Zheng Cao (July 9, 1966 – February 21, 2013) was a Chinese-born, American operatic mezzo-soprano known for her signature role of Suzuki in Madama Butterfly. She performed this role with opera companies such as San Francisco Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Pittsburgh Opera, Vancouver Opera, Washington National Opera, San Diego Opera, and under the baton of Seiji Ozawa with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Her portrayal of the role of Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro also earned her recognition at several American opera companies, including San Francisco Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, and Houston Grand Opera. Cao died from lung cancer in San Francisco, California in 2013.
Zheng Cao was born July 9, 1966 to parents Mao Yuan Cao and Xiao Jiao Huang in Shanghai, China. Her sister Dan Cao, four years her senior, is her only sibling. As an undergraduate, she attended Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In 1988, Cao moved to the United States to attend American University in Washington, D.C. to study English and sing. She then began attending Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. In July 1990, opera choreographer and Washington Post critic László Seregi highlighted Cao's mezzo-soprano performance at the Chinese Community Church in Washington as "worth noting". In 1993, Cao earned a Master's degree from the Curtis Institute of Music.
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Cao is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Gao in Chinese and Go in Korean. Unrelated, it is also the Chinese surname Cao which is transliterated as Tào in Vietnamese.
Cao (/ˈtsaʊ/) is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 曹 (Cáo).
It was listed 26th among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames.
Cao is romanized as Ts'ao in Wade-Giles, although the needed apostrophe is often omitted in practice. It is romanized Cho, Cou, Tso, and Chaw in Cantonese; Chou, Chô, and Chháu in Min Nan; Chau, Chow in Teochew; and Tháu in Gan.
The Vietnamese surname based on it is now written Tào; the Korean surname is now written 조 and romanized as Jo or Cho; and the Japanese surname which still employs the same Kanji is romanized Sō.
At last count, Cao was the 30th-most-common surname in mainland China and the 58th-most-common surname on Taiwan.
In the United States, the romanization Cao is a fairly common surname, ranked 7,425th during the 1990 census but 2,986th during the year 2000 census. It is one of the few Chinese surnames whose pinyin transcription is already more common than other variants. The Wade transcription Tsao was only ranked 16,306th during the 1990 census and 12,580th during the year 2000 one. The Cantonese transcription is actually becoming less common, falling from 7,638th place to 9,925th. The Korean name Cho is more common still than Cao, befitting its frequency in Korea itself, where it makes up about 2% of the South Korean population: see Cho (Korean name).
The time is over
Time is over, Time is over
Wanna tell you but
Amureon maldo motago
Ne nunchiman bogo isseo tto
Ireoke sigani galsurok nae naega deo
I sesangi kkeutnaneun geot gata girl
Uri sigandeuri na jeoncheoreom
Heulleogaji anha
Neowa durui gieokdo heuryeojyeoga
Hana dulssik buri kkeojineun bami ogo
Hayeom eobsi geuriwohaetdeon
Sigando kkeutnagagetji
What should I do babe?
What do I do now?
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah (The time is over)
Onjongil neoui jip apeseo
Gidarineun sigando
Hamkkehan sajin soge
Uri durui sigandeuldo
Deo isang gajil anha meomchwobeorin sigan
Arae seo isseo
Ireoke kkeutnan geotman gata
Idaeron michil geotman gata
The way we are, The way we are
The time is over, The time is over
Nae modeun ge meomchun geot gata
I sesangi kkeutnan geot gata
The way we are, The way we are
The time is over
The time is over
The time is over
The time is over, The time is over
Ije jip ap benchiedo
Garodeung araeeseodo
Urineun eobseo seulpeun gieongman isseo
Kkumieosseum jokesseo geuge maeum
Pyeonhagesseo hajiman nuneul tteobomyeon
The time is over
Kkeutnal geot gatji anha
Neujeun bamdo naegen achiminde
I gieok uriga mandeun chueok
Jiujin anheullae Yeah ae ae (The time is over)
Onjongil neoui jip apeseo
Gidarineun sigando
Hamkkehan sajin soge
Uri durui sigandeuldo
Deo isang gajil anha
Meomchwobeorin sigan arae seo isseo
Ireoke kkeutnan geotman gata
Idaeron michil geotman gata
The way we are, The way we are
The time is over, The time is over
Nae modeun ge meomchun geot gata
I sesangi kkeutnan geot gata
The way we are, The way we are
The time is over
Time is over, Time is over
Girl sigani dwaennabwa
Deo isang gyeote dul suga eomnabwa
Girl I'm so sorry
Neon areumdapgie
Naboda meotjin namjaege