Shi Jihua

Biography

Shi Jihua is a Chinese Yue opera actor from Shanghai, born in January 1940. He is a first-class actor at the Shanghai Yue Opera Theatre. He specializes in the young male (xiaosheng) roles in opera. He studied acting under the renowned performers Xu Yulan and Fan Ruiuan. He possesses a remarkably wide vocal range, enabling him to sing in the same pitch as female performers. He is considered one of the most important representative figures of mixed-gender performance in Yue opera. Among his notable works are the operas The Eleventh Brother, Xianglin's Wife, and Peach, Plum, and Plum Blossoms.