Guiping
Deng
Soprano
New England Third Place Winner 1990
Soprano Guiping Deng was born in China, where she was a soloist for the Central Broadcasting Company and won the National Singing Competition. Before coming to the United States to study with Phylis Curtin at Boston University and at Tanglewood on a fellowship, she appeared on television, bringing with her the experiences of her acting and ballet training. Comfortable in both contemporary and traditional repertoire, her roles include Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, The Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Liu in Turandot, The Governess in The Turn of the Screw, and Mimi in La Bohéme, performed with Los Angeles Opera Center, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Delaware, Nevada Opera and Mobile Opera. She has performed the title role in Madama Butterfly numerous times with such companies as Los Angeles Opera Center, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Houston Grand Opera, Portland Opera, Opera Pacific, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Michigan Opera Theatre and Connecticut Opera.
Last season Ms. Deng sang Cio-Cio-San with Arizona Opera, Sacramento Opera, Piedmont Opera, Festival Opera, and in her debut with Calgary Opera. She also sang Micaëla in Carmen with Boston Lyric Opera and another portrayal of Mimi with both Sacramento Opera and the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra.
In past seasons, performances included Liu in Turandot with Opera Pacific, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with the Utah Symphony, Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Michigan Opera Theatre and Elsie in Yeomen of the Guard with Kansas City Lyric Opera.
Ms. Deng has appeared with the Colorado Symphony, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cantata Singers, Handel and Haydn Society, Nanjing Orchestra and the Beijing Orchestra in works ranging from Mozart's "Requiem" to Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms".
The 2003/04 season sees Ms. Deng again as Cio-Cio-San with Virginia Opera, Michigan Opera and El Paso Opera.
Ms. Deng is represented by Anthony George Artist Management.
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