti: Povero Ernesto!... Cerchero lontana terra – Ernesto áriája a Don Pasqualéból
Final
Donizetti: Fra poco a me ricovero – Edgardo áriája a Lammermoori Luciából
Gounod: Salut! demeure chaste et pure – Faust áriája a Faustból
Puccini: Che gelida manina – Rodolfo áriája a Bohéméletből