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Zhang Liping (; born 1965) is a Chinese-Canadian soprano, who has sung leading roles in the opera houses of both Europe and North America. She is particularly known for her portrayal of Madama Butterfly.〔Varty (November 18, 2004)〕〔 *Ng (October 1, 2008)〕 ==Background== Zhang Liping was born in Wuhan, Hubei (about 650 miles south-west of Beijing) and is the daughter of a classical musician and a dancer. She entered the Wuhan Conservatoire to study voice. As a young student, she was selected to sing with Plácido Domingo in Tian'anmen Square. She then moved to Vancouver to study with Canadian mezzo-soprano Phyllis Mailing at the Vancouver Academy of Music. She later joined Vancouver Opera's Young Artist Program and sang throughout Canada in roles such as Mimi (''La bohème''), Leila (''Les pêcheurs de perles''), Liu (''Turandot''), Marguerite (''Faust'') and Lucia (''Lucia di Lammermoor''). In 1997, she moved to London. Zhang has sung Lucia Ashton with the Royal Opera Covent Garden and the Deutsche Oper Berlin and also Gilda in Verdi's ''Rigoletto'' at the Den Norske Opera and the Teatro Regio di Parma. In 2002, Zhang debuted as Liu (in ''Turandot'') at Covent Garden. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zhang Liping」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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