Dilber Yunus

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'''Dilber Yunus''' ({{lang-ug|دىلبەر يۇنۇس}}, [[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 迪里拜尔·尤努斯, [[pinyin]]: Dílǐbàiěr Yóunǔsī; (October 2, 1958 - ). (Born in [[Kashgar]], [[Xinjiang]] [[Uyghur people|Uyghur]] Autonomous Region, [[People's Republic of China|China]]) is a lyric [[soprano]] with [[coloratura]] technique. She has been called the "[[Philomela]] of China," in reference to the [[Athenian]] [[Monarch|King]] [[Pandion I]]'s daughter, who, according to [[legend]], turned into a [[nightingale]].

==Life==
Dilber was admitted in 1976 to the Xinjiang Song and Dance Troupe. Four years later she enrolled in the Department of [[Vocal Music]] and [[Opera]] at [[Beijing|Beijing's]] [[Central Music Conservatory]], and while still a student there won an award in the Finland International Opera Competition.<ref name ="CRI">[[China Radio International]] (11 February 2010). [http://french.cri.cn/720/2010/02/11/48s211951.htm "Dilber Yunus, une éminente soprano chinoise"] {{fr icon}}</ref> In 1987 Dilber finished her [[master's degree]] at the Conservatory and promptly joined the roster of the [[Finnish National Opera]] company, later adding a position with Sweden's [[Malmö Opera and Music Theatre|Malmo Opera]]. She twice won the [[Birgit Nilsson]] Stipend, in 1997 and 1998.

Dilber is considered to rank among the more accomplished singers of her generation in her voice category, with a clarion and powerful top. She has been praised for restraint in her use of [[ornament (music)|ornamentation]] and for vocal [[:wikt:balance|balance]]. Among her recordings is an acclaimed ''[[La sonnambula]]'' by [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]] on which she sings Lisa, recorded live in Amsterdam in 1992 for the [[Naxos]] label.

Dilber gave hundreds of [[solo (music)|solo]] concerts and recitals around the world and performed the following roles in staged productions of operas:

*The Queen of the Night in [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart’s]] ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]''
*Rosina in [[Gioacchino Rossini|Rossini’s]] ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia]]''
*Lisa in [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini’s]] ''[[La sonnambula]]''
*Adina in [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti’s]] ''[[L'elisir d'amore]]''
*Marie in [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti’s]] ''[[La fille du régiment]]''
*Lucia in [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti’s]] ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''
*Gilda in [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi’s]] ''[[Rigoletto]]''
*Oscar in [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi’s]] ''[[Un ballo in maschera]]''
*Olympia in [[Jacques Offenbach|Offenbach’s]] ''[[Les contes d'Hoffmann]]''
*Sophie in [[Jules Massenet|Massenet’s]] ''[[Werther]]''
*a Flowermaiden in [[Richard Wagner|Wagner’s]] ''[[Parsifal]]''
*the title role in [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky’s]] ''[[Le rossignol]]''
*Zerbinetta in [[Richard Strauss|Strauss’s]] ''[[Ariadne auf Naxos]]''
*Lauretta in [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini’s]] ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]''

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