Xu Jie

Biography

Xu Jie is a Chinese male Yue opera performer, born in March 1963. He is a Grade One actor, specializing in young male (xiaosheng) roles in Yue opera. He is a member of the Shanghai Dramatists Association and served as the head of the Shanghai Yue Opera Troupe's First Troupe, currently serving as the troupe's artistic director. In 1974, he entered the Shanghai Yue Opera Academy to study the art, and in 1980 he joined the Shanghai Yue Opera Troupe. He studied under Master Lu (Lu Jinhua) and is considered a leading representative of mixed-gender Yue opera performance. He has performed in numerous notable Yue opera productions. He won the "New Seedling Award" at the 1984 Shanghai Young Actors Showcase and placed third in the 1986 Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai Yue Opera Young Actors Television Grand Prix.